Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2024-08-08
Region: DEA22
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71319000: Expert witness services
Submission deadline: 2024-09-09
EU fund: eu-funds

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.
The EU4Innovation (EU4I) is a Multi-Donor Action jointly co-financed by the European Union (EU), the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and implemented by GIZ and SIDA from January 2023 to June 2026 (42 months). The Action supports the Government of Albania (GoA) in achieving key objectives in the field of economic development, namely, to accelerate the transformation into a more innovation-driven and knowledge-based economy, unlocking its human capital, entrepreneurial as well and research potential and thereby increasing its competitiveness. 

The participation of the private sector in these programs continues to remain low. To tackle that, the international consultant is expected to ensure the participation of all QH stakeholders in applying to the EU FPs. Albania has made progress in applying for EU funds by reaching 16,59 Mio. of Net EU Euro contributions in the Horizon programs (European Commission, 2024). Still, there is a low number of proposals submitted by the Albanian ISOs and a low success rate of applications despite the fact there are more significant opportunities for Albanian ISO to benefit from the EU"s framework programs in research and innovation. The total success rate of Albanian institutions applying for these funds is 10,57% , which is lower than the average of other countries (12,65%). In addition, Albania has no participation in European Innovation Council projects, has no participation as Principle Investigator in the Horizon Europe program and has no representation of Seal of Excellence.  

Most Albanian ISOs mainly apply as partners rather than lead organisations in the Horizon 2020 and HE calls, recognising the limited capacities of ISOs to draft a competitive proposal and effectively manage project implementation. According to the European Commission (2023) data, there is no Principal Investigator (PI) role from in Albania"s HEIs yet - "A PI typically leads the research project, designs the study, secures funding, supervises the execution of the research plan, and is responsible for reporting the findings to the funding body."  

Therefore, the EU4I project intends to increase the participation of Albanian ISOs towards these programs and upscale their role leaning towards leading roles in consortiums. Emphasis will be given to increasing participation in HE
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 at least 490,000.00 EUR
2. Number of employees at least 10 persons as at 31.12 of the previous calendar 
year


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