Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-07-20
Buyer: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 75210000 | 75211200
Estimated value: 580000 EUR
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: 81221768 und 81221770 Consultancy services to support the implementation of the Thai-German Climate Programme
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) works in Thailand on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) since 2009. In the framework of the International Climate Initiative (IKI), GIZ supports the Thai Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and improve its adaptation to climate change.
GIZ is therefore seeking to procure high-quality consultancy services to support the Thai government to implement their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) through two lots:
Lot 2: Strengthening institutional structures to mobilize financing for NDC implementation (“Climate Finance”) 81221770
Under lot 1, service provider is required to provide technical assistance to improve the existing domestic MRV system in accordance to current MRV and future transparency UNFCCC requirements and to improve the capacities in the sectors of renewable energy, agriculture/rice production, waste and water. The service provider shall also develop sectoral MRV systems in line with the overall Thai MRV system.
— Task 1: Review and analysis of existing mechanisms/frameworks regarding collection and management of all data relevant to develop a national MRV system
Bidders are expected to propose one international team leader (up to 2 500 expert months) and a pool of international short-term MRV experts (up to 6 667 expert months). The detailed qualification criteria for these experts are stated only in the procurement documents.
Under lot 2, the service provider is required to analyse the climate finance landscape and climate finance needs in Thailand, develop a strategy to engage the private sector and to strengthen institutional structures in Thailand to facilitate and monitor climate finance, especially the access to funding from the Green Climate Fund (GCF).
Bidders are expected to propose one international Team Leader (up to 3 333 expert months), a pool of international short-term climate finance experts (up to 6 667 expert months) and one international GCF accreditation expert (up to 1 667 expert months). The detailed qualification criteria for these experts are stated only in the procurement documents.
According to Article 160, Section 3 of the German Act Against Restraint of Competition, application for re-examination is not permissible insofar as.
1) the applicant has identified the claimed infringement of the contract award regulations before submitting the application for re-examination and has not submitted a complaint to the commissioning party 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 contract award regulations that are evident in the notice are not submitted to the commissioning party at the latest by the expiry of the deadline for the application specified in the notice or by the deadline for the submission of bids;
3) complaints of infringements of contract award regulations that first become evident in the tender documents are not submitted to the commissioning party at the latest by the expiry of the deadline for application or for the submission of bids;
4) more than 15 calendar days have elapsed after receipt of the notification from the commissioning party that it is unwilling to redress the complaint.
Sentence 1 does not apply in the case of an application to determine the invalidity of the contract in accordance with Article 135, Section 1 (2). Article 134, Section 1, Sentence 2 remains unaffected.


Winner: ARGE PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt Ltd
Award value: 580000
Number of bids: 3