Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-06-19
Buyer: 81317104-Lot 2: Legal Support Service
Region: DEA22
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 79100000 | 79411100
Submission deadline: 2025-07-21

Technical requirements: 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.
3. complaints of infringements of procurement rules that first become evident in the tender documents are not submitted to the contracting authority at the latest by the expiry of the deadline for application or by the deadline for the submission of bids,
4. more than 15 calendar days have expired since receipt of notification from the contracting authority 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.
GET.invest is a European programme that mobilises investment for clean energy in developing countries. We support project developers and companies towards investment readiness and link them with financiers. In collaboration with many stakeholders in the sector, we also provide a range of other services to complement this effort. GET.invest aims to substantially increase the volume and pace of investment, to contribute to building sustainable energy markets, and to thus help meet the twin challenge of sustainable energy and climate change. Since 2022, we power the Team Europe One Stop Shop for Green Energy Investments, an access point for information about and facilitated access to European support and financing instruments for energy projects and companies in Africa.
GET.invest is hosted on the multi-donor platform GET.pro, implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, and co-funded by the European Union, Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Austria. 
The proposition of GET.invest to a) develop projects to a status of bankability and b) introducing them to financiers and investor frequently requires supplementary advisory in specialised fields of expertise which are out of the scope for the existing access-to-finance advisory facilities. Therefore GET.invest creates two (2) facilities as a complementary support modality to the existing suite of coaching and advisory services of GET.invest Finance Access Advisory. The two respective sublots of this tender are as follows:
Project Documentation Development/ PDD: The goal is to provide eligible projects with key investment-grade project documents required to validate the technical and commercial viability of projects, and often generated from studies, assessments and evaluations.
Legal Support Services / LSS: The goal is to directly support GET.invest's overarching objective of accelerating clean energy investment by contributing well-structured legal agreements, advice on the legal structure of clean energy deals, and compliance with relevant regulations are essential for mitigating risks and ensuring project/business success
In terms of thematic and geographic scope, this service applies to all clean energy market segments under GET.invest mandate (here). Geographically, while GET.invest currently is active mainly in SSA in addition to some activities in the Pacific and Caribbean, the programme is at initial stages of expanding to other regions such as Central and Latin America.
"Project Documentation Development" and "Legal Support Service" are often closely correlated and can be complementary to each other or offered independently. The two services can collaborate on certain documents, if need be, provided the roles remain additional and clear.
EN-B1: Technical and professional ability (Mit dem Angebot; Mittels Eigenerklärung): 1.At least 5 references in the last 3 years (deadline: date of publication of invitation to tender) that had a minimum commission value of EUR 10.000,00 in the technical field of legal advisory for renewable energy projects and companies in the following thematic areas A), B), C): 

A) Utility-scale renewable energy power transmission (e.g. structuring security arrangements for power transmission infrastructure financing) 
B) Utility-scale renewable energy power generation (e.g. end-to-end legal advisory for structuring a utility scale PV project) 
C) Decentralised renewable energy or clean cooking or productive use or e-mobility projects/companies. (e.g. legal structuring of a concession agreement for a mini-grid, legal advisory for an offtake agreement for a large scale C&I project, legal advisory for a cross-border M&A of two companies, legal advisory on tax implications of cross-border carbon credit monetization of a clean cooking company) 

Every thematic area A, B, C must be covered at least once by a refence project. (exclusion criterion).

2. At least 3 reference in the region of Sub-Saharan Africa (UN Methodology M49: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49) in the last 3 years (deadline: date of publication of invitation to tender) that had a minimum commission value of EUR 10.000,00 (exclusion criterion).

3. At least 2 reference in the region of Central America, South America or Southern Asia (UN Methodology M49: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49) in the last 3 years (deadline: date of publication of invitation to tender) that had a minimum commission value of EUR 10.000,00 (exclusion criterion).
EN-C1: Economic and financial standing (Mit dem Angebot; Mittels Eigenerklärung): Average annual turnover for the last three years (last-but-four financial year can be included in case of tenders held within 6 months of end of last financial year), at least: 2.500.000,00 EUR
EN-C2: Economic and financial standing (Mit dem Angebot; Mittels Eigenerklärung): Average number of employees and managers in the last three calendar years, at least 20 persons

Eligibility requirements: EN-B1: Technical and professional ability (Mit dem Angebot; Mittels Eigenerklärung): 1.At least 5 references in the last 3 years (deadline: date of publication of invitation to tender) that had a minimum commission value of EUR 10.000,00 in the technical field of legal advisory for renewable energy projects and companies in the following thematic areas A), B), C): 

A) Utility-scale renewable energy power transmission (e.g. structuring security arrangements for power transmission infrastructure financing) 
B) Utility-scale renewable energy power generation (e.g. end-to-end legal advisory for structuring a utility scale PV project) 
C) Decentralised renewable energy or clean cooking or productive use or e-mobility projects/companies. (e.g. legal structuring of a concession agreement for a mini-grid, legal advisory for an offtake agreement for a large scale C&I project, legal advisory for a cross-border M&A of two companies, legal advisory on tax implications of cross-border carbon credit monetization of a clean cooking company) 

Every thematic area A, B, C must be covered at least once by a refence project. (exclusion criterion).

2. At least 3 reference in the region of Sub-Saharan Africa (UN Methodology M49: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49) in the last 3 years (deadline: date of publication of invitation to tender) that had a minimum commission value of EUR 10.000,00 (exclusion criterion).

3. At least 2 reference in the region of Central America, South America or Southern Asia (UN Methodology M49: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49) in the last 3 years (deadline: date of publication of invitation to tender) that had a minimum commission value of EUR 10.000,00 (exclusion criterion).
EN-C1: Economic and financial standing (Mit dem Angebot; Mittels Eigenerklärung): Average annual turnover for the last three years (last-but-four financial year can be included in case of tenders held within 6 months of end of last financial year), at least: 2.500.000,00 EUR
EN-C2: Economic and financial standing (Mit dem Angebot; Mittels Eigenerklärung): Average number of employees and managers in the last three calendar years, at least 20 persons
EN-A1: Principles for the execution of orders (Mit dem Angebot; Mittels Eigenerklärung): The eligbility criteria are not from the same category as stipulated above, as there is no suitable category. 

1. Self-declaration: name of company and address, tax ID, registration and commercial register number or equivalent register in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of origin.
2. No grounds for exclusion pursuant to § 123, § 124 GWB, § 22 LkSG, EU-Russia sanctions

3. Declaration of bidding consortium and/or declaration of subcontractors (if applicable)
GIZ asks the applicant or bidder to submit, complete or correct documents, within the framework laid down by law.
The execution conditions result from the information given in the contract notice and the tender documents.

Supporting documents:
- EN-A1: Principles for the execution of orders (To be submitted with  by means of self-declaration): 1. Self-declaration: name of company and address, tax ID, registration and commercial register number or equivalent register in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of origin.
2. No grounds for exclusion pursuant to § 123, § 124 GWB, § 22 LkSG, EU-Russia sanctions

3. Declaration of bidding consortium and/or declaration of subcontractors (if applicable)
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.
3. complaints of infringements of procurement rules that first become evident in the tender documents are not submitted to the contracting authority at the latest by the expiry of the deadline for application or by the deadline for the submission of bids,
4. more than 15 calendar days have expired since receipt of notification from the contracting authority 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.
GET.invest"s overall objective on the programme level is the "Private investment in clean energy and access to energy projects/companies in partner countries is mobilised." 
The contractor should be aware that the Finance Access Advisory consists of two well-established and proven facilities, named Finance Catalyst and Finance Readiness Support/ FRS. The purpose of this tender is to identify the best service providers (1 per lot) to further support and develop existing clients of the two facilities mentioned above that require specialised advisory in technical fields which are outside of the scope of the two facilities. During the inception phase, which will be prior to the actual work described below, the contractors will be responsible for a smooth connection to the existing facilities, as well as the adjustments to the services where applicable.

Work package 1: Planning of the assignment and kick-off meeting 
Under this package, the Contractor shall present its strategy for implementation considering these terms. A discussion with GET.invest team and relevant members of its Finance Access Advisory service will take place to finalise elements of the steering structure and roles of various players, reporting requirements and cycles, workflow, etc.
Work package 2: One-Off requests/Short-Term Matters
This package has the objective to resolve discrete legal issues of clients. These requests may span across practice areas but do relate to a specific legal matter which can be advised or addressed conclusively with limited engagement. 
Work package 3: Medium-Term Assistance
This package has the objective to support clients with more complex legal assignments related to a specific project or transaction, which may require advisory services across multiple interconnected practice areas. 
Work package 4: Long-Term Assistance 
This package has the objective to support clients requiring full legal representation due to the complexity of a particular transaction or issue of law. This will involve ongoing legal advisory across multiple practice areas, including drafting and reviewing legal agreements, providing guidance on deal terms, addressing other legal requirements of the transaction, and leading or participating in the negotiation of large-scale clean energy infrastructure project transactions.
Work package 5: Local Law Advisory and Support 
This package has the objective to support clients with inquiries related to local law or legal advisory on transactions and documents requiring compliance review with local regulations. While requests will typically focus on a single country and practice area, they may occasionally involve multiple jurisdictions due to the geographic scope of many clients.

Work package 6: Legal Clinic
This task has the objective to provide generalized/high-level advisory to clients on discrete questions of law, during a 1-2 hour conference call. 

Work package 7: Knowledge Products (KP) 
This package has the objective to support the development or providing input for learning and insight "papers" on thematic legal topics relevant for transaction advisory in energy and climate finance. Developing or improving templates and standard tools is also part of this scope.
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.