Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-09-05
Buyer: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 71313000: Environmental engineering consultancy services | 80540000 | 85312320 | 90700000 | 90710000
Submission deadline: 2022-10-04
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Following a holistic approach, ProUSAR in Colombia focuses on strengthening and spurring the innovative power of the private sector during their ongoing transition from a linear waste management to a resource- and climate-friendly circular economy, whilst implementing exemplary measures along three preselected value chains. To further strengthen content-related focus of the national recycling strategy and the supportive framework conditions for enterprises to implement recycling-oriented economic processes, the project contributes to the overall improvement and coherence of waste management and resource efficiency in Colombia.
The ProUSAR project objective is to strengthen the innovation potential of the private sector for the implementation of a resource- and climate-friendly circular economy. Implementing partners are the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible, MinAmbiente) and the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism (Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo, MinComercio).
The target group (intermediaries) of the project includes specialists and managers (approx. 150) from enterprises relevant for the three pre-selected economic sectors which are Textile, Home Appliances as well as Wrapping and Packaging (focusing on plastic). The intermediaries should be involved in the initiation and implementation of measures with high resource efficiency potential, as well as specialists and managers (approx. 50) from the national business association (Asociación Nacional de Empresarios de Colombia, ANDI) and other chambers of commerce, which are generally organized on a sectoral basis. Intermediaries from the public sector are mainly professionals and managers (about 30-40) from those ministries and agencies involved in the implementation of the circular economy strategy. These include, in particular, the Ministries of Environment and Sustainable Development MinAmbiente and Min-Comercio, as well as other relevant ministries (Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation).
Output 1: The coordination of goals, instruments, and procedures for implementing a circular economy orientation in selected sectors of the private sector is improved.
Output 2: Companies from selected sectors have initiated the implementation of innovative and bankable concepts for a resource- and climate-friendly circular economy.
Output 3: Knowledge about sustainable production and consumption patterns in the context of the circular economy has been strengthened.
The tender encompasses the activities envisioned under output 3 of the project. It includes the achievement, monitoring and reporting on a project-level target indicator (target indicator 3) and the output indicators of output 3. They are as follows:
25 participants (from national organizations, 40% of them women) which are an active part of the internationally represented knowledge partnerships, document their benefits with one concrete example each within the context of circular economy and greenhouse gas mitigation.
Output 3: Knowledge about sustainable production and consumption patterns in the context of the circular economy has been strengthened
Output indicator 1: 3 internationally knowledge partnerships with national and international representatives are established.
Baseline: 2 knowledge partnerships (there are no institutionalized knowledge partnerships, national organizations use international and regional networks selectively and with little specificity; Comisión Economica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Camera de Comercio).
Output indicator 2: 500 public and private actors (40% women) have successfully participated in training and capacity development formats in the context of circular economy orientation.
Baseline: 0 actors (in some cases, project-funded education and training measures are implemented by other internationally funded programs and/or government agencies).
The contractor is responsible for overseeing the implementation of the complete Output 3. This includes the achievement and monitoring of the above-mentioned indicators as well as the coordination with the other two outputs of the ProUSAR project.
Output 3 focuses on strengthening overall knowledge about sustainable production and consumption patterns in the context of circular economy. For this end, it is envisioned that 3 knowledge partnerships are established across 3 sectors: textile, electric and electronic domestic appliances, as well as plastic and packaging. The knowledge partnerships should provide an interactive place for selected internationally renowned organizations and relevant national public and private actors from the above-mentioned sectors to engage, facilitate specific knowledge transfer and exchange experience regarding the possibility of implementing relevant innovations towards circular economy within the companies in a sustainable way. Knowledge partnerships should be used not only to share experiences, concepts, approaches, strategies, and good practices, but should help to structure pilots and sustain the investment in new business models that are in line with the implementation of a circular economy in Colombia. The range of formats for capacity development and training of public and private actors at all levels of planning, development and implementation of circular-economy measures is complementary. They are aimed at changing behaviour and production patterns (innovative, climate-friendly and resource-efficient products and services) in the productive sector and across the three preselected value chains.

Eligibility requirements: 1. Trading name and address, commercial register number. 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.