Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-10-13
Buyer: 81320724-Technical Assistance and Training for Demand Side Energy Consuming Enterprises and Energy Auditing Professionals
Country: UG
Region: DEA22
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71314000: Energy and related services | 79000000
Submission deadline: 2025-11-11

Technical requirements: 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.
The Promotion of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Programme, PREEEP
The BMZ PREEEP Commission, is one of seven commissions under the Energy and Climate programme in Uganda and is financed by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). 
PREEEP is implemented by GIZ on behalf of German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in cooperation with the Ugandan Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD). PREEEP aims at improving the contribution of selected public and private actors to the implementation of market development and decentralization strategies in the fields of Renewable Energy (RE) and Energy Efficiency (EE) in Uganda through four key outputs that include Capacity development, Skills and Market development, Decentralisation and Policy. 

PREEEP through the Skills and Market Development output aims to strengthen state and private actors in their role as drivers of Market Development for Renewable Energy (RE) and Energy Efficiency (EE) in Uganda. The impact assumption is that the gradual reduction of market barriers for RE/EE such as access to financing, lack of skilled labour, poor product and installation quality will positively influence the investment climate in the Ugandan energy sector and thus increase the willingness of public and private-sector investors to invest in climate-, environment- and resource-friendly energy solutions. 

Under this output, the project works with demand side energy consuming enterprises such as the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to support them towards identifying and adopting of energy efficiency measures as well as developing bankable proposals for accessing finance to invest in RE/EE technologies. Additionally, the financing value chain from the supply side is also strengthened to unlock financing capital for investment into RE/EE bankable projects by the demand side consuming enterprises. This value chain includes the financing institutions, project financiers, energy auditors, sector associations among others. 

The outcome indicator for the output is "For 30 applications from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) or public and private organisations are assured of financing from financial institutions". This requires developing a credible pipeline of SMEs achieved through training and technical assistance while also strengthening the support system for the SMEs such as energy auditing professionals as well as standardization of processes to improve lobbying approaches for RE/EE finance.
EN-A1: Principles for the execution of orders (Mit dem Angebot; Mittels Eigenerklärung): The eligbility criteria are not from the same category as stipulated above, as there is no suitable category. 

1. Self-declaration: name of company and address, tax ID, registration and commercial register number or equivalent register in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of origin.
2. No grounds for exclusion pursuant to § 123, § 124 GWB, § 22 LkSG, EU-Russia sanctions

3. Declaration of bidding consortium and/or declaration of subcontractors (if applicable)
EN-B1: Technical and professional ability (Mit dem Angebot; Mittels Eigenerklärung): 1. 
Only references with the required minimum commission value in the amount of EUR 80,000.00 each will be assessed.
2. 
At least 5 reference projects in the technical field "Renewable Energy Project Development or Implementation Energy Efficiency Measures for SMEs" 
in the last 36 months (deadline: date of publication of invitation to tender)
of which at least 3 reference projects in Africa.
EN-C1: Economic and financial standing (Mit dem Angebot; Mittels Eigenerklärung): Average annual turnover for the last three years (last-but-four financial year can be included in case of tenders held within 6 months of end of last financial year), at least: 450,000.00 EUR.

Eligibility requirements: EN-A1: Principles for the execution of orders (Mit dem Angebot; Mittels Eigenerklärung): The eligbility criteria are not from the same category as stipulated above, as there is no suitable category. 

1. Self-declaration: name of company and address, tax ID, registration and commercial register number or equivalent register in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of origin.
2. No grounds for exclusion pursuant to § 123, § 124 GWB, § 22 LkSG, EU-Russia sanctions

3. Declaration of bidding consortium and/or declaration of subcontractors (if applicable)
EN-B1: Technical and professional ability (Mit dem Angebot; Mittels Eigenerklärung): 1. 
Only references with the required minimum commission value in the amount of EUR 80,000.00 each will be assessed.
2. 
At least 5 reference projects in the technical field "Renewable Energy Project Development or Implementation Energy Efficiency Measures for SMEs" 
in the last 36 months (deadline: date of publication of invitation to tender)
of which at least 3 reference projects in Africa.
EN-C1: Economic and financial standing (Mit dem Angebot; Mittels Eigenerklärung): Average annual turnover for the last three years (last-but-four financial year can be included in case of tenders held within 6 months of end of last financial year), at least: 450,000.00 EUR.
EN-C2: Economic and financial standing (Mit dem Angebot; Mittels Eigenerklärung): Average number of employees and managers in the last three calendar years, at least 10 persons.
GIZ asks the applicant or bidder to submit, complete or correct documents, within the framework laid down by law.
The execution conditions result from the information given in the contract notice and the tender documents.
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.
The Promotion of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Programme (PREEEP) through its Skills and Market development component aims to strengthen state and private actors in their role as drivers of Market Development for Renewable Energy (RE)and Energy Efficiency (EE) in Uganda. The contractor is required to support players such as Energy Auditing Professionals, demand side energy consuming enterprises and energy managers. The support shall be in the form of training and technical assistance for access to finance as well as standardization for improving the quality of work. 

Through this tender, blended training shall be extended to demand side energy consuming enterprises to enable adopt energy management practices while ensuring business development growth. Operators and owners of SMEs will be trained on energy management practices and business development related aspects. The trainings are to be tailored from a baseline and needs assessment focusing on training needs and potential energy management practices that can be adopted in an SME cluster approach. Follow on support includes technical assistance inform energy audits to enable selected SMEs (through a criterion developed by GIZ PREEEP) access existing financing in the sector including PREEEP catalytic partial grant supporting implementation RE/EE measures. 

Further training shall be extended to energy managers from industry regarding Energy Management systems (EnMs) with reference to the ISO 50001 standard. The energy managers will be able to learn approaches for adopting EnMs to build capacity towards compliance towards any future regulatory requirements. 

To improve the standardization of energy audits, promote quality of audit reports in the sector, practical training shall be extended to energy auditing professionals to skill them towards developing investment grade energy audit reports. Technical assistance shall be provided in form of the development of a customized reporting framework that includes template(s) / structures and data analysis tool(s) to improve reporting and be able to develop comprehensive reports that can be used by demand side energy-consuming enterprises to seek for financing as well meet any regulatory requirements. 

Based on this background, GIZ PREEEP would therefore like to hire the services of a contractor to implement the different market development interventions and work packages. The contract shall coordinate with national experts to consolidate knowledge transfer and provide effectiveness of the project targeted objectives
cf. Tender documents.
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.