Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-07-02
Buyer: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 09300000 | 65400000 | 71314000: Energy and related services
Submission deadline: 2021-07-29
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The objective of the GIZ project is to improve the legal, institutional and technological preconditions for the expansion of solar photovoltaic technologies for climate-friendly economic development in selected provinces of Nepal. This tender seeks an international consultancy firm (a consortium of consultancies/research institutes/NGOs/private companies, coordinated by the lead consultancy firm) to implement the tendered components targeting the improvement of framework conditions for photovoltaic technologies, with special focus to solar water pumps, solar mini-grids and solar rooftop.
The GIZ project ‘Promoting PV Power in Nepal (PPPN)’ works with the Alternative Energy Promotion Center (AEPC), the Agency of the Government of Nepal responsible for Renewable Energies. The overall objective of the GIZ PPPN project (May 2021 to December 2023) is to improve the legal, institutional and technological prerequisites for the expansion of solar technologies for climate-friendly economic development in selected provinces of Nepal.
The GIZ PPPN project aims at strengthening the framework conditions for the dissemination of solar photovoltaic technologies in three ways:
1) Improving the legal framework conditions for the application of solar technologies for economic development at sub-national level;
2) Improving the range of basic and advanced training courses for the planning, implementation and use of solar technologies;
3) Strengthening the capacities and systems of the government and private sector for controlling and monitoring the effects of solar systems on the climate and the environment.
In this tender, the GIZ PPPN project seeks an international consultancy firm (a consortium of consultancies/research institutes/NGOs/private companies, coordinated by the lead consultancy firm) to implement the tendered components targeting the improvement of framework conditions for photovoltaic technologies, with special focus to solar water pumps, solar mini-grids and solar rooftop.
GIZ is entitled to extend the period for fulfilment of the original contract by unilaterally notifying the Contractor. For details, please see the special terms and conditions.
The assignment will only be entrusted to companies with the required expertise and capacity (eligible companies), which meet the criteria listed in the document ‘Request to participate and Eligibility declaration by applicants (call for competition)’, and which are not excluded under the terms of Sections 123 or 124 of the German Act against Restraints of Competition (GWB), or who can prove restoration of their integrity in line with Section 125 of the same act.
If there is a previously announced limit to the number of applicants, an assessment will be carried out according to the relevant evaluation scale included in the tender documents.
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 special terms and conditions.
2) Eligibility declaration that no grounds for exclusion in Section 123, 124 of the German Act Against Restraints of Competition (GWB) apply;
1) Declaration on the average annual turnover for the last 3 financial years (last-but-four financial year can be included in case of invitation to tender held within 6 months of end of last financial year);
It is necessary to provide references in the technical field ‘PV Solar technologies in rural and semi-urban areas’ with a minimum commission value of EUR 600 000.00.
1) At least 5 reference projects in the technical field of ‘PV Solar technologies in rural and semi-urban areas’ and at least 3 reference projects in Asia the last 3 years;

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