Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-10-10
Buyer: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 75211200
Submission deadline: 2019-11-11
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The GIZ Governance for Inclusive Development (GovID) Module (10/2019-09/2022) aims to empower national and sub-national governance actors to finance inclusive development for the citizens of Ghana. The Module promotes the mobilization of domestic revenues by supporting the development of tax policies, improving the tax administration and increasing internally generated funds. It aims to improve the development-oriented use of public funds by enhancing the reliability and transparency of national and district budgets and the accountability of public expenditures. In addition, a dialogue between public and private actors will be established to leverage economic potentials. The module works with the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, the Ghana Revenue Authority, the Internal Audit Agency, Regional Coordinating Councils and 30 selected partner districts across Ghana. To achieve the objectives, the module seeks support from a short term expert pool.
The tendered assignment involves the supply and management of facilitation, training and advisory services to partners of the GIZ Governance for Inclusive Development (GovID) Module in Ghana. The contractor will supply and manage the assignments of Short-Term Experts (STEs) that are aligned to the overall strategy and objectives of the GovID Module and thus help empower national and sub-national governance actors to finance inclusive development in Ghana.
The main advisory work will be delivered by short-term experts in form of trainings and technical consultancies related to the five key intervention areas of the module:
(i) revenue mobilisation and management at the national level, including fiscal policy and administration, customs, intergovernmental fiscal relations, taxpayer education and relations, tax analysis;
(ii) internally generated funds at the sub-national level, including software development for IGF management, taxpayer education, cooperation between national and sub-national actors, land valuation, IT infrastructure;
(iii) budget management at the national and sub-national levels, including aspects such as development planning, programme-based budget implementation, composite budgeting, gender-based budgeting, reporting, promotion of transparency and participation;
(iv) accountability, including performance audit, internal audit, civil society and governmental relations;
(v) local economic development, public-private dialogue processes, economic analysis, agricultural economics, business economics. Additionally, cross-cutting areas such as process management, organisational development, digitalisation, monitoring and evaluation, human resources development, gender mainstreaming and communication should also be covered. The pools of STEs (STEP) of the contractor shall have a minimum size of 40 members in total, demonstrating a mix of expertise of the key intervention areas described above. All STEs need strong technical skills in the area of their assignment, solid working knowledge in development cooperation, adequate intercultural and social competences, and professional, partner- and service-oriented work ethics.
The contractor will also be responsible for managing the STEP, which should be done by a pool manager. Integrated into the GovID's team, the pool manager will be responsible for managing the pools and for identifying the appropriate national/regional STEs. The person will liaise with partners and the GovID staff to identify the needs for the consultancies and support the operations by conducting needs assessments, preparing concept notes, contracting qualified national and regional experts and ensuring the quality of their service delivery and reports. To effectively fulfil these tasks, the pool manager should have considerable work experience in Ghana and be exposed to an extensive network of national/regional consultants. During the assignments, the pool manger will be responsible for the administrative support to the STEs. For that purpose, he/she shall contract an administrative support officer to assist with the organisation and procurement of workshops, events and trainings.
The contractor will also provide the necessary technical and administrative backstopping to the pool manager. The technical back-stopper, an officer dedicated to the GovID Module, will be responsible for identifying and recruiting the appropriate international experts, aligning them to the needs of the module and providing contacts to international networks of consultants, think tanks and universities. Strong management skills, experience in development cooperation and access to a broad network of international experts will be the key skills of the technical back-stopper. The administrative backstopper will be responsible for the back-office support during the identification and recruitment of the STEs.
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.
The assessment will be made on the basis of at least 6 reference projects in the technical governance, public finance and decentralisation and at least 3 reference projects in the region Western Africa in the last 3 years, with a minimum commission value of 800 000 EUR.
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.
2) Eligibility declaration that no grounds for exclusion in Section 123, 124 of the German Act Against Restraints of Competition (GWB) apply;
At least 6 reference projects in the technical field of governance, public finance, decentralisation and at least 3 reference projects in the region Western Africa in the last 3 years.

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.