Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2022-12-09
Buyer: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72000000
Estimated value: 413920 EUR
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
On behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), GIZ is implementing a lot of different digital solutions in various sectoral and global projects united in the department GloBe. All these global projects need special expertise during the next years. With this tender we look for a team of Experts in the area of: Cyber security.
The general tasks of the consultant will be to support the GIZ and its partners in better understanding the cybersecurity ecosystem in Africa and in a targeted number of partner countries. The consultant will need to deliver detailed analyses, policy proposal and work together with GIZ staff in providing advisory services to national governments and private stakeholders in all matters related cybersecurity. With its expertise, the consultant is required to support in achieving the objective of creating local economic value from data in partner countries and supporting the data sovereignty of the African continent.
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1 - 5 65760 Eschborn
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) is a German federal enterprise in international cooperation for sustainable development. We work for our clients and together with our partners on more than 1,500 ongoing projects in around 120 countries. GIZ employs over 20,000 people worldwide. Of these, more than 4,000 work in Germany.
The promotion and dissemination of digitisation is a development policy goal in its own right, which the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is pursuing in a special way together with its partners. On behalf of the BMZ, GIZ is implementing a lot of different digital solutions in various sectoral and global projects united in the department GloBe. In addition to the BMZ Digital Transformation Centres operating worldwide, these include a wide range of projects. In line with the needs and potentials of the partners, these projects support local capacities to shape the digital transformation themselves.
The general tasks of the consultant will be to support the GIZ and its partners in better understanding the cybersecurity ecosystem in Africa and in a targeted number of partner countries. The consultant will need to deliver detailed analyses, policy proposal and work together with GIZ staff in providing advisory services to national governments and private stakeholders in all matters related cybersecurity. With its expertise, the consultant is required to support in achieving the objective of creating local economic value from data in partner countries and supporting the data sovereignty of the African continent.
- Mapping the cybersecurity ecosystem in partner countries and making analyses of the cybersecurity market
- Mapping of IT / cybersecurity challenges and risks in the area of critical infrastructure, in particular health facilities / life sciences and laboratories.
- Providing expertise and supporting the process of developing national and international cybersecurity strategies
- Advise on how to strengthen activities in the area of cybersecurity with a focus on (bio)security-relevant aspects in laboratories / health institutions.
- Support in drafting and advising on strategic security guidelines when implementing digital governance services
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.
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,


Winner: DXC Technology Deutschland GmbH
Award value: 413920
Number of bids: 3