Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-04-29
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 | 71314300: Energy-efficiency consultancy services | 79000000
Submission deadline: 2022-05-27
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: 81283392-Consulting advice on grid connected renewable energy and energy efficiency solutions for climate protection
In Ghana, current power generation capacity exceeds the country's national needs. One of the causes of this problem are long-term and expensive power purchase agreements that the state has concluded with private operators of thermal energy in the context of the energy crisis of 2014-2016. These result in high electricity prices, which not only represent a challenge for private households and the economic sector, but also lead to high public debt.
Thereby, investment into renewable energies become more difficult. However, the saving potential, both from an energy and financial point of view, is enormous. Other challenges in the sector are the inadequate professional qualification of personnel in the field of renewable energies and energy efficiency, which leads to a lack of qualified workers.
The bilateral project "Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency for Climate Protection in Ghana" aims to improve the institutional and regulatory framework for renewable energy and energy efficiency and to promote investment in this area. The project also supports the objectives of the German-Ghanaian Reform and Investment Partnership.
The institutional and regulatory framework for the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency solutions has improved. This also improves the financial sustainability of the energy sector. In addition, the project supports the achievement of Ghana's climate goals and sustainable and inclusive economic development.
The project focuses on the following five areas: (i) advising the Ministry of Energy, (ii) improving the performance of state-owned energy supply companies, (iii) improving renewable energy and energy efficiency services of the Energy Service Center of the Ghanaian Industry Association (AGI), (iv) improving the energy efficiency and use of renewable energy solutions in public buildings, as well as (v) improving vocational training in the field of renewable energies and energy efficiency (this last output is not part of the tender).
This tender involves the supply and management of advisory services to the GIZ "Sustainable Energy and Energy Efficiency for Climate Protection" Project (SustainE4Climate) in Ghana around the topics of renewable energy and energy efficiency by a pool of short term experts. The contractor"s services will be part of the overall strategy and will therefore follow the same strategy and objectives which the project employs: Improving the conditions for the uptake and long-term implementation of renewable energy (mostly solar) and energy efficiency solutions. This entails work on the regulatory environment (mostly with the State), work with the public electricity utilities, work with the private sector (commerce and industry and the general industry umbrella organisation), work with the building sector in order to improve energy efficiency there. The strategy is a results-oriented approach that requires a high level of flexibility as much by GIZ as the tenderer.
The services requested here will be delivered by a pool of short term experts (both with international background as well as a national one) in form of technical services related to the key intervention areas of the project, which are:
o            advice on and development of a regulatory framework for renewable energy and energy efficiency (Output 1)
o            advice regarding service delivery to the Energy Service Centre of the Association of Ghana business AGI (Output 3)
o            as well as cross-cutting areas such as process management, organisational development, monitoring & evaluation, gender mainstreaming, communication and presentation and workshop logistics.
The provided short term experts are expected to complement the project"s work with pinpointed/targeted expertise on specific topics, e.g. by producing concept papers, delivering feasibility studies, transferring proven and successful concepts from the field of renewable energy and energy efficiency to Ghana, and others.
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.
If more than five candidates/associations are considered suitable, only the five candidates/associations ranked in the top five according to the following selection criteria will be invited to submit a tender. The other candidates/associations will not be invited to submit a tender. This selection will be made under all eligible participants based on the following criteria:
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.

Eligibility requirements: The application must be made using the forms provided by GIZ: 1) Trading name and address, beneficial owner(s), commercial register number, bank account, tax number, VAT identification number, brief company profile and contact in event of queries. 2) Extract from the commercial register or equivalent evidence/proof (not older than six months). 3) Self-declaration that no grounds for exclusion in Section 123, 124 of the German Act Against Restraints of Competition (GWB) apply. 4) If a candidate/tenderer wishes to use the capacities of another company for the execution of the contract, he must prove by submitting a declaration of commitment that the corresponding capacities are available to him for the execution of the contract. 5) If subcontractors are to be used, a declaration of commitment and a declaration that no grounds for exclusion pursuant to Section 123 GWB and/or Section 124 GWB apply to them must be submitted. 6) In the case of participation as a bidding consortium: tenderers must appoint a leading member and authorise this member to represent the group and to receive payments with discharging effect also for the other members. A corresponding agreement, signed by all members, must be attached to the application for participation. For this purpose, the form provided by GIZ must be used.