81314609-Consultancy services for the project Strong Water Utilities in Jordan

Chronic water scarcity is one of the key obstacles to Jordan"s development. Efforts to reform the supply situation in recent years have been outweighed by the effects of a growing population and high demand. This rapid population growth, along with agricultural expansion and the impacts of global climate change, have …

CPV: 71800000 Usługi konsultacyjne w zakresie dostaw wody i konsultacje dotyczące odpadów, 79000000 Usługi biznesowe: prawnicze, marketingowe, konsultingowe, rekrutacji, drukowania i zabezpieczania
Miejsce wykonania:
81314609-Consultancy services for the project Strong Water Utilities in Jordan
Miejsce udzielenia zamówienia:
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Numer nagrody:
81314609

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 : 81314609-Consultancy services for the project Strong Water Utilities in Jordan
Description : Chronic water scarcity is one of the key obstacles to Jordan"s development. Efforts to reform the supply situation in recent years have been outweighed by the effects of a growing population and high demand. This rapid population growth, along with agricultural expansion and the impacts of global climate change, have increased the pressure on Jordan"s scarce water resources, which have been heavily overused for years. The effects of climate change will significantly reduce the available water resources over the next 20 years (15% by 2040). Also, energy costs for the water sector have increased with the costs of operation reaching more than 50 per cent of the water sector bill in 2021. In the new Jordanian Water Strategy (National Water Strategy 2023 - 2040), measures have been formulated for more efficient management of water resources. Water Authority of Jordan (WAJ), and Water Utilities (WU) now have binding targets for reducing energy costs and water losses (2% per year). The main objective of the Strong Water Utilities (SWU) project is to improve Jordanian water sector main actors" capacity to reduce water losses and energy consumption as well as wastewater management and rural drinking water supply. The SWU aims also to establish processes for reducing water losses by coordinating tasks across responsible units and providing expert advice for standardized operations in WUs. This includes setting up integrated data management tools (for example Technical Asset Management). Also, institutionalize Energy Management System (EnMS) within WUs by improving the skills of professionals and managers within established energy units, continuing identification of measures for energy efficiency, and expanding EnMS (Horizontally by covering more facilities and different facility types, and vertically by anchoring processes in water sector). Additionally, the SWU supports the improvement of wastewater treatment plants operation to be more effective in alignment of operations with the Technical Sustainable Management (TSM) standard. The SWU empowers women's groups in rural areas in Jordan to negotiate concrete measures with WUs to improve the water supply in their villages and support their implementation, helping them communicate their needs and develop community-specific solutions. Consequently, the economic efficiency of water utilities and thus supply quality and safety in the sector are increased. The relevant actors, i.e., the Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MWI), WAJ and WUs are strengthened in their respective roles and functions. The project includes four major fields of action: 1. Water loss reduction (non-revenue water) 2. Sustainable Energy Management (ISO 50001 EnMS) 3. Improving Wastewater treatment operation 4. Empowering women in rural areas The project will help to mitigate climate change by directly reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The project also supports in improving the operations of the water utilities and internal planning and implementation processes towards less water loss and higher energy efficiency. Furthermore, through effective data management tools, the water sector will be enabled to monitor and evaluate its performance for optimisation. With significant investments in infrastructure already ongoing or upcoming, essential pre-requisites are in place for the measures of the project to lead to lasting improvements. The current focus is on the sustainable establishment of the EnMS in the sector, with tailor-made capacity development measures for the specialists and managers of the energy units in WAJ and WUs to consolidate what has been achieved. The introduction of digital tools supports the standardized and state-wide anchoring of NRW processes and energy management. Important prerequisites for the further improvement of the wastewater treatment plants operations at the technical level and replicating approaches to empower women from rural communities to participate in multi-stakeholder processes.
Procedure identifier : 6e76e1a7-e0f7-45f9-a2bc-0fa120559438
Internal identifier : 81314609
Type of procedure : Negotiated with prior publication of a call for competition / competitive with negotiation
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 ): 71800000 Consulting services for water-supply and waste consultancy
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Jordan
Anywhere in the given country

2.1.4 General information

Additional information : Bekanntmachungs-ID: CXTRYY6YTMX59FP2 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

Purely national exclusion grounds : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Analogous situation like bankruptcy under national law : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Corruption : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Participation in a criminal organisation : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Agreements with other economic operators aimed at distorting competition : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Breaching of obligations in the fields of environmental law : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Money laundering or terrorist financing : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Fraud : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Child labour and other forms of trafficking in human beings : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Insolvency : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Breaching of obligations in the fields of labour law : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Assets being administered by liquidator : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Guilty of misrepresentation, withheld information, unable to provide required documents and obtained confidential information of this procedure : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Conflict of interest due to its participation in the procurement procedure : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Direct or indirect involvement in the preparation of this procurement procedure : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Guilty of grave professional misconduct : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Early termination, damages or other comparable sanctions : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Breaching of obligations in the fields of social law : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Payment of social security contributions : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Business activities are suspended : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Payment of taxes : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Terrorist offences or offences linked to terrorist activities : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0001

Title : 81314609-Consultancy services for the project Strong Water Utilities in Jordan
Description : The Jordanian water sector plays a critical role in the nation"s development, serving as a vital resource for agriculture, industry, and domestic sides in the country. At a share of around 9% , the water sector is one of Jordan's largest single consumers of electricity, and the trend is rising. The energy cost is considered one of the big challenges as it is made up around half of the operation and maintenance cost of water and wastewater services in the sector . High rates of drinking water loss (over 50%), which can be traced back to combination of illegal use and connections on supply networks, vandalism and leakage , increase the pressure on water resources and significantly reduce the economic efficiency of the Jordanian water sector. Not forgetting the effects of climate change will significantly reduce the available water resources over the next 20 years (15% by 2040). There are more than 1,000 water (pumping stations, water treatment plants, lifting stations, desalination plants, and wells) and wastewater facilities in the sector, distributed across the country with operational responsibility for these facilities distributed under three main Water Utilities (WU"s) (Yarmouk in Northern governorates, Miyahuna in middle governorates and Aqaba in Southern governorates), around 47% of these facilities are covered by Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) which is considered the main source of master data (energy, water, and operational data). While it is planned to reach 100% coverage within coming 3 years, dealing with data within the sector is still a major challenge! Whether dynamic or static, end-to-end data journey from its sources (field meters and sensors), to transmitting it by local RTU or PLC through communication channels (wired, wireless or even satellite) to SCADA centers, store it and process it in various database and finally interpret data according to used system by the end user (Operational by SCADA or technical by enterprise resource planning (ERP)). This paly a vital role in the efforts of standardized and state-wide anchoring of NRW processes and energy management. GIZ acknowledges the different dimensions of Jordan"s water sector challenges. Consequently, German development cooperation will continue to offer support through short and medium-term oriented activities as well as long-term oriented measures aiming at efficient management of water resources to secure the future water supply of the country. The scope of work will be divided into three main work packages, where each package targeted specific items (total of 5 sites: three water companies, water authority of Jordan and Jordan valley authority). WP 1 - titled "Water loss reduction (non-revenue water)", aims to institutionalize processes to reduce water losses in the responsible units of the ministry of water and irrigation and the Water Utilities (WU"s). WP 2 - titled "Sustainable Energy Management (ISO 50001 EnMS)" aims to institutionalize energy management in the energy units of Water Authority of Jordan and WU"s. WP 3 - titled "Improving Wastewater treatment operation", aims to improve the basis for the operation of wastewater treatment plants in terms of environmental compatibility and technical standards.
Internal identifier : 81314609

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 71800000 Consulting services for water-supply and waste consultancy
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
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

Country : Jordan
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information :

5.1.3 Estimated duration

Duration : 31 Month

5.1.4 Renewal

Maximum renewals : 2
Other information about renewals : 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 : Tender requirement
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) : no

5.1.7 Strategic procurement

Aim of strategic procurement : Reduction of environmental impacts
Description : The tenderer is required to outline in the tender how it can prevent negative impacts on the environment and the climate in its area of responsibility and, in addition, how it can contribute to improving the environmental and climate situation through corresponding measures (see also relevant requirements in section 2.5 of the ToRs).
Aim of strategic procurement : Fulfilment of social objectives
Description : The tenderer is required to outline in the tender how it can prevent negative impacts on gender equality in its area of responsibility and how it can contribute to improving gender equality through corresponding measures (see also relevant requirements in section 2.5 of teh ToRs).
Approach to reducing environmental impacts : Climate change mitigation
Social objective promoted : Gender equality

5.1.9 Selection criteria

Criterion :
Type : Economic and financial standing
Name : Wirtschaftliche und finanzielle Leistungsfähigkeit
Description : 1) Declaration on the average annual turnover for the last 3 financial years (last-but-4 financial year can be included in case of tenders held within 6 months of end of last financial year): at least 2,000,000 EUR (two millions). 2) Declaration on the average number of employees and managers for the past three calendar years: at least 20 persons. The relevant form provided by GIZ is to be used.
Criterion :
Type : Other
Name : Sonstiges
Description : A. Further eligibilty criteria 1) Name and address of the company, legal form, registered office (country), owners and controlling parties, commercial register number/dirstrict court, bank account, tax number, VAT identification number, brief company profile and contact in event of queries. 2) Self-declaration that no grounds for exclusion in Section 123, 124 of the German Act Against Restraints of Competition (GWB), section 22 of the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG) and EU-Russian sanctions as well as that in the last three years no custodial sentence of more than three years or a fine of more than 90 daily rates or a fine of more than two thousand five hundred euros, which resulted in an entry in the Competition Register, been imposed for noncompliance as specified in section 124 (2) of the German Act against Restraints on Competition (GWB) apply. 3) If a candidate/tenderer wishes to use the capacities of another company for the execution of the contract or to prove his/her eligibility, she/he must prove by submitting a declaration of commitment that the corresponding capacities are available to him/her for the execution of the contract and a declaration that no grounds for exclusion pursuant to Section 123 GWB and/or Section 124 GWB apply to them must be submitted. For the purpose for eligibility through reliance upon the capacities of other entities, please use the form provided by GIZ. 4) In the case of participation as a bidding consortium: tenderers must appoint a leading member and authorise this member to represent the group and to receive payments with discharging effect also for the other members. A corresponding agreement, signed by all members, must be attached to the application for participation. For this purpose, the form provided by GIZ must be used. The relevant form provided by GIZ is to be used. If more than 5 requests to participate are submitted, a selection on the basis of the follwoing criteria will be made and tenders only from the 5 candidates with the highest scores will invited. We reserve the right to cancel the procurement procedure if we receive fewer than 3 requests to participate. The selction criteria are as follows (see also the eligibility grid): B. Selection criteria (weighted criteria according to the eligibilty assessment grid): I. Technical experience 1. Consultancy in Non-Revenue Water: 20 % 2. Consultancy in Energy Management in Water Sector: 20 % 3. Consultancy in Technical Asset Management: 10 % 4. Consultancy in Wastewater Management and Operation: 10 % 5. Consultancy in Industrial Wastewater Management: 10 % II. Regional experience MENA Region: 20 % III. Experience of development projects (ODA-financed) Experience of development projects (at least 50% ODA-financed): 10 %
Criterion :
Type : Suitability to pursue the professional activity
Name : Eignung zur Berufsausübung
Description : 1) Extract from the commercial register or equivalent evidence/proof in English or German (not older than six months).
Criterion :
Type : Technical and professional ability
Name : Technische und berufliche Leistungsfähigkeit
Description : It is necessary to provide (1) at least four reference projects in the technical field: "a) one project in Capacity Development in Non-Revenue Water b) one project in Energy Management in the Water Sector, and c) two projects in Wastewater Management"; (2) and at least two reference projects in the MENA-Region, thereof at least one must be in the above mentioned fields a), b) and/or c). Each of the reference projects must be in the last 60 months (deadline: date of publication of invitation to tender) with a minimum commission value of at least 250,000 EUR. The relevant countries are listed in the tender documents. The relevant form provided by GIZ is to be used.
Information about the second stage of a two-stage procedure :
The procedure will take place in successive stages. At each stage, some participants may be eliminated
The buyer reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without any further negotiations

5.1.11 Procurement documents

Languages in which the procurement documents are officially available : English
Deadline for requesting additional information : 25/04/2025 23:59 +02:00

5.1.12 Terms of procurement

Terms of the procedure :
Estimated date of dispatch of the invitations to submit tenders : 26/05/2025
Terms of submission :
Electronic submission : Required
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
Description of the financial guarantee : An advance payment guarantee may be required.
Deadline for receipt of requests to participate : 06/05/2025 12:00 +02:00
Deadline until which the tender must remain valid : 238 Day
Information that can be supplemented after the submission deadline :
At the discretion of the buyer, all 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.
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

5.1.15 Techniques

Framework agreement :
No framework agreement
Information about the dynamic purchasing system :
No dynamic purchase system

5.1.16 Further information, mediation and review

Review organisation : Vergabekammern des Bundes -
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.
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure : Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH -
Organisation receiving requests to participate : Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH -

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Registration number : 993-80072-52
Postal address : Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1 - 5
Town : Eschborn
Postcode : 65760
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Main-Taunus-Kreis ( DE71A )
Country : Germany
Contact point : Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner mbB Rechtsanwälte
Telephone : +49 69719189012
Internet address : https://www.giz.de
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure
Organisation receiving requests to participate

8.1 ORG-0002

Official name : Vergabekammern des Bundes
Registration number : 022894990
Postal address : Kaiser-Friedrich-Straße 16
Town : Bonn
Postcode : 53113
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt ( DEA22 )
Country : Germany
Telephone : +49 2289499-0
Fax : +49 2289499-163
Roles of this organisation :
Review organisation

8.1 ORG-0003

Official name : Datenservice Öffentlicher Einkauf (in Verantwortung des Beschaffungsamts des BMI)
Registration number : 0204:994-DOEVD-83
Town : Bonn
Postcode : 53119
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt ( DEA22 )
Country : Germany
Telephone : +49228996100
Roles of this organisation :
TED eSender
Notice information
Notice identifier/version : ace0d804-01a4-40ee-98f7-b8b7f8d5b92f - 01
Form type : Competition
Notice type : Contract or concession notice – standard regime
Notice dispatch date : 03/04/2025 08:22 +02:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English
Notice publication number : 00219027-2025
OJ S issue number : 67/2025
Publication date : 04/04/2025