Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-04-13
Buyer: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71314000: Energy and related services
Submission deadline: 2022-05-10
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Since 2011, the South African-German Energy Programme (SAGEN) collaborates with South African partners from government and the private sector to promote a diverse and inclusive energy transition for all. SAGEN Output 4 focuses on improving municipal energy management. The scope of work under this contract relates to Activity Area 4.1 "MEMS Implementation Support for selected municipalities" in order to (i) continue supporting the municipalities already previously engaged with SAGEN towards the development of ambitious, yet realistic Municipal Energy Efficiency Action Plans (MEEAPS) and measurable energy efficiency interventions; (ii) expand the scope of close engagement to additional municipalities to be selected via a transparent and fair selection process; and (iii) develop a valuable Toolbox and provide technical training material and ad-hoc capacity to set the basis for future replication, expansion and scale-up of such MEMS activities to a larger number of municipalities in the future.
Since 2011, the South African-German Energy Programme (SAGEN) collaborates with South African partners from government and the private sector to promote a diverse and inclusive energy transition for all. The progamme"s activities are closely coordinated and implemented with the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE), National Treasury, Eskom, the South African Local Government Association (SALGA), and engaged municipalities.
The main factors driving the energy transition include the economic and political drive towards low-cost clean energy solutions, the acceleration of decentralised power generation technologies, increased digitalisation, and energy efficiency reaching across entire power systems. These changes are causing a structural shift in the way power systems and markets are set up and operated. The 4th iteration of SAGEN (SAGEN4) will start in January 2021 and will last three years until December 2024. It will focus its support on 4 key areas:
Within SAGEN4"s broad scope of strengthening the competencies and capacities of the public South African partner institutions for an ecologically and economically balanced energy transition in South Africa, Output 4 aims to enable selected municipalities to improve their electricity management, with a focus on electricity and more specifically on municipal own electricity consumption (including cross-cutting technologies like cogeneration). The scope of work under this contract relates to Activity Area 4.1 "Municipal Energy Management Systems Implementation Support for selected municipalities".
Activity Area 4.1 builds on previous SAGEN Municipal Energy Management activities in order to (i) continue supporting the municipalities already previously engaged with SAGEN towards the development of ambitious, yet realistic Municipal Energy Efficiency Action Plans (MEEAPS) and measurable energy efficiency interventions; (ii) expand the scope of close engagement to additional municipalities to be selected via a transparent and fair selection process; and (iii) develop a valuable Toolbox and provide technical training material and ad-hoc capacity to set the basis for future replication, expansion and scale-up of such Municipal Energy Management Systems activities to a larger number of municipalities in the future.
GIZ may optionally commission contract amendments and/or increases based on the criteria in the tender documents to the successful bidder of this tender. For details, please see the terms of reference.
2. Eligibility declaration that no grounds for exclusion in Section 123, 124 of the German Act Against Restraints of Competition (GWB) apply.
1. Declaration on the average annual turnover for the last 3 financial years  (last-but-four financial year can be included in case of tenders held within 6 months of end of last financial year);
It is necessary to provide references in the technical field "Municipal Energy Management" and reference projects in South Africa with a minimum commission value of 100.000,00 EUR.
1. At least 5 reference projects in the technical field "Municipal Energy Management" and at least 3 reference projects in South Africa in the last 3 years.
2. The technical assessment is only based on reference projects with a minimum commission value of 100.000,00 EUR.
According to Article 160, Section 3 of the German Act Against Restraint of Competition (GWB), application for review is not permissible insofar as
1. the applicant has identified the claimed infringement of the procurement rules before submitting the application for review and has not submitted a complaint to the contracting authority within a period of 10 calendar days; the expiry of the period pursuant to Article 134, Section 2 remains unaffected,
2. complaints of infringements of procurement rules that are evident in the tender notice are not submitted to the contracting authority at the latest by the expiry of the deadline for the application or by the deadline for the submission of bids, specified in the tender notice.

Eligibility requirements: 1. Trading name and address, commercial register excerpt. 2. Eligibility declaration that no grounds for exclusion in Section 123, 124 of the German Act Against Restraints of Competition (GWB) apply. 3. Eligibility declaration subcontractors if applicable. 4. Association clause if applicable.