Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2024-08-28
Region: DEA22
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71241000 | 71313000: Environmental engineering consultancy services | 77100000 | 79411100
Submission deadline: 2024-09-30

Technical requirements: Zwingende bzw. fakultative Ausschlussgründe nach §§ 123 bis 126 GWB
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.
Lebanon continues to face severe challenges such as an economic crisis causing food security to worsen and a financial crisis due to the constant depreciation of the Lebanese Lira exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic effects and the explosion in the Beirut port. Economic downturn and lost livelihoods are among the consequences of this multi-layered crisis that the Lebanese population is going through. Due to the value loss of the Lebanese Lira, imports have become so expensive that importing necessary inputs for food production is challenging putting food security at risk. Vulnerable households and municipalities are particularly affected by these issues. Moreover, and the hosting of the highest number of refugees per capita in the world, the repercussions of the Syrian conflict, coupled with the conflict in the region since October 7, 2023, have compounding Lebanon woes. According to IOM Lebanon Displacement Matrix in March 2024, this has resulted in the internal displacement of already 92 621 individuals, most of them finding shelter with relatives or friends or renting private accommodations, putting them in a fragile situation while being already in a challenging context.

According to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC- https://www.ipcinfo.org/), approximately 1.4 million people, comprising Lebanese citizens and refugees, face alarming food insecurity, marked by malnutrition and inadequate food consumption. Over 800,000 Lebanese and 540 000 Syrian refugees fall into IPC Phase 3 (Crisis) or higher, necessitating urgent humanitarian intervention. Disturbingly, 59 000 Lebanese residents and 48 000 Syrian refugees are classified as IPC Phase 4 (Emergency), demanding immediate food assistance.  As mentioned above the crises facing by Lebanon have several roots and a constellation of direct and indirect consequences, at national as well at the regional levels. It is therefore of utmost importance that the most vulnerable are educated on how to reduce food expenditure while keeping a healthy diet using locally available foods and to uphold their nutritional health and wellbeing.

Within such context, the project Strengthening Agriculture, local Communities, and small and medium Enterprises (ACE) aims to strengthen economic stabilization and improve social cohesion. The project is categorized as part of the transitional development assistance, with a focus on food security and social stability. Up to 2026, ACE project will implement in the areas of Mount Lebanon, Chouff, Hasbaya and Southern Baalbek, through three areas of action:
1. Agriculture: Supporting farmers to form agricultural associations and to produce in accordance with market needs, including training and sharing of good agricultural practices, 
2. Accompanying micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME), targeted promotion of income prospects with financial and capacity-building measures to promote entrepreneurial action and closing important gaps in the value chains,
3. Fostering local communities' capacities to act locally, throughout joint planning and implementation of low-threshold community initiatives both within civil society and together with local governments to strengthen positive intergroup experiences as well as increasing confidence in local capacity to act.
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.
1. Average annual turnover for the last three years (last-but-four financial year can be included in case of tenders held within 6 months of end of last financial year), at least: 700,000.00 EUR

2. Average number of employees and managers in the last three calendar years, at least 5 persons


Winner: Datenservice Öffentlicher Einkauf (in Verantwortung des Beschaffungsamts des BMI)