Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-12-17
Buyer: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Country: DE
Region: Not specified
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 75211200
Submission deadline: 2017-02-01
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The objective of the assignment is to support the government of Vietnam in the development of an economically and technically feasible net metering scheme focusing on solar rooftop installations within the framework of the pending feed-in tariff regulation. The aforementioned FiT regulation, under which the net metering policy would fall, contributes to the solar energy targets under the National Master Plan for Power Development and forms part of the government's strategy to foster the country's energy sector transformation to a low-carbon sustainable energy system through renewable energy diffusion.
The assignment described in this document should support the Electricity Regulatory Authority of Vietnam (ERAV) in achieving the objectives stated in the following points.
— ERAV has the capacity to develop an economically and technically feasible net metering policy for the promotion of solar rooftops in Vietnam within the framework of the pending feed-in tariff regulation.
— Package of all necessary net metering documentation for solar rooftop installations and countrywide application has been designed and submitted to ERAV. Such material would include:
a. A draft regulatory decision with appropriate design features for a net metering policy and options have been discussed in an accompanied by a recommendation paper.
— Key personnel from ERAV, the General Directorate of Energy (GDE) of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and Vietnam Electricity (EVN) have been instructed and are familiar with the net metering documentation and its application.
Within the framework of the basic project described in the terms of reference, GIZ reserves the right to award contracts for additional services of this type of approximately the same amount to the successful company in this procedure by means of a negotiated procedure without a prior call for competition.
The price adjustment pursuant to section 5.25 of the General Terms and Conditions of Contract shall be determined by the mean collectively agreed salary increases under GIZ's collective bargaining agreement during the term of this contract.
(1) Declaration on the Commercial Register, if the applicant or the member of the consortium is registered.
(2) Declaration on the personal situation of the applicant or the member of the consortium, consisting of:
(a) Declaration on the absence of the mandatory grounds of exclusion as per section 123 Act against Restraints of Competition (Competition Act — GWB) or on the remedial actions and the measures.
(b) Declaration on the absence of the optional grounds of exclusion as per section 124 GWB or on the remedial actions and the measures.
(1) Declaration on the average annual turnover for the last 3 financial years (last-but-four financial year can be included in case of invitation to tender held within 6 months of end of last financial year),
Declaration on reference projects of the applicant or the member of the consortium in the technical field of ‘power sector and technical grid operation and analysis of renewable energy policies and regulation’. There are particular to provide the informations to the project title, the client, the period, the contract value in EUR and the Country.
All reference projects must have been provided within the last 5 years with a minimum commission value of at least 150 000 EUR (net).

Eligibility requirements: (1) Declaration on the Commercial Register, if the applicant or the member of the consortium is registered. (2) Declaration on the personal situation of the applicant or the member of the consortium, consisting of: (a) Declaration on the absence of the mandatory grounds of exclusion as per section 123 Act against Restraints of Competition (Competition Act — GWB) or on the remedial actions and the measures. (b) Declaration on the absence of the optional grounds of exclusion as per section 124 GWB or on the remedial actions and the measures.