Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2023-05-19
Buyer: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71314000: Energy and related services | 71314300: Energy-efficiency consultancy services
Submission deadline: 2023-06-19
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: "Energy transition in India with distribution companies (DISCOMs)" is a project under the umbrella of the Indo - German Energy Programme being implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in Germany. The programme supports India in building up a broad-based, technically, and economically efficient, socially, and ecologically sustainable energy supply by supporting the DISCOMs. Within this project, GIZ, in collaboration with various state utilities and/or state electricity regulatory commissions (SERCs) as well as the central electricity regulatory commission (CERC), aims to explore and demonstrate the potential of Demand Response in India through the implementation of pilot measures.
India's demand for electricity is expected to double in the next 15 years. New loads in the form of cooling and electric vehicles will not only increase the demand for electricity but also increase the peak power requirements during certain hours of a day and certain days of a season. The cost of generation is also higher in the peak hours which puts an additional burden on the finances of the distribution companies. Various studies have shown that improving energy efficiency is often the most economical measure to meet demand. Hence, improving end use energy efficiency (EE) is important. Customers, if provided with appropriate incentives, can provide much needed demand side flexibility that can help in reducing the peak time demand and integrating variable renewable energy generation in electricity grids. Demand response is one of the most cost-effective system flexibilities. The reduction of peak loads has multiple benefits for distribution companies such as the reduction of need for procuring additional power generation capacity through long term power purchase agreements as well as better management of their networks.
Various state level actors like the state governments, regulatory commissions, consumers and DISCOMs have an important role to play in facilitating demand response. In India, potential of demand response is still largely untapped. Development of a favourable policy and regulatory eco-system for DR can lead to long term system benefits.
The objective of this tender is the design and implementation of at least 3 pilot measures with various categories of electricity consumers and the preparation and publication of a handbook on demand response implementation in India.
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.
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.
1. At least 2 reference projects in the technical field of Demand Side Management in the electricity sector and at least 2 reference projects in the Asia in the last 3 years.
2. The technical assessment is only based on reference projects with a minimum commission value of 150,000.00 EUR.
1. At least 2 reference projects in the technical field of Demand Side Management in the electricity sector and at least 2 reference projects in the Asia in the last 3 years.
2. The technical assessment is only based on reference projects with a minimum commission value of 150,000.00 EUR.
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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. 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 3. Declaration of bidding consortium and/or declaration of subcontractors (if applicable)