Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2024-01-09
Region: DEA22
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71313000: Environmental engineering consultancy services | 75211200 | 79411100 | 90713000
Estimated value:  EUR
Award criteria: price, quality

Technical requirements: Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: 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.
Within the German development cooperation with Côte d"Ivoire, ProFERE is the flagship technical cooperation project in the priority cooperation area Climate and Energy, Just Transition. The project complements the engagement of the German financial cooperation agency, KfW, to support the Ivorian government in implementing its reforms in the fields of renewable energy and energy efficiency (RE/EE). After three years of successful implementation (2019-2022), the project"s scope widened from aiming to increase the number of professionals with technical and managerial knowledge specialized in RE/EE to promote strategies and actions that contribute to market development and employment promotion in these fields. Mandated to implement the project for another three years, the GIZ works to develop institutional, financial and human capacities to support Côte d"Ivoire to achieve its National Determined Contributions (NDCs). The project is fully integrated into the country"s sector policy and implemented in cooperation with the Ministry of Energy. Other institutional partners include the Ministry of Technical Education, Vocational Training and Apprenticeship, the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development. The project is divided into four outputs: Output 1 aims to strengthen the institutional capacity of the Ministry of Energy and government affiliated agencies to promote RE/EE. This includes the capacity to develop RE/EE promotion schemes that may be (co-)financed by international climate funds and improve the legal and regulatory framework if needed. Output 2 aims to improve the range of advisory and training services related to RE/EE offered by private sector associations to their members. The project works with both demand as well as supply side associations to create long-term demand for high-quality products and services. Output 3 supports activities aimed at strengthening the capacity of the Ministry of Energy to monitor the degree of implementation of energy-related measures outlined in the NDCs. For this purpose, the development of an MRV (monitoring, reporting and verification) system is supported. Output 4 works to strengthen professional training in the field of RE/EE and increase the number of specialized professionals on the ground. New qualification offers are being developed and anchored in the Ivorian education system to meet the current and future demand of skilled workforce.
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.
Tenders are first rated on their technical merits in accordance with the technical assessment grid for offers specified in the tender documentation. Once the tenders have been evaluated in this way, only technical bids awarded more than 500 points will be included in the evaluation of financial bids. Technical bids that fail to reach this cut-off point will be regarded as unsuitable. The technical bid is weighted at T: 70%, the financial bid at F: 30%. Set budgets items stated in the tender documents for the financial bid are not part of the evaluation and weighting of the financial bids.   Weighting is based on the formula: = 0,7 x (Technical assessment of tenderer /Assessment of best technical bid) + 0,3 x (Lowest financial bid/Tenderer price)
The service described in the Terms of Reference is tendered by Output 1 and relates to the development of financing instruments and project concept notes to promote renewable energy and energy efficiency in Côte d"Ivoire. ProFERE is engaging a contractor to assist the project in its mission to advise the Ministry of Energy, other ministries, and government-affiliated agencies in the development of financing instruments to co-finance RE/EE projects through the national financing facility FONAME established for this purpose. Additionally, the contractor will support the project in the process of further developing project ideas into project concept notes that can be submitted to international climate funds, such as GCF, GEF, FFEM and the Mitigation Action Facility (formerly NAMA Facility) to promote RE/EE in Côte d"Ivoire. By the end of the assignment, the managing bodies of FONAME are supposed to dispose of a minimum of four additional instruments, on top of the manual of procedures which is counted as one. Examples of instruments may be funding regulations and selection criteria tailored to specific measures/technologies co-financed through FONAME or communication material. To define the type of instruments that are to be developed, the contractor is expected to conduct a thorough analysis of FONAME, its managing bodies as well as its areas of interest at the beginning of the assignment. In parallel, the contractor is mandated to (further) develop at least two project ideas into project concept notes that hold the potential to be selected by international climate funds to promote green energy projects in Côte d"Ivoire. Before the start of the contract, ProFERE will collect project ideas within the framework of a reflection process with national stakeholders. The contractor is assigned the task to further develop two project ideas in accordance with the general assessment criteria of the climate funds that are targeted. Examples of such criteria are, ambition (potential for transformational change, financial ambition or mitigation potential), feasibility (project rationale, design) and eligibility of the proposed implementing organization(s). The service contract is divided into three work packages: (1) Diagnostic study of the target sector and FONAME (2) Advising the managing bodies of FONAME in the development of instruments to co-finance RE/EE projects (3) Development of two project ideas into project concept to leverage finance to promote RE/EE in Côte d"Ivoire


Award value: 382953
Number of bids: 5