Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2025-02-24
Buyer: 81307727 - Framework contract strategic competence development and e-learning course creation
Region: DEA22
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 72220000: Systems and technical consultancy services
Estimated value: 7999510.82 EUR
Award criteria: price, quality

Technical requirements: 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 Competence Centre Digital Society advises GIZ projects on competence development and digital learning. In addition, GIZ implements the atingi project, a free, multilingual, GDPR-compliant digital learning platform. By 2025, 350 projects from German development cooperation will use atingi. While adapting or creating new trainings and learning content is vital for projects using atingi and for other projects, competence development is in many cases not the projects focus. Thus, projects face significant challenges during conception, development, and implementation. To address increased demand and enable more efficient project implementation, CC and atingi are tendering for: 

- Lot 1: Consultancy on Strategic Competence Development and Digital Learning, including HCD-Strategy, Scoping, and creation of ToR for E-Learning Content Creation and Needs Assessment. 
- Lot 2: E-learning course creation and adaptation, with localization, translation, support, maintenance, and project management.
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.
Zur Ermittlung des wirtschaftlichsten Bieters wird hier von der Vergabestelle die erreichte Gesamtpunktzahl nach fachlicher Wertung eingetragen. Es werden nur Angebote mit einer fachlichen Bewertung von über 500 Punkten gewertet. Fachliche Angebote mit weniger Punkten scheiden als fachlich ungeeignet aus.
The Competence Centre Digital Society (CC), located in the GIZ Sectoral Department (FMB), has the mandate of providing advisory services to GIZ projects on their use of digital technologies. One area of advisory services deals with the topic of strategic competence development and digital learning. 

In addition, GIZ is implementing the atingi project ("atingi") on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) since 2019. atingi is a free, multilingual and GDPR-compliant state-of-the art digital learning environment (Moodle based LMS) which offers an effective, scalable and sustainable way to implement digital learning.  

The overarching goal of atingi is to provide inclusive, accessible, relevant and safe digital learning to learners in partner countries of German development cooperation. Since the start of implementation, atingi has reached over 20 million people and has more than 1 million registered users. By 2025, around 1.3 million registered users, 40% of whom are women, are expected to complete a total of 2.3 million learning units via atingi. Furthermore, it is intended that 350 projects from German development cooperation will use atingi.   

 To meet the greatly increased demand for advisory services and to enable more efficient project implementation, the CC in cooperation with atingi is tendering for the following: 

Lot 1: Consultancy on Strategic Competence Development and Digital Learning (incl. HCD-Strategy, Scoping, creation of ToR e.g. for E-Learning Content Creation, Needs Assessment) 

Strategic Competence Development: Provide consulting for GIZ projects to implement competence development measures, aligning with standards like Capacity WORKS. Assist in aligning offerings with program goals and support through all phases including digital learning integration. Support GIZ projects in following phases as needed: Scoping, Needs Assessment, Strategy development, Design of measures, Delivery, and Review. Aid GIZ projects in integrating digital learning offerings in the context of their overall program goals, Capacity Development (CD) strategy, and operations plan. 

Digital learning: Provide consulting for GIZ projects developing digital learning aligned with CC and FMB standards. Assist in aligning offerings with program goals, CD strategy, and learning operations plan. Support through e-learning development phases: Scoping, Design, Delivery, and Review, following GIZ standards and industry best practices. Aid in module preparation and utilizing the atingi platform. Assist in tender processes including writing ToRs, shortlisting providers, preparing assessment grids etc.  

Lot 2: E-learning course creation and adaptation (incl. localisation, translation, support and maintenance) as well as corresponding project management 

Area 1: Overall Administrative Project Management and Monitoring: 
Area 1 is to ensure the systematic processing of requests submitted by the CC as well as smooth implementation of Area 2 and 3.   

Area 2: E-learning course creation and adaptation (incl. localization, translation, support and maintenance) (per request/single call-off): A pool of short-term experts will be responsible for developing and/or adapting E-learning course(s) 

Area 3: Specific Project management (per request):  
In addition to Area 2 and in case of a complex context (e.g. due to a high number of courses and modules to be developed, complex stakeholder involvement etc.), a partner project might require a project management and steering structure. In this case, the short-term experts within Area 3 are responsible for managing the request specific implementation.


Winner: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Number of bids: 9