Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2023-03-27
Buyer: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 71800000 | 73220000 | 79411100
Estimated value: 963336 EUR
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Services de conseil en matière d'approvisionnement en eau et services de conseil en matière de déchets
The GIZ project Wastewater Treatment, Reuse and Water Supply (WTR) is a central technical cooperation module in the new "Management of Water Resources" development cooperation programme in Jordan and contributes to four of the programme"s five fields of activity: i) sustainable sector funding, ii) sustainable drinking water supply, iii) wastewater treatment and reuse as well as iv) energy efficiency and climate change. The project will improve the performance of the three Jordanian water utilities and of the Water Authority of Jordan in terms of water supply as well as wastewater treatment and reuse. It will endeavour to reduce the physical and administrative water losses in selected water supply areas and ensure safe operation of wastewater treatment plants in the project region in permanent compliance with chemical, biological and physical minimum standards.
The project activities are divided into five fields of action / outputs. The scope of Lot 1 of this consultancy is part of Output 5 of the project, which has the objective to strengthen the technical and management capacities of Aqaba Water Company to implement the management contract for the Al-Karak governorate. The scope of Lot 2 of this consultancy is part of Output 4 of the project, which has the objective to improve the technical and administrative implementation of the management contract for the selected operating areas of the Miyahuna Water Company in Balqa
The overall objective of this consultancy is to prepare a water and wastewater master plan and detailed hydraulic models for Al-Karak governorate in Jordan. The consultancy is expected to accomplish the following main outcomes:
1. Development of a calibrated hydraulic model, including hydraulic network analysis and calibration, taking into consideration intended future water resources, operation schemes and system expansions.
2. Preparation of an infrastructure master plan and development of capital investment priorities for Al-Karak governorate to meet the municipal water needs through 2050 for the project area, taking into consideration the anticipated NRW reduction as per the new NRW strategy.
In addition, the contractor shall provide sector-specific advice on the technical analysis of water and wastewater distribution and infrastructure in the Al-Karak governorate, prioritising repair and rehabilitation measures. The infrastructure master plan is intended to assist the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, the Water Authority of Jordan and the Aqaba Water Company with decisions on cost-effective resource allocation and capital investment priorities to meet municipal water needs through the year 2050. It shall also inform on aspects of environmental sustainability, expected sanitary loads, sanitation solutions, projected sewers capacity, reuse of the treated sewage effluent and effective operation and maintenance. The hydraulic models and the infrastructure master plan shall take into consideration expected population growth, demand trends, expected water loss reductions as per the new NRW water strategy, and the suite of currently planned strategic projects, particularly the national conveyor project that is expected to contribute to the water supply within the planning period.
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.
Pursuant to Section 14 (3) No. 5 VgV, the conduct of a negotiated procedure with TNW is possible if in an open procedure [...] no proper tenders or only unacceptable tenders were submitted. In such a case, the conduct of a call for competition may be dispensed with if the contracting authority includes in the negotiated procedure all suitable enterprises that have submitted tenders in due form and time. In particular, tenders that do not comply with the tender documents and would therefore have to be excluded pursuant to Section 57 (1) No. 4 VgV are not proper. Not acceptable are, among other things, tenders whose prices exceed the budgeted funds established and documented prior to the initiation of the award procedure. These conditions were met.
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.


Winner: Gopa Infra GmbH
Award value: 963336
Number of bids: 4