Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-06-22
Buyer: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 75211200
Submission deadline: 2018-07-23
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: At a share of around 15 %, the water sector is Jordan's largest consumer of electricity, and the trend is rising. The complex hydrogeology and topography contribute to the high energy consumption of the water sector. Electricity is the water sector’s largest cost driver and the water sector responsible for around 11 % of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions. There is a particular lack of human and institutional capacity in the water sector to use RE efficiently and sustainably for power supply as well as to manage the energy use and implement efficiency measures.
The consultancy services requested by Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) shall contribute to Jordan's efficient and sustainable water supply by increasing energy efficiency (EE) as well as increasing the use of renewable energy (RE) in the water sector. Emphasis is put on the development and piloting of new approaches for efficient and effective energy management within the Jordanian water sector aiming to reduce the specific energy costs. Such new approaches shall serve the establishment of a comprehensive energy management system aligned with ISO 50001 standards. The REW project strengthens the potential for reducing energy costs through renewable energy integration in the sector. The tasks will encompass:
Therefore, Giz is seeking the services of one international expert (water sector energy management), 2 national experts (technical and operative, management and organisational development), 12 months of international and 30 months of national / regional short term expertise. The overall duration is 24 months, place of assignment is Amman.
It is the intention of the programme to extend the duration of the Firm of Consultant’s contract resulting of this tender if and when the extension of the BMZ commission is confirmed and funding is available for additional services. Please see section 3.2.8) of the Terms of reference for further Information.
1) Declaration on the average annual turnover for the last 3 financial years (last-but-4 financial year can be included in case of invitation to tender held within 6 months of end of last financial year).
1) Average annual turnover for the last 3 financial years (last-but-4 financial year can be included in case of invitation to tender held within 6 months of end of last financial year): At least 1 900 000 EUR.
It is necessary to provide references in the technical field "Energy Management in the Water sector" with a minimum commission value of 200 000,00 EUR .
At least 5 reference projects in the technical field "Energy Management in the Water sector" and at least 3 reference projects in the MENA region in the last 3 years. The technical assessment is only based on reference projects with a minimum commission value of 200.000,00 EUR.
According to Article 160, Section 3 of the German Act Against Restraint of Competition, application for reexamination 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;
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.

Eligibility requirements: Evidence of commercial register entry. In case of bidding consortia: Declaration by consortium.