Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-12-27
Buyer: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 72210000: Software programming services
Submission deadline: 2022-01-24
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: 81275883-Technical assistance to the set-up of a web-based platform in  support of access to finance of SMEs
On behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) advises the government of the Republic of Senegal in improving the business environment in the country with a special focus on small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The main implementing partner of GIZ is the Senegalese government Agency for the Development and Accompaniment of Small and Medium Enterprises - French: Agence de Développement et d"Encadrement des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises (ADEPME). ADEPME and GIZ jointly develop an SME data platform (Guichet Unique Financement GUF) which will allow SMEs to access tailored information on financial services meeting a given SMEs" concrete financial needs. Financial institutions, in turn, will be able to access to verified financial and other information on SMEs which are in search of a suitable financial solution for their planned investments.
The procurement is aimed at IT service providers with the purpose of assisting ADEPME in setting up the web-based SME platform, its connectivity with Senegalese financial institutions as well as various business service providers in the field of SMEs. Subject of the tender is an agile development of the SME platform to enable ADEPME to better target business development services to SMEs and to more effectively match financial needs from SMEs with corresponding financial services offered by the Senegalese financial sector. The SME platform will be hosted by ADEPME. Assisting ADEPME in the development of the SME platform, GIZ launches the present tender.
On behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) advises the government of the Republic of Senegal in improving the business environment in the country with a special focus on small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The main implementing partner of GIZ is the Senegalese government Agency for the Development and Accompaniment of Small and Medium Enterprises - French: Agence de Développement et d"Encadrement des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises (ADEPME). ADEPME and GIZ jointly develop an SME data platform (Guichet Unique Financement GUF) which will allow SMEs to access tailored information on financial services meeting a given SMEs" concrete financial needs. Financial institutions, in turn, will be able to access to verified financial and other information on SMEs which are in search of a suitable financial solution for their planned investments.
The procurement is aimed at IT service providers with the purpose of assisting ADEPME in setting up the web-based SME platform, its connectivity with Senegalese financial institutions as well as various business service providers in the field of SMEs. Subject of the tender is an agile development of the SME platform to enable ADEPME to better target business development services to SMEs and to more effectively match financial needs from SMEs with corresponding financial services offered by the Senegalese financial sector. The SME platform will be hosted by ADEPME. Assisting ADEPME in the development of the SME platform, GIZ launches the present tender.
GIZ is entitled to extend the period for fulfilment of the original contract by unilaterally notifying the Contractor. For details, please see the special terms and conditions.
The assignment will only be entrusted to companies with the required expertise and capacity (eligible companies), which meet the criteria listed in the document "Request to participate and Eligibility declaration by applicants (Call for competition)", and which are not excluded under the terms of Sections 123 or 124 of the German Act against Restraints of Competition (GWB), or who can prove restoration of their integrity in line with Section 125 of the same act.
If there is a previously announced limit to the number of applicants, an assessment will be carried out according to the relevant evaluation scale included in the tender documents.
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 special terms and conditions.
2. Eligibility declaration that no grounds for exclusion in Section 123, 124 of the German Act Against Restraints of Competition (GWB) apply.
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);
2. Declaration of the average number of employees and managers for the past three calendar years at least 100 persons.
It is necessary to provide references in the technical field "design, development of a complex web based platform" with a minimum commission value of 400.000,00 EUR.
1. At least 5 reference projects in the technical field of "design, development of a complex web based platform" and at least 2 reference project "in Africa in the abovementioned technical field" in the last 3 years.
2. The technical assessment is only based on reference projects with a minimum commission value of 400.000,00 EUR.

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