Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-02-08
Buyer: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 71314000: Energy and related services | 71314300: Energy-efficiency consultancy services
Submission deadline: 2022-03-08
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: 81280211-Soutien au développement de la stratégie de l'hydrogène vert et du Power-to-X pour la Tunisie
Tunisia, due to its renewable energy potential, proximity to Europe, and qualified technical workforce, benefits from good conditions to become a PtX producer and exporter. The technical potential of renewable energies in Tunisia is sufficient to meet both domestic demand and to produce green hydrogen for export. Against this backdrop, a new project H2Vert.TUN will be implemented by GIZ with the Tunisian ministry in charge of energy on behalf of the BMZ (German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development). The overall objective of the project is to improve the framework conditions for the development of a value chain based on renewable energies for green hydrogen and its derivatives in Tunisia.
It is planned that the GIZ project is based on three strategic components, in alignment with the priorities of the Tunisian government during 3 years of duration, from 02/2022 until 01/2025
Output: Qualified decision-making bases for improving strategic and regulatory framework conditions for a green hydrogen / Power-to-X economy in Tunisia are available to political decision-makers.
Output: Companies in Tunisia are provided with a better basis for making decisions about investing in a green hydrogen / Power-to-X economy.
Output: A technology roadmap for green hydrogen and its Power-to-X derivatives products with an associated action plan has been published in a participatory manner by national and international research institutions
The objective of this service contract is the preparation of the Green Hydrogen and PtX Roadmap and Strategy in Tunisia, the corresponding action plans (part 1) as well as the preparation of three sectoral strategies, action plans and roadmaps for Green Hydrogen and PtX to 2050 (part 2). For the implementation of these tasks and other relevant work, a project team as well as a pool of national and international short-term experts shall be established.
This service contract supports a new 3-year project (H2Vert.TUN) of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) currently under preparation in Tunisia, at the request of the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy (MIME) of the Tunisian government to the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
The support provided by the consultancy is to contribute to the H2Vert.TUN project outcomes, particularly strategic and technical advice under component 1.
The scope of work under this service contract includes the following two main parts and key activities, which are to be structured according to the main expected results:
1.  Part 1: Participatory preparation of a Green Hydrogen and PtX Roadmap, Strategy, Action Plan and National Plan for 2050;
This new strategy for green hydrogen and PtX will provide a high-level vision for Tunisia by 2050, covering all major economic sectors. A coherent assessment of the opportunities of green hydrogen and PtX for Tunisia, including the associated costs, benefits and risks, to prioritise possible technological, industrial and sectoral pathways over the next decades. In line with similar hydrogen and PtX strategies in the MENA region and Europe, a set of common technical and economic performance indicators shall be established, e.g. electrolyser capacity, renewable energy production capacity and green hydrogen and PtX production. The roadmaps should map out these national indicators for each decade up to 2050.
The roadmap to this national strategy should provide an overall strategic vision and identify key stakeholders and/or groups and suggest their role and potential links, including synergies with international partners that may support specific activities. The action plan will describe the specific tasks and allocations of national/international resources. Other digital tools related to the strategy and aimed at decision-makers will be developed during this process.
2. Part 2: Participatory preparation of at least three sectoral strategies, action plans and roadmaps for green hydrogen and PtX up to 2050.
The second part encompasses the participatory preparation of at least three sectoral strategies (sub-strategies) for green hydrogen and PtX, action plans and roadmaps to 2050 and recommendations for other tools associated with the sectoral strategies for political decision makers. According to current knowledge, H2 / PtX technologies with potential in Tunisia include the production of green hydrogen by electrolysis, the production of green ammonia from green hydrogen and, in the long term, the production of green synthetic fuels (e.g. methanol, paraffin) from green hydrogen. Importantly, exporting opportunities for these green H2 / PtX products shall be examined (e.g. by pipeline or by sea).

Eligibility requirements: 1. Trading name and address, commercial register number. 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.