Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2017-11-29
Buyer: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 75211200
Estimated value: 625668 EUR
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The project on ‘Promotion of Renewable Energy (focus hydropower) in Bosnia and Herzegovina’ is opening a tender to support its work on the reform of the support schemes for renewable energy in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The country is obliged to reform its support schemes to more market based approaches (Feed-in premiums, auctions etc.). The overall project will last until 12/2019 and foresees consultancy support for the above mentioned area via international and national short-term experts until 10/2019.
The Technical Cooperation Project ‘ Promotion of Renewable Energy (focus hydropower) in Bosnia and Herzegovina ’ with an overall term from January 2016 to December 2019 has the aim to improve the framework conditions for renewable energies in Bosnia and Herzegovina. One area of support are advisory services on the reform of the current Feed-In Tariff system of support for renewable energies to more market based approaches, such as Feed-in Premiums and Auctions. The consulting firm (or consortium) shall be assigned with the provision of advisory services in the reform processes to the project partners via international and national short-term experts. The consulting firm will support the development of policy options for the new support schemes and, in a second stage, develop an in-depth concept for the chosen option. The overall result is to develop a detailed market-based support scheme concept by June 2019, which is ready for adoption by the respective governments in the country. The detailed concept will be a full package focusing on the type of support and allocation mechanisms, more precisely revision and drafting legal and regulatory aspects, institutional framework, financial aspect, economic aspect, tendering documents and procedures. The contract period is foreseen until October 2019.
Within the framework of the basic project described in the terms of reference, GIZ reserves the right to supplement the contract for additional services of this type up to the similar amount to the successful company in this procedure pursuant to the criteria listed in the terms of reference and the contract. Please refer to the terms of reference for further details.
According to article 160, Section 3 of the German Act Against Restraint of Competition, application for re-examination is not permissible insofar as
1. the applicant has identified the claimed infringement of the contract award regulations before submitting the application for re-examination and has not submitted a complaint to the commissioning party 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 contract award regulations that are evident in the notice are not submitted to the commissioning party at the latest by expiry of the deadline for the application specified in the notice or by the deadline for the submission of bids,
3. complaints of infringements of contract award regulations that first become evident in the tender documents are not submitted to the commissioning party at the latest by the expiry of the deadline for application or for the submisison of bids,
4. more than 15 calendar days have elapsed after receipt of the notification from the commissioning party 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: KEMA Consulting GmbH
Award value: 625668
Number of bids: 3