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81311473 - Gender-responsive digital and business development services

The project "Bridging the digital gender divide - Promoting the economic and digital participation of women" in Cameroon (ProDEF) is commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) as part of its core area "Sustainable Economic Development, Training and Employment". With a duration of 3 years …

CPV: 79951000 Seminar organisation services

Deadline:

Dec. 19, 2024, noon

Deadline type:

Submitting a bid

Place of execution:

81311473 - Gender-responsive digital and business development services

Awarding body:

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Award number:

81311473

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Legal type of the buyer : Public undertaking, controlled by a central government authority

Activity of the contracting authority : General public services

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : 81311473 - Gender-responsive digital and business development services

Description : The project "Bridging the digital gender divide - Promoting the economic and digital participation of women" in Cameroon (ProDEF) is commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) as part of its core area "Sustainable Economic Development, Training and Employment". With a duration of 3 years (10/23 - 09/26), the project is implemented by the Gesellschaft für Internationale Entwicklung (GIZ). The module objective reads "female micro entrepreneurs in the informal sector in rural areas of the West region are enabled to participate more strongly in digital and economic potential." and it is implemented through four outputs: (1) Support services for micro-entrepreneurs; (2) Capacities of informal micro-entrepreneurs; (3) Dialogue processes on socio-cultural barriers; (4) Access to data and evidence. Output 1 works at the systemic level and aims to promote and sustainably design needs-based support services for digital and economic participation for informal micro-entrepreneurs. The impact assumption is that such support services from digital and business development organisations, which take into account the gender-specific needs of women, promote the use of technologies and women benefit more from learning opportunities, networks, mentoring and other resources. If these are designed to be needs- and context-sensitive and take into account the gender-specific needs and challenges of women in their conception, implementation and impact, they contribute to greater participation of informal micro-entrepreneurs in rural areas in digital and economic potential. Output 2 starts at the individual level and aims to strengthen the entrepreneurial and digital knowledge and skills of micro-entrepreneurs. The impact assumption is that this improvement will lead to greater utilisation of the support services developed in Output 1, e.g. for the sale and marketing of agricultural or artisanal products. Output 3 works at the cultural level and addresses socio-cultural norms and role models. It aims to improve the framework conditions in relation to gender roles for women. The impact assumption is: If socio-cultural norms are questioned through local dialogue processes and inequalities in gender perception are minimised, then small entrepreneurs in the informal sector in rural areas of the Ouest region will be able to participate more strongly in digital and economic potential. Output 4 works on a systemic level, but with a focus on structures. The output aims to improve access to data and evidence on the digital gender gap. The impact assumption is that by improving access to data and evidence on bridging the digital gender gap, needs in terms of mitigation will be better formulated and local actors, especially feminist civil society, will be strengthened in their role as intermediaries to enable small entrepreneurs in the informal sector in rural areas of the Ouest region to participate more strongly in digital and economic potential.

Procedure identifier : 115aa226-62ee-4d25-bd79-ac8f7142aafc

Internal identifier : 81311473

Type of procedure : Open

The procedure is accelerated : no

Justification for the accelerated procedure :

Main features of the procedure :

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services

Main classification ( cpv ): 79951000 Seminar organisation services

2.1.2 Place of performance

Postal address : GIZ project "Bridging the digital gender divide - Promoting the digital and economic participation of woman in Cameroon" 3ème rue Hippodrome, B.P. 7814 Yaoundé, Cameroon

Country : Cameroon

2.1.3 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 615 400 Euro

2.1.4 General information

Additional information : Bekanntmachungs-ID: CXTRYY6Y122N46F3 All communication takes place in English via communication tool in the project area of the procurement portal.

Legal basis :

Directive 2014/24/EU

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2.1.6 Grounds for exclusion

Analogous situation like bankruptcy under national law : Zwingende bzw. fakultative Ausschlussgründe nach §§ 123 bis 126 GWB

Bankruptcy : Zwingende bzw. fakultative Ausschlussgründe nach §§ 123 bis 126 GWB

Corruption : Zwingende bzw. fakultative Ausschlussgründe nach §§ 123 bis 126 GWB

Arrangement with creditors : Zwingende bzw. fakultative Ausschlussgründe nach §§ 123 bis 126 GWB

Participation in a criminal organisation : Zwingende bzw. fakultative Ausschlussgründe nach §§ 123 bis 126 GWB

Agreements with other economic operators aimed at distorting competition : Zwingende bzw. fakultative Ausschlussgründe nach §§ 123 bis 126 GWB

Breaching of obligations in the fields of environmental law : Zwingende bzw. fakultative Ausschlussgründe nach §§ 123 bis 126 GWB

Money laundering or terrorist financing : Zwingende bzw. fakultative Ausschlussgründe nach §§ 123 bis 126 GWB

Fraud : Zwingende bzw. fakultative Ausschlussgründe nach §§ 123 bis 126 GWB

Child labour and other forms of trafficking in human beings : Zwingende bzw. fakultative Ausschlussgründe nach §§ 123 bis 126 GWB

Insolvency : Zwingende bzw. fakultative Ausschlussgründe nach §§ 123 bis 126 GWB

Breaching of obligations in the fields of labour law : Zwingende bzw. fakultative Ausschlussgründe nach §§ 123 bis 126 GWB

Assets being administered by liquidator : Zwingende bzw. fakultative Ausschlussgründe nach §§ 123 bis 126 GWB

Guilty of misrepresentation, withheld information, unable to provide required documents and obtained confidential information of this procedure : Zwingende bzw. fakultative Ausschlussgründe nach §§ 123 bis 126 GWB

Conflict of interest due to its participation in the procurement procedure : Zwingende bzw. fakultative Ausschlussgründe nach §§ 123 bis 126 GWB

Direct or indirect involvement in the preparation of this procurement procedure : Zwingende bzw. fakultative Ausschlussgründe nach §§ 123 bis 126 GWB

Guilty of grave professional misconduct : Zwingende bzw. fakultative Ausschlussgründe nach §§ 123 bis 126 GWB

Early termination, damages or other comparable sanctions : Zwingende bzw. fakultative Ausschlussgründe nach §§ 123 bis 126 GWB

Breaching of obligations in the fields of social law : Zwingende bzw. fakultative Ausschlussgründe nach §§ 123 bis 126 GWB

Payment of social security contributions : Zwingende bzw. fakultative Ausschlussgründe nach §§ 123 bis 126 GWB

Business activities are suspended : Zwingende bzw. fakultative Ausschlussgründe nach §§ 123 bis 126 GWB

Payment of taxes : Zwingende bzw. fakultative Ausschlussgründe nach §§ 123 bis 126 GWB

Terrorist offences or offences linked to terrorist activities : Zwingende bzw. fakultative Ausschlussgründe nach §§ 123 bis 126 GWB

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0001

Title : 81311473 - Gender-responsive digital and business development services

Description : The tender "Gender-responsive digital and business development services" is part of the project "Bridging the digital gender divide - Promoting the economic and digital participation of women" in Cameroon (ProDEF), commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by the Gesellschaft für Internationale Entwicklung (GIZ). The contractor is responsible for the implementation of output 1 (needs-based business and digital support services for female micro-entrepreneurs) as well as output 2 (strengthening the entrepreneurial and digital knowledge and skills of informal micro-entrepreneurs) and partly for output 3 (supporting dialogue processes aimed at questioning socio-cultural barriers to women's access to economic and digital opportunities). Work packages in output 1 include: - Capacity building for gender-responsive digital and economic support structures and elaboration of support and training offers - Awareness raising and community outreach for demand-based business support services - Support business support organisation in creating access to other support networks and markets - Ensuring support offers are in line with digital principles - : Support of a local organisation on the sustainable management of an existing voucher system based on block chain (Our Village). Implemented through a local subsidy Work packages in output 2 include: - Training of BSOs supported in output 1on effectively designing and implementing trainings and workshop - Supporting BSOs in implementing trainings and other support offers, e.g. incubation programme, mentoring - Strengthening women's leadership in entrepreneurship, business growth and development - Work packages in output 3 include: - Awareness-raising and capacity-building of local stakeholders on gender disparities and their consequences The measures to be implemented by the contractor will be predominantly in French and the team will be based in Bafoussam, in West Cameroon. Generally, close cooperation with GIZ will be needed.

Internal identifier : 81311473

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services

Main classification ( cpv ): 79951000 Seminar organisation services

Options :

Description of the options : 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.

5.1.2 Place of performance

Postal address : GIZ project "Bridging the digital gender divide - Promoting the digital and economic participation of woman in Cameroon" 3ème rue Hippodrome, B.P. 7814 Yaoundé, Cameroon

Country : Cameroon

Additional information :

5.1.3 Estimated duration

Start date : 28/03/2025

Duration end date : 31/03/2026

5.1.4 Renewal

Maximum renewals : 2

The buyer reserves the right for additional purchases from the contractor, as described here : 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.

5.1.6 General information

The names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to perform the contract must be given : Not yet known

Procurement Project not financed with EU Funds.

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) : yes

This procurement is also suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

Additional information : #Besonders geeignet für:selbst#

5.1.7 Strategic procurement

Aim of strategic procurement : Reduction of environmental impacts

Aim of strategic procurement : Fulfilment of social objectives

Approach to reducing environmental impacts : Climate change mitigation

Approach to reducing environmental impacts : Pollution prevention and control

Social objective promoted : Ethnic equality

Social objective promoted : Gender equality

Social objective promoted : Fair working conditions

Social objective promoted : Other

5.1.9 Selection criteria

Criterion :

Type : Economic and financial standing

Name : Wirtschaftliche und finanzielle Leistungsfähigkeit

Description : 1. 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: 700.000 EUR. 2. Average number of employees and managers in the last three calendar years, at least 10 persons.

Criterion :

Type : Suitability to pursue the professional activity

Name : Eignung zur Berufsausübung

Description : 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 3. Declaration of bidding consortium and/or declaration of subcontractors (if applicable)

Criterion :

Type : Technical and professional ability

Name : Technische und berufliche Leistungsfähigkeit

Description : 1. The technical assessment is only based on reference projects with a minimum commission value of 50.000 EUR. 2. At least 3 references in the technical field of "women entrepreneurship" in the last 3 years of which 1 project with a focus on "digital transformation" and at least 3 reference projects in the region Africa in the last 3 years.

5.1.11 Procurement documents

Languages in which the procurement documents are officially available : English

Deadline for requesting additional information : 11/12/2024 23:59 +01:00

Address of the procurement documents : https://ausschreibungen.giz.de/Satellite/notice/CXTRYY6Y122N46F3/documents

Ad hoc communication channel :

URL : https://ausschreibungen.giz.de/Satellite/notice/CXTRYY6Y122N46F3

5.1.12 Terms of procurement

Terms of submission :

Electronic submission : Required

Address for submission : https://ausschreibungen.giz.de/Satellite/notice/CXTRYY6Y122N46F3

Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted : English

Electronic catalogue : Not allowed

Variants : Not allowed

Tenderers may submit more than one tender : Not allowed

Deadline for receipt of tenders : 19/12/2024 12:00 +01:00

Deadline until which the tender must remain valid : 162 Day

Information that can be supplemented after the submission deadline :

At the discretion of the buyer, some missing tenderer-related documents may be submitted later.

Additional information : GIZ asks the applicant or bidder to submit, complete or correct documents, within the framework laid down by law.

Information about public opening :

Opening date : 19/12/2024 12:00 +01:00

Terms of contract :

The execution of the contract must be performed within the framework of sheltered employment programmes : No

Conditions relating to the performance of the contract : The execution conditions result from the information given in the contract notice and the tender documents.

Electronic invoicing : Required

Electronic ordering will be used : yes

Electronic payment will be used : yes

Information about review deadlines : 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.

5.1.15 Techniques

Framework agreement :

No framework agreement

Information about the dynamic purchasing system :

No dynamic purchase system

Electronic auction : no

5.1.16 Further information, mediation and review

Roles of this organisation :

TED eSender

11. Notice information

11.1 Notice information

Notice identifier/version : 3f0851bc-bf11-49e4-93cc-24adb0dce5e1 - 01

Form type : Competition

Notice type : Contract or concession notice – standard regime

Notice dispatch date : 18/11/2024 12:42 +01:00

Languages in which this notice is officially available : English

11.2 Publication information

Notice publication number : 00703871-2024

OJ S issue number : 225/2024

Publication date : 19/11/2024