Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2022-09-23
Buyer: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 71314000: Energy and related services | 71318000: Lighting engineering services
Estimated value: 2145600 EUR
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: While the rate of rural electrification in Madagascar remains low, there is great potential for the electrification of rural areas through off-grid solar solutions (mini-grids and individual systems).
In addition to being a very large market for Rural Electrification, Madagascar has an enabling framework for private investment and local companies with good project development and operations capacities.
The third phase of the project "Promotion of Rural Electrification through Renewable Energies" (PERER III) is funded by the German Government (Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung - BMZ) and executed by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) in collaboration with the Ministry of Energy and Hydrocarbons (MEH), Key Partner. PERER III provides technical support in collaboration with other technical and financial partners, such as the European Union and the French Development Agency (AfD) - Team Europe - or other programmes implemented by GIZ such as the Programme for the Adaptation of Agricultural Value Chains to Climate Change (PrAda).
PERER III has a budget of 7.5 Million Euros and an implementation period of 36 months (April 2022 - March 2025. The main objective of PERER is to further support the Government in attracting investment into the Rural Electrification sector.
PERER III is recruiting a pool of consultants, the Contractor, composed of experts in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Engineering, as well as Financial and Legal aspects, to support PERER III in its technical support to the Malagasy Government in the promotion of Rural Electrification.
The focal regions for activities related to Projects and Training will be those of ADER"s "Appels à Projets" 2 and 4, including Atsimo Andrefana, Anosy and Androy. Framework related activities can take place throughout Madagascar, although their focal area will be Antananarivo.
In addition to the office in Antananarivo, PERER intends to open a small office (in collaboration with PrAda) in Fort Dauphin, in order to facilitate joint operations on the ground (including those of the Contractor), particularly in the Regions of Anosy and Androy.
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.
Auftragsvergabe Consortium GFA Consulting Group GmbH - Trama TecnoAmbiental, S.L. - Appui Aux Investissements Durables (AIDES Sarl)
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.


Winner: GFA Consulting Group GmbH
Award value: 2145600
Number of bids: 5