Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-07-02
Buyer: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 71311300 | 71313000: Environmental engineering consultancy services | 71313440 | 71410000 | 71500000
Estimated value: 1200000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2021-08-02
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: To support measurable progress in the implementation of the national sustainable urban development policy (AHSE 2036) and the urban related Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), GIZ is implementing the second phase of the technical cooperation project Sustainable Intermediate Cities (CIS II). The project focuses on strengthening:
2) Framework conditions for mobilizing funds for climate-friendly urban development, including green recovery; and
3) Capacities of the cities with laboratories for the climate-friendly implementation of AHSE 2036 and NDC. Primary target group is six municipalities as well as the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing (MIDUVI), Ministry of Environment (MAAE), Ministry of Finance (MEF) and the National Development Bank (BDE) amongst others.
CIS II seeks support provided by pools of technical short-term expert which can be deployed flexibly according to the demands of the project.
To support measurable progress in the implementation of the national sustainable urban development policy (AHSE 2036) and the urban related Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), GIZ is implementing the second phase of the technical cooperation project Sustainable Intermediate Cities (CIS II). The project focuses on strengthening:
2) Framework conditions for mobilizing funds for climate-friendly urban development, including green recovery (output 2); and
3) Capacities of the cities with laboratories for the climate-friendly implementation of AHSE 2036 and NDC (output 3). Primary target group is six municipalities as well as the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing (MIDUVI), Ministry of Environment (MAAE), Ministry of Finance (MEF) and the National Development Bank (BDE) amongst others.
The contractor shall support the successful implementation of the CIS II project in specified topics and work packages. The cross-cutting topics related to sustainable urban development are: reducing greenhouse gas emissions from urban transport, climate adaptation and resilience in urban areas, green and economic recovery for cities, risk and crisis management in cities, food security and food logistics, land use planning and management, sustainable habitat and housing, good governance for the implementation of municipal policies and related measures, climate change and tools for climate change management (nationally and locally), climate finance and climate project development, and information and communication technology.
For each project output a work package of tasks has been defined. Since the requests are demand driven it is still not possible at this point to indicate the exact terms, timing, places of assignment, number and extend of each task/intervention. Hence, neither a specific area of intervention nor an exact number of consulting days can be guaranteed, and the contractor must be capable to respond to changes flexibly, and jointly with the GIZ team.
The human resources concept is completely open. GIZ asks the bidder to propose a human resources concept providing short-term expert (STE) pools and their management, to facilitate the logistics, etc. and to ensure timely delivery of the products according to the conditions of GIZ. All products are to be in-line with GIZ standards. The contractor is required to take measures to avoid or reduce possible unintended negative results and to support gender equality and human rights related to the aforementioned work packages as well as to take into account the COVID-19-related requirements and adjust approaches accordingly. This must be specified in the terms of each individual assignment.
The STEs will be hired by the contractor on a case-by-case basis approved by the GIZ project based upon individually drafted service requests or ToRs.
The contract is awarded for a fixed total price. It is a service contract in which the service actually provided is invoiced - if the service is requested in full, up to the amount of the fixed total price. It is possible to increase or extend this contract in accordance with § 132 GWB.
It is possible to continue key elements of the service specified in the tender as part of a extension or amendment of the project by the commissioning party (BMZ).
Type and scope: The Contractor is expected to assume additional tasks and inputs related to the tasks stated in the ToRs in line with the amendment of the GIZ proposal to BMZ for the expansion or amendment of the project, including the extension of the project duration.
It is possible to continue key elements of the service specified in the tender as part of a extension or amendment of the project by the commissioning party (BMZ).

Eligibility requirements: 1) Trading name and address, commercial register number. 2) Eligibility declaration that no grounds for exclusion in Section 123, 124 of the German Act Against Restraints of Competition (GWB) apply. 3) Eligibility declaration subcontractors if applicable. 4) Association clause if applicable.

Award value: 1200000