Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-08-08
Buyer: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72000000
Submission deadline: 2022-09-05
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
On behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), GIZ is implementing a lot of different digital solutions in various sectoral and global projects united in the department GloBe. All these global projects need special expertise during the next years. With this tender we look for a team of Experts in the area of: Blockchain expertise.
The goal of this tender is to provide expertise on Blockchain to GIZ projects. The specific services can range from general advice on the preparation of studies to concrete support in technical implementation.
The following consulting services on Blockchain are to be provided for projects on digital transformation and digital development:
Consultancy for GIZ and its partners (e.G.  application of Blockchain in a sustainable development context, explanations of Blockchain  for a non-expert audience, risk assessments, sustainability assessments following the principles for digital development)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1 - 5 65760 Eschborn
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) is a German federal enterprise in international cooperation for sustainable development. We work for our clients and together with our partners on more than 1,500 ongoing projects in around 120 countries. GIZ employs over 20,000 people worldwide. Of these, more than 4,000 work in Germany.
The promotion and dissemination of digitisation is a development policy goal in its own right, which the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is pursuing in a special way together with its partners. On behalf of the BMZ, GIZ is implementing a lot of different digital solutions in various sectoral and global projects united in the department GloBe. In addition to the BMZ Digital Transformation Centres operating worldwide, these include a wide range of projects. In line with the needs and potentials of the partners, these projects support local capacities to shape the digital transformation themselves.
The goal of this tender is to provide expertise on Blockchain to GIZ projects. The specific services can range from general advice on the preparation of studies to concrete support in technical implementation.
The following consulting services on Blockchain are to be provided for projects on digital transformation and digital development:
- the application of Blockchain in a sustainable development context  (E.g. in agriculture, energy,?financial inclusion and the wider financial system and the public sector), including the development, deployment and integration of Blockchain systems.
- explanations of Blockchain systems including the current status and potential that are accessible for a non-expert audience, in particular in GIZ"s partner countries?
- risk assessments of the use of Blockchain in a sustainable development context, following international best practices and GIZs standards (will be provided)?and focussing on issues including the selection of consensus mechanism (in regards to sustainability and scalability), regulatorical hurdles, as well as mitigation measures for these identified risks
- analyses of the ecosystems of Blockchain including the mapping and assessment of stakeholders and analysis of framework conditions in partner countries of German Development Cooperation, nationally, regionally or globally?
- contributions from a technical point of view to policy discussion around Blockchain e.g. data governance, local hosting requirements etc. ?

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.