Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-05-10
Buyer: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 71314000: Energy and related services
Submission deadline: 2019-06-11
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The project “Smart Grids for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (SGREEE)” funded by the German Government — Bundesministerium für Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) — and implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in collaboration with the Electricity Regulatory Authority of Vietnam (ERAV), is part of the Energy Support Programme (ESP) which has been working in the field of Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency together with the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) since 2009.
The SGREEE project supports experts of the Vietnamese power sector in developing a “Smart Grid”, i.e. the digitalization and flexibilisation of the power supply system which allows for an increased integration of renewable energies and supports greater energy efficiency.
— regulatory framework and technical requirements for the grid integration of variable Renewable Energies (vRE),
— trends and application of the digitalisation and flexibilisation of the power system with state-of-the-art technologies,
The period of implementation for this assignment will be 24 months from September 2019 until June 2021.
2) Eligibility declaration that no grounds for exclusion in Section 123, 124 of the German Act Against Restraints of Competition (GWB) apply;
1) At least 6 reference projects in the technical field power sector and technical grid operation, grid integration of renewable energies, grid planning, digitalisation/flexibilisation of the power system and at least x reference projects in the region world in the last 3 years;
2) The technical assessment is only based on reference projects with a minimum commission value of 100 000 EUR.
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.

Eligibility requirements: 1) Trading name and address, commercial register number; 2) Eligibility declaration that no grounds for exclusion in Section 123, 124 of the German Act Against Restraints of Competition (GWB) apply; 3) Ligibility declaration subcontractors if applicable; 4) Association clause if applicable.