Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2024-12-23
Region: DEA22
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72000000
Submission deadline: 2025-01-28
EU fund: eu-funds

Technical requirements: The ICGLR (International Conference for the Great Lakes Region), founded in 2006, promotes peace, security, and development in the Great Lakes region. In 2012, the U.S. Dodd-Frank Act required companies to disclose whether their minerals, particularly from DR Congo and neighboring countries, funded armed groups. The ICGLR"s Regional Certification Mechanism (RCM) ensures responsible sourcing of minerals like tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold (3TG), known as conflict minerals, with traceability and due diligence requirements outlined in its 2019 RCM Manual.
Key components of the RCM include:
- Certification for responsible sourcing and prevention of conflict mineral trade
- Collaboration among governments, private sector, and civil society
- Capacity building for local governments and industry
- Monitoring and reporting for progress and compliance
The digitalization of the RCM requires:
- National chain-of-custody (CoC) tracking solutions
- Database connectors for national and regional data integration
- Data-sharing solutions
- Sovereign national minerals databases and a regional minerals database
GIZ and the ICGLR developed an architectural vision for the idea of an overarching mineral traceability solution including all necessary components. This architectural vision will be the basis for all measures within the framework of the development of the service tendered in this contract.
The architecture vision for the implementation of the epics of this tender provides the foundation for all components to be implemented under this tender
The subject of this procurement is therefore the design/architecture and development/configuration and implementation of the following components of the architecture vision
- Data Sharing Solution
- Data connector
- Regional Minerals Database
In addition, the contractor shall provide change management and capacity development activities complimenting an agile delivery approach, to ensure the smooth operation of the software by ICGLR / respective future operators.
1. 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: 300000 EUR
2. Average number of employees and managers in the last three calendar years, at least 5 persons
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)
1. The technical assessment is only based on reference projects with a minimum commission value of 50000 EUR.
2. At least 3 reference projects in the technical field software development of state of the art web-based workflow or web-based supply chain systems in the last 3 years
GIZ asks the applicant or bidder to submit, complete or correct documents, within the framework laid down by law.