Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2024-08-19
Region: DEA22
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72000000 | 72200000 | 72260000: Software-related services
Submission deadline: 2024-09-17

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.
GIZ has been working in Sierra Leone on behalf of the BMZ since 1963 and in Liberia since 1974. The mandate was suspended during the 1990s because of the civil wars. During the 2000s cooperation was resumed and since 2010 GIZ has once again been represented through a regional office for Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia based in Freetown. 

The four Mano River Union (MRU) countries are some of the least developed in the world. The mining sector is of varying importance for their respective economies. According to the International Monetary Fund, Sierra Leone and Liberia are considered resource dependent, as the sector is crucial for their exports, Gross Domestic Products (GDP) and state revenues. In the MRU countries, the mining sector is often fraught with social conflict, environmentally harmful extraction methods, human rights violations, inadequate civil society participation, a lack of transparency in revenue management and systemic corruption. In the past, revenue generated from minerals extraction and trading has also been used to finance armed conflict in the MRU countries. The negative legacy of these conflicts can still be felt today. From a regional standpoint, overseeing the extraction and preventing the smuggling of gold and diamonds from artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) poses a challenge. Frontier and customs officials in the region have limited knowledge of mineral resources and the mechanisms used to smuggle them across the border. All of the above constitutes a risk to the establishment of sustainable mineral supply chains. 

The MRU countries are still in the early phases of digitalising their administration processes. So far, the introduction of a Minerals Cadastre Administration System (MCAS) in Liberia and Sierra Leone has enabled licensing processes to be defined and structured, which makes for transparent and efficient licence management. However, while especially Sierra Leone has made good progress in the administration of mining licences and revenue, management of the ASM sector is still insufficiently digitalised.

Also, regular oversight is not practised coherently and effectively in the project countries due to the lack of capacity on the part of the governments" environmental and mining authorities. With respect to the implementation of the Kimberley Process for diamonds in the MRU countries and supply chain certification, traceability continues to be paper based making it susceptible to error and falsification and also inefficient. This can be changed by digitalising the process and linking oversight data with digital traceability which will help implement the Kimberley Process and foster sustainable, traceable supply chains.
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: 400.000,00 EUR
2. Average number of employees and managers in the last three calendar years, at least 5 persons
1. Self-declaration: name of company and address, tax ID, registration and commercial register number or equivalent register in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of origin.
2. No grounds for exclusion pursuant to § 123, § 124 GWB, § 22 LkSG 
3. Declaration of bidding consortium and/or declaration of subcontractors (if applicable)


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