Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2023-08-08
Buyer: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 72220000: Systems and technical consultancy services | 80000000
Estimated value: 488570 EUR
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: EU Fund

Technical requirements: 81293546-Support to the establishment and implementation of a results-based monitoring in the promotion of women's employment
The overall objective (outcome) of the GIZ program "Employment promotion for women for the green transformation in Africa (E4D)" is that the employment and economic situation of women, especially in companies driving the green transformation, has improved. Key outputs are:
E4D"s strategy is to establish partnerships with stakeholders from the public and private sector and civil society that will improve the employment opportunities of women in companies and value chains that are driving the economic transition to an ecologically sustainable and climate-friendly business model. Opportunity-driven and demand-oriented measures will be conducted with individual partner organisation and multi-actor partnerships in the implementation countries Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and South Africa with the aim of achieving quantitative employment effects and qualitative, transformative results. The capacity development measures at micro and meso level of implementation- and employment-oriented country measures supplement reform-oriented advisory approaches of bilateral DC projects.
E4D focuses on sectors that offer the greatest possible employment effects for women and in which companies, with their products, technologies and/or services, are   actively shaping the transition of the economy to an ecologically sustainable, climate-friendly business model (1. Sustainable agriculture and agricultural processing, 2. Blue economy and aquaculture, 3. Renewable energy, 4. Circular economy and waste management, including biomass, 5. Eco-tourism) and on two further sectors in which companies are developing more environmentally-friendly or resource-saving business models (6. Transport/logistics, 7. Construction).
Up to now, E4D incorporates a co-financing agreement with the EU Team Europe Initiative "Investing in Young Businesses in Africa" (TEI IYBA). This initiative supports the business ecosystem and promotes a supportive business and investment climate and business culture, in particular for companies managed by young people and women. It will be implemented by the E4D programme in Kenya and South Africa together with other European partners.
The personnel concept of the overall E4D programme comprises one international long-term expert that has the responsibility for the commission of the project. In each of the five E4D implementation countries, 2 international and 4 national long-term experts will be responsible for developing and implementing the country measures in partnership with the private sector and other partner organisations (output 1-4). Four international long-term experts are part of the central steering unit of the regional project and are responsible for the financial and administrative processing and control as well as coordination of the commissioning parties of the multi-donor initiative. Furthermore, four international long-term experts will advise the project teams in the implementation countries on technical matters concerning standardised approaches for employment promotion, gender equality, the green transformation and regional scaling. Two further international long-term experts have overarching responsibility for communication, monitoring and evaluation. Three international and four national long-term experts are already deployed to implement the regional TEI IYBA. There will also be two national long-term experts responsible for implementing the TEI in Kenya and South Africa, and one international long-term expert who will be part of the centrally controlled TEI advisory team.
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1 - 5 65760 Eschborn
The services described in the present tender are to support the monitoring staff of the GIZ  program "Employment promotion for women for the green transformation in Africa" (in the following "E4D") in the establishment and implementation of a (digital) results-based monitoring for the new project. The monitoring system will be based on experience and established instruments of the previous E4D project. A particular focus of the services is on the challenges to collect data on the project"s indicators and to monitor the project"s results in a coordinated, coherent approach.
The services include expert consulting and needs-based support at the overall regional project level of the M&E unit at headquarters in Eschborn/Germany as well as for the M&E focal points at local level in E4D"s implementation countries. The contractor will support the continuous development of E4D"s monitoring system as well as its processes and implementation.
1) Support to the development of E4D"s monitoring system and M&E guide: This includes the revision and further development of the documentation of E4D"s monitoring system, the identification of those elements of E4D"s monitoring system that are key for the aggregation of monitoring data, and the development of a concept for training such content in regional M&E workshops.
2) Development of a standardized data collection instrument: This encompasses the elaboration of a standard data collection instrument, a survey design and sampling method for baseline and follow up surveys.
3) Development of an open assessment instrument: This includes the conceptualization of a methodology to collect and comparatively assess perspectives of key partners and target group members on the E4D project and its gender transformative potential.
4) Support to the M&E HQ unit on monitoring processes: This comprises the provision of expert advice on measuring employment effects as well as to support the quality assurance, aggregation, analysis and reporting of data, the coordination of M&E focal points in E4D"s implementation countries and the use of E4D"s digital monitoring tools.
5) Support to the M&E focal points on establishment of the local monitoring: This encompasses the support to M&E focal points in all E4D implementation countries on the establishment of their local monitoring according to country specific needs. The focus will be on support to the steering of data collection processes and service providers for data collection and to the use for E4D"s digital monitoring tools toll and to the aligning local monitoring processes for co-financing initiatives.
6) Preparation of a data-based monitoring system. This entails providing expert advice and support to the M&E HQ unit for establishing a revised, data-based monitoring system with a view to identifying suitable digital tools and to establish relevant structures and processes.


Winner: Syspons
Award value: 488570
Number of bids: 4