Germany-Eschborn: Agricultural services

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Title	Germany-Eschborn: Agricultural services
OJEU (High Value)	630629-2020
Type	Invitation to tender
Date Published	2020-12-24
Deadline	2021-01-27 12:00:00
Nature Of Contract	Service contract
Awarding Authority
Procedure	Open procedure

Description :

CONTRACT NOTICE Section I: Contracting authority I.1) Name and addresses: Official name: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Postal address: Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1-5 Town: Eschborn Postal code: 65760 Country: DE Telephone: +49 619679 E-mail: giz@imtb.de Fax: +49 61967980 NUTS code: DE71A Main address: https://www.giz.de Communication I.3) Procurement documents (URL):https://ausschreibungen.giz.de/Satellite/notice/CXTRYY6YCYF/documents Additional Information I.3.4) Additional information can be obtained from: I.3.6)Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via: https://ausschreibungen.giz.de/Satellite/notice/CXTRYY6YCYF I.4) Type of the contracting authority: Legal person governed by private law (gemeinnützige GmbH) wholly owned by the Federal Republic of Germany I.5.2) Other activity - International Development Cooperation Section II: Object of Contract Title: 81265008 — Value Chain and Market System Development in Fruits and Vegetables Sector Reference number: 81265008 II.1.4) Short description The present contract is part of the project ‘Green Economy and Sustainable Private Sector Development in Kyrgyzstan’ (GESPSD) which started in June 2020 and will last until May 2023. The overall objective of the GESPSD is to improve the employment situation in tourism, livestock farming and the fruit and vegetable sectors using Green Economy approaches. The project intends to engage all three levels (macro: implementation of green economic policies as output 1; meso: provision of services and other support for MSMEs as output 2; micro: awareness raising among general population on the benefits of using green products and services — as output 3). It will support the development and implementation of new and/or proven green approaches and practices in tourism, livestock and fruit and vegetables. These sectors are part of the National Export Plan and are characterised by high potential for employment and income generation. Environmental issues, such as resource efficiency, climate protection; food safety, waste management and social inclusion will also be a focus of the project. Priority regions for the implementation of the module are Osh, Issyk-Kul, Jalal-Abad and Batken Oblasts. The Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC) has committed itself to a 10-year engagement in promoting fruit and vegetable value chains in southern Kyrgyzstan. The first phase (01/2016-02/2021) of the Swiss contribution was integrated into the project preceding the GESPSD, ‘Promotion of Sustainable Economic Development in Kyrgyzstan’. This first phase saw the creation of service modalities that have improved production and access to high value international markets in the early vegetables and organic dried plums value chains in Jalal Abad Oblast. In the early vegetables value chain operating in Nooken rayon of Jalal Abad oblast it supported the creation of services and advice in marketing, pruning and spraying. Regular supply channels for vegetable seedlings were also established. For addressing bottlenecks in this value chain, a system of so-called brigadiers — i.e. farmers providing advice on a commercial basis — was established. In the organic dried plums value chain, which is mostly operating in Aksy rayon of Jalal Abad oblast, the project has contributed to the creation of a business modality for the organic production and processing (drying, de-pitting, packaging) of plums. As with the early vegetables value chain, a system of farmer-advisors a.k.a. brigadiers was set up for the provision of advice, pruning and spraying services. Both value chains saw the creation of co-operatives by the participating farmers, with the co-operative in the early vegetables value chain even setting up and managing a logistical centre for the sorting and packaging of vegetables for Kazakh and Russian markets. Similar to the first phase, in the upcoming second phase — which is expected to run from March 2021 to February 2023 — SDC will contribute to the GESPSD by providing the means to enhance production and processing capacity as well as to improve market access for selected value chains. The key aim of this phase will be to upscale the successes, service structures and business models of the first phase, reaching additional farmers in Jalal-Abad Oblast and possibly even Batken which will be a new region. Information about lots II.1.6) This contract is divided into lots: no Description: Item/Lot 1 NUTS code: 00 II.2.3.2) Main site or place of performance: KYRGYZ Republic. II.1.4) Short description The second phase of the Swiss contribution intends to upscale the successful business models established during the first phase by expanding them to or duplicating them in neighbouring villages and/or rayons with similar climatic and/or production processes. In addition to this upscaling in Jalal Abad oblast, an expansion is also planned to Batken oblast, possibly targeting new agricultural value chains. The contractor will be responsible for achieving three of the five outputs of the second phase. The corresponding work packages are briefly outlined below. Work package 1: The members of formal and/or informal organisations/networks structures in the project regions have increased their operational efficiency. The contractor should: — support producers' organisations in further strengthening and expanding their services; — continue the institutional development of existing producers' organisations, most notably the co-operative in the vegetable value chain; — increase the efficiency of the early vegetable production system, increasing its competitiveness vis-à-vis Uzbek produce; — introduce zero tillage cultivation and generally expand resource efficient production in the targeted value chains. Work package 2: Quality and safety standards are applied by local producers and entrepreneurs. The contractor should promote Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) in the production systems of the targeted value chains and pursue the promotion of organic production in suitable sectors. Work package 3: Demand-driven value chain related services are permanently accessible in the project region. The contractor should use the successful business-based paid services development experience of the first phase in early vegetables and plum value chains as a starting point, strengthening existing services by enlarging their scope to reach other parts of southern Kyrgyzstan, and in parallel introduce new demand-driven services such as agricultural advice and marketing, business planning, operational planning, processing equipment sourcing, leasing, business development and preparing for trade fairs in the project region. The contract will involve the provision of one international (part-time) and three national (full-time) experts, as well as the extensive involvement of a pool of both national and international short-term experts, who will all be integrated into the structures and processes of the GESPSD. II.2.5) Award criteria: II.02.07) Duration in months 24 II.2.7.5) This contract is subject to renewal: yes II.2.7.6) Description of renewals: The service specified in the tender may be expanded within the context of a co-financing measure that is in the planning phase. SDC has tentatively committed itself to a ten-year involvement in the economic development of southern Kyrgyzstan. After the completion of the second phase, a third and final phase is envisaged, whose purpose will be to consolidate the successes achieved so far. The scope and duration of this third phase will be decided upon in the final stages of the second phase. The services required for its implementation are expected to be similar in nature to the services requested under the present contract. II.2.10) Variants will be accepted: no II.2.11) Options II.2.11.2) Description of options The service specified in the tender may be expanded within the context of a co-financing measure that is in the planning phase. SDC has tentatively committed itself to a ten-year involvement in the economic development of southern Kyrgyzstan. After the completion of the second phase, a third and final phase is envisaged, whose purpose will be to consolidate the successes achieved so far. The scope and duration of this third phase will be decided upon in the final stages of the second phase. The services required for its implementation are expected to be similar in nature to the services requested under the present contract. The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds): no Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information III.1.1) List and brief description of conditions 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. III.1.2.3) List and brief description of selection criteria 1) Average annual turnover for the last 3 years at least EUR 10 000 000. 2) Number of employees as at 31.12 of the previous year at least 25 persons. III.1.3.2) List and brief description of selection criteria 1) At least three reference projects in the technical field agricultural and rural development and at least two reference projects in the region Central Asia in the last 3 years. 2) The technical assessment is only based on reference projects with a minimum commission value of EUR 750 000. Section IV: Procedure IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Open IV.2.1) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate IV.2.2) Date 2021-01-27 IV.2.2) Local time 12:00 IV.2.6) Tender must be valid until 2021-04-30 IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders IV.2.7) Date 2021-01-27 IV.2.7) Local time 12:05 Section V: Complementary information VI.2.1) Electonic ordering will be used Additional Information: Communication/questions can only be submitted using GIZ's eProcurement Tender Platform for the award of contracts. Notice-ID: CXTRYY6YCYF Review body: Official name: Die Vergabekammern des Bundes Postal address: Villemombler Straße 76 Town: Bonn Postal code: 53123 Country: DE Telephone: +49 2289499-0 E-mail: vk@bundeskartellamt.bund.de Fax: +49 2289499-163 URL: https://www.bundeskartellamt.de VI.4.3) Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures 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. Section VI Date of dispatch of this notice : 2020-12-21

CPV Codes

77100000; 77110000; Agricultural services; Services incidental to agricultural production;