Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-01-26
Buyer: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 75211200
Submission deadline: 2018-02-25
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: 81221695-Support to Technical Assistance Facility for Grid Connected RE Projects and Techn. Assistance to ECOWAS Member States
The assignment is part of the cooperation between GIZ and the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) in the framework of the regional project ‘Improving the governance of the RE and EE sector in West Africa’, jointly financed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the European Union.
It will cover the support to public and private stakeholders for the development of grid-connected RE projects in the ECOWAS region as well as country-specific technical assistance for improving the enabling environment for grid-connected RE in selected member states in the period 05/2018 to 12/2020.
The consulting firm is expected to provide a pool of international and national short-term experts (STE):
The present assignment is part of the cooperation between GIZ and the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) in the framework of the regional programme "Promotion of a Climate-Friendly Electricity Market in the ECOWAS Region (ProCEM)", which is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and supports ECREEE as well as the West African Power Pool (WAPP) and the ECOWAS Regional Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERERA). At the same time, it is part of the project "Improving the governance of the RE and EE sector in West Africa" (known by its French acronym AGoSEREE-AO), which encompasses the ECREEE-related activities of ProCEM as well as a number of EU-funded activities under the programme "Improvement of the Governance of the Energy Sector in West Africa".
The ECREEE-GIZ cooperation under ProCEM and AGoSEREE in the period 2018-2020 is a continuation of some of the activities of the BMZ-funded project "Promotion of a Climate-Friendly Interconnected Power System in West Africa” but includes also a number of new elements. The main objectives of the ECREEE-GIZ cooperation are to:
The present assignment will cover the support to public and private stakeholders for the development of grid-connected RE projects in the ECOWAS region as well as country-specific technical assistance (TA) for improving the enabling environment for grid-connected RE in selected member states in the period 06/2018 to 12/2020. For the support to RE project development, the consulting firm (CF) is expected to provide a pool of international and national short-term experts (STE) that ECREEE and GIZ can draw on to respond to TA requests from public and private project developers within a fairly short time span. The team leader serves as the first point of contact for ECREEE and GIZ and will coordinate the provision of the other STE. The STE provided by the CF are required to have experience with the legal, technical and financial aspects of grid-connected RE projects (incl. RE IPP) as well as with the provision of TA and capacity development services for improving the enabling environment for grid-connected RE to public and private stakeholders in Africa. They should have proven work experience in developing countries incl. in West Africa. Some of them should be fluent in French.
Provided that GIZ will mobilize funds for a follow-up project starting in 01/2021 and that this project will include a continuation of the Technical Assistance Facility and of the country-specific TA, it is planned to conclude a follow-up contract with the same contractor to continue the services with a similar overall value and budget lines, given that the services rendered have been satisfying.
Min. 3 reference projects with min. volume of 100 000 EUR in the field of the "development of grid-connected RE projects and/or TA for improving the enabling environment for grid-connected RE", started within the last 3 years.
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.