Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2024-01-17
Region: DEA22
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 80000000 | 80533000
Estimated value: 1442700 EUR
Submission deadline: 2025-05-31
Award criteria: price, quality
EU fund: eu-funds

Technical requirements: 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.
Each year, a large number of young people in Côte d"Ivoire seek access to the job market. However, lacking the right technical/professional skills, they do not find adequate employment and end up in the informal economy or remain unemployed. The project ambitions to mitigate the ICT companies" difficulties in recruiting qualified personnel with the right set of technical skills and professional competencies to meet their immediate employment needs. The ICT (information and communication technologies or "tech") sector is experiencing strong growth in Côte d'Ivoire. It is gradually opening up to technological et digital innovation, making it a high-potential area for skilled employment. The digitization of the economy and the industry is also a major opportunity, as the jobs created in ICT will spread to other sectors of the Ivorian economy, including agriculture, transport, banking and insurance. The GIZ Invest for Jobs program is part of the Special Initiative "Decent Work for a Just Transition", and its main objective is to create good quality jobs and to set up training programs leading to sustainable employment of young people and women. Its primary vocation is to create decent jobs for vulnerable populations in Côte d'Ivoire. Indeed, one of the factors regularly identified by potential investors as a hindrance, or even a barrier, to their development is the lack of qualified human resources for certain professions in the private sector, and in particular in the ICT sector. Invest for Jobs is a German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Special Initiative program underway in eight African countries including Côte d'Ivoire. As part of the development of its activities in Côte d'Ivoire, GIZ through its programme for the promotion of SMEs and training-employment (INVEST for JOBS) wishes to contribute to the strengthening of the industrial and digital ecosystems as well as structures of technical and vocational training ("TVET") in Côte d'Ivoire. On the other hand, as part of the programming of its support to Côte d'Ivoire for 2021-2027, the European Union (EU) provides funding to implement an innovative system of technical/vocational training focused on the concrete demand of private enterprises in the sectors of industrial mechanics and ICT. Jointly with the European Union, GIZ plans to support the development of a "professional development" program (qualifying vocational training) that would provide Ivorian companies with adequately qualified personnel with skills that correspond to the needs of the labor market in Côte d'Ivoire (the "Project" or "FORPRODE").
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.
To meet the demand of the private sector for professional skills and to satisfy the expectations of ICTcompanies regarding the technical/professional quality of the young people trained, the Project aims at an improved adequacy between the specific demand expressed by the private sector and the training offered by setting up a system of professional development in close cooperation with the private sector. The main objective of this contract is to set up technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in the digital and ICT sectors for young people, and particularly women, and to integrate them into decent, sustainable jobs. In all, the aim is to train and integrate 300 young people in the digital and ICT sectors in Côte d'Ivoire, with a particular emphasis on training and employment for women. The project is targeted primarily at young people and women (aged 18-35). Three trades have been identified in the ICT sector, the subject of this call for tenders: (1) full stack developers, (2) data management experts and (3) IT security/cyber security experts. The aim is to offer practical, short-term training courses, enabling young people and women to become rapidly operational and productive. The training period envisaged for each pathway is 4 to 6 months maximum, with twelve (12) cohorts/cycles spread over a total period of 18 months. Each cohort for the three identified trades will comprise around 25 people, with the aim of training 200 people in full stack developers and data management and 100 people in IT security, making it a total of 300 people over the 18 months. The training courses should enable beneficiaries to acquire basic technical knowledge of the trade, as well as preparing them to enter job market through soft skills modules. The expected results of the tendered contract comprise the following results: 1. The design of 3 standard training paths and relevant content for full stack developers, data management experts and IT/cyber security experts. 2. The implementation of a rigorous, modern, and innovative selection system. 3. The training of 300 young people in the 3 ICT trades identified, as well as in soft skills. 4. The integration of 270 young people/women into decent, sustainable jobs that correspond to the training provided. 5. Animation of the ICT ecosystem in relation to the trainings provided. To this end, the contractor will deploy a team of highly experienced experts and trainers, including a team leader, a TVET expert in training full stack developers and data management experts and a TVET expert in training cyber security experts. The contractor will work in close collaboration with GIZ in support of implementing modern and innovative training approaches, developing the technical and professional capacities of young people and women, and strengthening the ICT sector in Côte d"Ivoire.


Award value: 796518.73
Number of bids: 4