Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-10-22
Buyer: Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Country: DE
Region: Not specified
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 75211200
Submission deadline: 2016-11-22
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Promotion of ELREN project supports the Indonesian government by institutionalising knowledge and good practices nationally to enable a sustainable off grid electrification with RE.
Around 20 % of Indonesia's population (50 million people) are currently still without access to a secure power supply. The Government of Indonesia has set the objective of increasing the electrification rate to 96.6 % by 2019. Many villages are located far from electricity grids and for the foreseeable future have no chance of connecting to the state electricity grid. Off-grid electrification through renewable energy (RE) is of particular importance here and makes it possible to reduce greenhouse gas emissions compared with the use of diesel-powered generators. This is an important step to reach the national climate objectives which the Indonesian government committed to during COP21.
Indonesia's INDC foresee a reduction of climate emissions from own efforts of up to 29 % until 2030. A significant part of these reductions are contributed by the increase of RE to 23 % of the energy mix by 2025.
Off-grid RE village power systems are being promoted by different ministries for different reasons. Little use is being made of synergistic effects among support measures. There are extensive technical problems with installed systems. The collection and disposal of used batteries has not been ensured in the case of battery-powered systems. Gender equality has not been sufficiently considered in the programmes for off-grid electrification through RE.
Despite increased political interest on the part of the Indonesian Government, greater availability of funds, and the high economic and technical potential associated with off-grid electrification through RE, the activities being undertaken by the Indonesian Government are hardly sustainable. This is due to a lack of human and institutional capacities within the public and private sector as well as at national and regional level. The corresponding knowledge that is needed to use RE for off-grid electrification is not institutionalised (core problem).
The module objective is: Knowledge about using renewable energy for off-grid electrification is institutionalised.
The project is active at different intervention levels. It provides advisory support on capacity development for the Directorate-General of New Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation (EBTKE) on defining standards for the quality and scope of performance for off-grid electrification programmes (Field of activity 1) and on monitoring and evaluating existing systems (Field of activity 2). This will allow EBTKE to take on a technical leadership role vis-à-vis other ministries and thus support coordination of the different measures taken by the Indonesian Government with regard to off-grid electrification through RE (Field of activity 3). The qualitative and the quantitative capacity of the private sector to construct and maintain RE systems for off-grid electrification will be increased at the same time (Field of activity 4).
For the implementation of this project GIZ seeks a consultant with extensive experience in institutional development in developing countries with a focus on RE.
— 3 long-term national experts in the fields of RE, knowledge management and organizational development (up to 27 expert months each).
According to Article 160, Section 3 of the German Act Against Restraint of Competition, application for re-examination is not permissible insofar as
1. the applicant has identified the claimed infringement of the contract award regulations before submitting the application for re-examination and has not submitted a complaint to the commissioning party 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 contract award regulations that are evident in the notice are not submitted to the commissioning party at the latest by the expiry of the deadline for the application specified in the notice or by the deadline for the submission of bids,
3. complaints of infringements of contract award regulations that first become evident in the tender documents are not submitted to the commissioning party at the latest by the expiry of the deadline for application or for the submission of bids,
4. more than 15 calendar days have elapsed after receipt of the notification from the commissioning party 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.