Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-12-31
Buyer: KfW Bankengruppe
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 79400000
Submission deadline: 2022-01-28
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: KfW’s Competence Centre for Environment and Climate (KCUS) provides services in the field of environmental and social sustainability for KfW Development Bank, KfW IPEX-Bank and other business units of KfW. The objective of this tender is to establish a framework agreement with three environmental and social consultancy firms (Consultants) to provide expert services required by KCUS. The Consultants will perform the tendered services on the basis of single assignments. KCUS will either allocate them on the basis of a cascade-system if the services to be executed are standard tasks or by awarding them on grounds of a mini-competition between the three Consultants if the services to be performed are non-standard tasks.The anticipated average duration of single assignments containing the performance of a standard task is 2-3 weeks and the labour effort around about 3-10 workdays. Each standard task will be offered to the Consultant who is next in the cascade-system with a mobilization notice of 2 – 3 days, with the exception of field missions, for which more time will be allowed for mobilization. KCUS will require the consultants to appoint task teams to cover the full complement of the skills needed to execute tasks, before accepting them. The sectoral and geographic variables in the definition of tasks will vary considerably. KCUS does not foresee any specific fields of specialisation. However, generally the requirements regarding both standard and non-standard tasks are expected to arise in the following sectors:
Particularly complex tasks will require specialised base-office support. To ensure the high quality of deliverables needed and effective coordination with the base office, KCUS will require dedicated project management and quality assurance capabilities within the core team.
KfW estimates that the required max. number of person-days required during the entire term of the framework agreement is 1100.
The tenderer must disclose the professional or trade register he is enrolled in and the number under which his business is referred to therein: A Tenderer who is registered abroad shall indicate the number of the foreign professional and/or trade register he is enrolled in and which is kept in the country where he has his registered office or his place of residence. Indications must be made in "Declarations concerning eligibility".
The tenderer must have a minimum yearly overall turnover after tax of at least 330.000 EUR in each of the last three (2018, 2019, 2020) completed financial years.
Indications must be made in "Declarations concerning eligibility", in "Short CV Team Coordinator", in "Short CVs Environmental Experts" and in "Short CVs Social Experts".
Enough sufficiently qualified experts of the core team responsible for the execution of the contract, namely:
•	For the role of Environmental Expert: at least 2 experts meeting the minimum requirements (see below)
Master’s Degree or a degree of equivalent level in studies with immediate relevance to the conduct of environmental and social assessments, such as:
•	Quality management skills: critical requirement assessment, expectations management, and problem-solving
- Minimum general professional experience in dealing with tasks or in performing services of the tendered kind:
•	At least 5 years of experience in responsibly directing and managing international projects immediately related to environmental and social assessment or management and due diligence.
•	At least 2 years of project management experience gained in an environment characterised by a workflow with a high ratio of short-term environmental and social expert assignments within the project or program.
•	At least 3 years of experience in managing and supervising quality control measures with regards to environmental and social impact assessments funded by development banks or Equator Principles Financial Institutions (such as World Bank, ADB, AfDB, IDB, AFD, KfW, IFC, DEG, FMO, CDC, Proparco and similar development banks or Equator Principles Financial Institutions, see www.equator–principles.com), Financial Intermediaries or Public Sector Partners and Institutions
The Team Coordinator must, as a minimum requirement, have experience in providing services of the tendered kind in the past by executing reference projects comparable to this assignment for other purchasers. These project references must satisfy all following minimum requirements:

Eligibility requirements: The tenderer must disclose the professional or trade register he is enrolled in and the number under which his business is referred to therein: A Tenderer who is registered abroad shall indicate the number of the foreign professional and/or trade register he is enrolled in and which is kept in the country where he has his registered office or his place of residence. Indications must be made in "Declarations concerning eligibility".