Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-03-17
Buyer: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 65310000: Electricity distribution
Estimated value: 1920000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2018-04-14
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: ESF

Technical requirements: Bangladesh is embracing both conventional and renewable sources of energy to meet its existing and steadily growing demand for power. In this process, the country is aiming at exploiting its available solar potential, predominantly promoting grid-connected solar power.
The project “Energy Efficiency and Integration of Renewable Energy into the Grid in Bangladesh” is a part of the development cooperation programme Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency. The project is designed for a duration of 30 months starting from April 2018.
The Objective of the project is: decision-makers in the energy sector have improved the conditions under which stakeholders can integrate solar power into the grid and improve efficiency in the power grid.
The project will work with relevant ministries and other important stakeholders in the energy sector of Bangladesh to achieve the objective and will follow a multi-stakeholder approach at several levels and will intervene in 3 fields of activity (components), namely; developing required framework conditions, strengthening the technical capabilities of the transmission grid operators to integrate solar energy and improving efficiency monitoring of the distribution grid with focus on smart grid technologies.
GIZ is looking for a consultancy firm that can assist with the implementation of the broad range of activities under the abovementioned components.
2) eligibility of the candidates. This will be evaluated according to the eligibility assessment grid. Criteria are: annual turnover, number of employees, reference projects and technical experience in thematic areas;
3) should more than 6 bidders be eligible, the bids will be evaluated according to the technical assessment grid and according to the following criteria and set percentage Points.
GIZ reserves the right to award contract extensions and/or increases on the basis of the criteria laid dow in the tender documents to the to the company succesful in this procedure (please see Terms of Reference for details).
1) declaration on the Commercial Register, if the applicant or the member of the consortium is registered;
2) declaration on the personal situation of the applicant or the member of the consortium, consisting of:
a) declaration on the absence of the mandatory grounds of exclusion as per section 123 Act against Restraints of Competition (Competition Act — GWB) or on the remedial actions and the measures;
b) declaration on the absence of the optional grounds of exclusion as per section 124 GWB or on the remedial actions and the measures.
(1) declaration on the average annual turnover (net) of the applicant or the member of the consortium for the last 3 financial years,
Declaration on the reference projects of the applicant or the member of the consortium in the last 3 years in the technical field “Power System Planning” and in the region Southern Asia with a minimum commission value of 300 000 EUR (net). There are particular to provide the informations to the project title, the client, the period, the contract value in EUR and the country.
I. Within the framework of the basic project described in the terms of reference, GIZ reserves the right to award contracts for additional services of this type up to the amount of the current tender to the successful company in this procedure by means of a negotiated procedure without a prior call for competition, or to enter into a follow-on contract pursuant to the criteria listed in the terms of reference and the contract.

Eligibility requirements: 1) declaration on the Commercial Register, if the applicant or the member of the consortium is registered; 2) declaration on the personal situation of the applicant or the member of the consortium, consisting of: a) declaration on the absence of the mandatory grounds of exclusion as per section 123 Act against Restraints of Competition (Competition Act — GWB) or on the remedial actions and the measures; b) declaration on the absence of the optional grounds of exclusion as per section 124 GWB or on the remedial actions and the measures.

Award value: 1920000