Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-03-09
Buyer: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85140000: Miscellaneous health services
Submission deadline: 2020-04-07
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has commissioned GIZ to implement the technical cooperation (TZ) module of the reproductive and family health programme as of January 2019, which includes co-funding with the European Union (EU) (PSRF2-PASA2) since August 2019. The main objective of the module is to support the Ministry of Health (MoH) and its regional and district health authorities to increase utilisation of health services, especially reproductive and sexual health services, by the population according to their needs. The main target groups of the module are women and children under 5 years, school children from 10-14 years and sexually active men and women. However, through a systemic approach, the whole population will benefit from the interventions. The module is implemented in five regions of the country, namely Mamou, Faranah, Kindia, Labé and N"Zérékoré, as well as Kérouané Prefecture.
The objective of the tendered service package is to support the implementation of the FGM component of the PSRF2-PASA2 in Guinea. The contractor will provide structural support to the programme and contribute to the achievement of indicators and outputs by implementing specific activities outlined below. A strong focus will be placed on reinforcing existing programme achievements and ensuring better anchorage of all initiatives and activities with the relevant national structures. The present call for tender is intended to recruit a consulting firm able to collaborate with relevant local religious leaders and opinion leaders, as well as with relevant local and national government counterparts to implement activities to promote the abandonment of FGM, in a bid to improve both the health and status of women in Guinean communities.
The contractor will support the implementation of the module structurally throughout the whole implementation period in the following areas:
The overall aim of the call for tender is to recruit a consulting firm able to provide its expertise in the implementation of the activities of module objective indicator 4 ‘The proportion of girls and boys as well as women and men (10-49 years old) who oppose female genital mutilation has increased by 6 % on average in the project regions.’
Specifically, the contractor is responsible for achieving Output 5: ‘Multisectoral coordination platforms offer gender-sensitive promotional activities to combat female genital mutilation at the national, regional and district levels’ to be achieved via two associated indicators.
In order to achieve the various indicators, it is foreseen that existing activities should be continued, combined with the introduction/ adoption of new activities which have proven to be effective in the fight against FGM, based on evidence. Reinforcing existing programme acquis and ensuring better anchorage of all initiatives and activities with the relevant national structures is essential, and cooperation with other partners involved in the fight against FGM in Guinea is strongly encouraged.
Proposed activities fall within a broad range of approaches to FGM, notably medical, educational, social, psychological, and rights-based. They cover several areas, including improving coordination of FGM activities, building capacity at community level, collaboration between the different sectors involved and action research and documentation. Information, Education and Communication (IEC) / awareness-raising activities should figure prominently throughout all work areas, and particularly within activities at community level, in order to bring about behaviour change within the population. Use of information and communication technology (ICT) is also strongly encouraged, e.g. mobile phone apps for communication purposes, etc.
2) eligibility declaration that no grounds for exclusion in Section 123, 124 of the German Act Against Restraints of Competition (GWB) apply;
1) Declaration on the average annual turnover for the last 3 financial years (last-but-four financial year can be included in case of invitation to tender held within 6 months of end of last financial year);
It is necessary to provide references in the technical field ‘FGM, GBV or Public health’ with a minimum commission value of EUR 200 000.00.
1) at least 5 reference projects in the technical field ‘FGM, GBV or Public health’ and at least 3 reference projects in francophone African Countries in the last 3 years;
2) the technical assessment is only based on reference projects with a minimum commission value of EUR 200 000.00.

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.