10046558-Short-Term Expert Pool for regional integration, employment, and digital transformation in the EU Southern Neighbourhood

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

The GIZ programme "UfM Hub for Jobs, Trade and Investment II", commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and co-financed by the European Union, strengthens regional economic cooperation and policy dialogue across the Mediterranean, reinforcing the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) as the principal regional platform for cooperation between European and Southern Mediterranean partner countries. The programme contributes to the implementation of the EU Pact for the Mediterranean and supports the regional Team Europe Initiative (TEI) "Jobs through Trade & Investment in the Southern Neighbourhood", promoting structured exchange among governments, regional organisations, the private sector, financial institutions and other stakeholders. While the programme focuses on UfM Member States in North Africa and the Middle East, EU Member States and the Western Balkans are actively involved in peer learning and the exchange of best practices. A further priority is strengthening the institutional capacities of the UfM Secretariat to enhance its role in facilitating regional cooperation. Within this framework, the programme also implements the regional Action "Digital Transformation in the Southern Neighbourhood" (DTSN), which covers the thematic areas Digital and Telecommunications Regulation, Cybersecurity (implemented by the GIZ Global Program "Partnerships for Cybersecurity"), and Digital Skills. DTSN supports countries in advancing regulatory approximation with EU best practice, strengthening national regulatory authorities (NRAs), institutionalising the Euro-Mediterranean Regulators Group (EMERG), improving national cybersecurity governance, and developing regional digital skills systems geared to the needs of MSMEs and business support organisations.

Deadline

Deadline 2026-10-28

Wer?

• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Wie?

• Veranstaltung von Ausstellungen, Messen und Kongressen › Event-Organisation

Wo?

• Darmstadt › Main-Taunus-Kreis
• Köln › Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt

Geschichte der Beschaffung

Datum	Dokument
2026-09-23	Auftragsbekanntmachung

Auftragsbekanntmachung (2026-09-23)
Objekt
Umfang der Beschaffung
Titel: 10046558-Short-Term Expert Pool for regional integration, employment, and digital transformation in the EU Southern Neighbourhood
Referenznummer: 10046558
Kurze Beschreibung:

Art des Vertrags: Dienstleistungen
Produkte/Dienstleistungen: Event-Organisation 📦
Sonstige Beschränkungen am Erfüllungsort: Ort im betreffenden Land
Beschreibung
Interne Kennung: 10046558
Beschreibung der Beschaffung:

To deliver technical assistance flexibly and on demand across these thematic tracks, UfM Hub II requires a Short-Term Expert Pool (STEP): a pool of qualified experts that can be rapidly mobilised to provide technical advisory services, analytical work, facilitation and capacity development in response to emerging needs, without the lead time of individual ad hoc procurements. The contractor will establish and operate this pool, ensuring the timely identification, mobilisation and quality assurance of experts assigned to specific requests from GIZ, covering regional cooperation on trade, investment and employment; digital and telecommunications regulation; digital skills; and cybersecurity. The contractor shall establish and operate a STEP capable of rapidly assessing and responding to technical support requests from GIZ; identifying, mobilising and managing qualified short-term experts; delivering high-quality, results-oriented technical assistance, analytical work and capacity development; and ensuring quality assurance, knowledge management and reporting in accordance with GIZ standards. Individual assignments will be commissioned by GIZ on a rolling basis according to programme priorities and emerging needs, and may take place remotely or on-site, primarily in the countries of the EU Southern Neighbourhood, EU Member States and other locations relevant to programme implementation. Work is organised into four interrelated Work Packages: Work Package 1 - Regional cooperation on Trade, Investment and Employment: technical expertise on regional economic integration, employment and private sector development, including trade facilitation, investment climate reforms, competition policy, sustainable value chains, SME competitiveness, employment promotion, and Union for the Mediterranean processes and initiatives. Work Package 2 - Digital and Telecommunications Regulation: technical expertise on telecommunications and electronic communications regulation, digital governance, data governance and Digital Public Infrastructure, AI governance, and regional regulatory cooperation, in particular through the Euro-Mediterranean Regulators Group (EMERG), delivered across three thematic clusters - Economic/Market Regulation; Technical/Spectrum & Infrastructure Regulation; and Legal & Digital Regulatory Affairs - as short-term, on-demand surge capacity complementing the programme's dedicated Regulatory Consultancy contract. Work Package 3 - Digital Skills: support to national digital skills strategies, demand assessments, competence and qualification frameworks, skills recognition and comparability, and regional cooperation and peer learning on digital skills for MSMEs and business support organisations. Work Package 4 - Cyber Security: support to national cybersecurity strategies and regulation, alignment with international standards (e.g. NIS-2, NIST, ISO), technical and organisational development of incident response organisations (CSIRTs/CERTs), capacity development, information sharing and cyber diplomacy. Across all Work Packages, indicative services include: technical advisory services to governments, regulatory authorities and regional organisations; regulatory, institutional and policy assessments and analytical studies; development of policy recommendations, strategies and action plans; capacity development through coaching, training and training-of-trainers formats; design and facilitation of workshops, expert meetings and regional exchange formats; organisational development and institutional strengthening of partner organisations and regional networks; stakeholder engagement and multi-stakeholder dialogue; and development of technical guidance, methodologies, toolkits and knowledge products. The contractor's team comprises a Team Leader / Pool Manager (key expert) with overall responsibility for the advisory package and day-to-day coordination with GIZ; a Senior Short-Term Expert Pool of 8 up to 10 experts covering international trade and investment, telecommunications and digital regulation, digital skills, institutional development, regional policy dialogue and cybersecurity, who lead complex technical advisory assignments; and a Junior Short-Term Expert Pool of 8 experts providing analytical and delivery support across the same thematic areas. The contractor is responsible for the selection, preparation and steering of all experts, and for proposing at least two suitable candidates per assignment request within three working days. The contractor plays an active role in results-based monitoring, reporting regularly on experts mobilised, results achieved, and each assignment's contribution to the programme's objectives and indicators, and ensures backstopping in line with GIZ's General Terms and Conditions of Contract.

Beschreibung der Beschaffung

To deliver technical assistance flexibly and on demand across these thematic tracks, UfM Hub II requires a Short-Term Expert Pool (STEP): a pool of qualified experts that can be rapidly mobilised to provide technical advisory services, analytical work, facilitation and capacity development in response to emerging needs, without the lead time of individual ad hoc procurements. The contractor will establish and operate this pool, ensuring the timely identification, mobilisation and quality assurance of experts assigned to specific requests from GIZ, covering regional cooperation on trade, investment and employment; digital and telecommunications regulation; digital skills; and cybersecurity.
The contractor shall establish and operate a STEP capable of rapidly assessing and responding to technical support requests from GIZ; identifying, mobilising and managing qualified short-term experts; delivering high-quality, results-oriented technical assistance, analytical work and capacity development; and ensuring quality assurance, knowledge management and reporting in accordance with GIZ standards. Individual assignments will be commissioned by GIZ on a rolling basis according to programme priorities and emerging needs, and may take place remotely or on-site, primarily in the countries of the EU Southern Neighbourhood, EU Member States and other locations relevant to programme implementation.
Work is organised into four interrelated Work Packages:
Work Package 1 - Regional cooperation on Trade, Investment and Employment: technical expertise on regional economic integration, employment and private sector development, including trade facilitation, investment climate reforms, competition policy, sustainable value chains, SME competitiveness, employment promotion, and Union for the Mediterranean processes and initiatives.
Work Package 2 - Digital and Telecommunications Regulation: technical expertise on telecommunications and electronic communications regulation, digital governance, data governance and Digital Public Infrastructure, AI governance, and regional regulatory cooperation, in particular through the Euro-Mediterranean Regulators Group (EMERG), delivered across three thematic clusters - Economic/Market Regulation; Technical/Spectrum & Infrastructure Regulation; and Legal & Digital Regulatory Affairs - as short-term, on-demand surge capacity complementing the programme's dedicated Regulatory Consultancy contract.
Work Package 3 - Digital Skills: support to national digital skills strategies, demand assessments, competence and qualification frameworks, skills recognition and comparability, and regional cooperation and peer learning on digital skills for MSMEs and business support organisations.
Work Package 4 - Cyber Security: support to national cybersecurity strategies and regulation, alignment with international standards (e.g. NIS-2, NIST, ISO), technical and organisational development of incident response organisations (CSIRTs/CERTs), capacity development, information sharing and cyber diplomacy.
Across all Work Packages, indicative services include: technical advisory services to governments, regulatory authorities and regional organisations; regulatory, institutional and policy assessments and analytical studies; development of policy recommendations, strategies and action plans; capacity development through coaching, training and training-of-trainers formats; design and facilitation of workshops, expert meetings and regional exchange formats; organisational development and institutional strengthening of partner organisations and regional networks; stakeholder engagement and multi-stakeholder dialogue; and development of technical guidance, methodologies, toolkits and knowledge products.
The contractor's team comprises a Team Leader / Pool Manager (key expert) with overall responsibility for the advisory package and day-to-day coordination with GIZ; a Senior Short-Term Expert Pool of 8 up to 10 experts covering international trade and investment, telecommunications and digital regulation, digital skills, institutional development, regional policy dialogue and cybersecurity, who lead complex technical advisory assignments; and a Junior Short-Term Expert Pool of 8 experts providing analytical and delivery support across the same thematic areas. The contractor is responsible for the selection, preparation and steering of all experts, and for proposing at least two suitable candidates per assignment request within three working days.
The contractor plays an active role in results-based monitoring, reporting regularly on experts mobilised, results achieved, and each assignment's contribution to the programme's objectives and indicators, and ensures backstopping in line with GIZ's General Terms and Conditions of Contract.

Ziel der strategischen Auftragsvergabe: Verringerung der Auswirkungen auf die Umwelt
Further details in Terms of Reference
Konzept zur Verringerung der Umweltauswirkungen: Klimaschutz
Gefördertes soziales Ziel: Gleichstellung von ethnischen Gruppen
Land: Spanien 🇪🇸
Dauer: 24 Monate
Maximale Verlängerungen: 2
Weitere Informationen zur Verlängerung:

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.

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Optionen ✅
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Titel
Los-Identifikationsnummer: LOT-0001

Verfahren
Art des Verfahrens
Offenes Verfahren ✅
Rechtsgrundlage: Richtlinie 2014/24/EU
Administrative Informationen
Frist für den Eingang von Angeboten oder Teilnahmeanträgen: 2026-10-28 12:00:00 📅
Sprachen, in denen Angebote oder Teilnahmeanträge eingereicht werden können: Englisch 🗣️
Mindestzeitraum, in dem der Bieter das Angebot aufrechterhalten muss: 154 Tage
Bedingungen für die Einreichung eines Angebots
Die Bieter können mehrere Angebote einreichen
Die Namen und beruflichen Qualifikationen des zur Auftragsausführung eingesetzten Personals sind anzugeben
Elektronische Rechnungsstellung: Erforderlich
Die elektronische Bestellung wird verwendet ✅
Elektronische Zahlung wird verwendet ✅
Frist für die Anforderung zusätzlicher Informationen: 2026-10-16 23:59:59 📅
Zusätzliche Informationen:

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

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Rechtliche, wirtschaftliche, finanzielle und technische Informationen
Bedingungen für die Teilnahme
Eignungskriterium: Andere wirtschaftliche oder finanzielle Anforderungen
Liste und kurze Beschreibung der Regeln und Kriterien:

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)

Eignungskriterium: Referenzen zu bestimmten Dienstleistungen
Liste und kurze Beschreibung der Regeln und Kriterien:

EN-B1: Technical and professional ability (Mit dem Angebot; Mittels Eigenerklärung): 1. The technical assessment is only based on reference projects with a minimum commission value of 120.000,00EUR (net). 2. At least 2 reference projects in the technical field economic policy in the last 36 months, 3. at least 2 reference projects in the technical field digital transformation in the last 36 months 4. and at least 2 reference projects in the region in MENA (Middle East / Northern Africa) in one of the above-mentioned technical fields in the last 36 months

Eignungskriterium: Durchschnittlicher Jahresumsatz
Liste und kurze Beschreibung der Regeln und Kriterien:

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: 800.000,00EUR (net).

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.

Bedingungen für den Vertrag
Bedingungen für die Vertragserfüllung:

The execution conditions result from the information given in the contract notice and the tender documents.

Bedingungen für die Teilnahme
Ausschlussgrund:

Beteiligung an einer kriminellen Vereinigung

Betrug

Der Zahlungsunfähigkeit vergleichbare Lage gemäß nationaler Rechtsvorschriften

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Direkte oder indirekte Beteiligung an der Vorbereitung des Vergabeverfahrens

Einstellung der gewerblichen Tätigkeit

Geldwäsche oder Terrorismusfinanzierung

Interessenkonflikt aufgrund seiner Teilnahme an dem Vergabeverfahren

Kinderarbeit und andere Formen des Menschenhandels

Korruption

Schwerwiegendes berufliches Fehlverhalten

Terroristische Straftaten oder Straftaten im Zusammenhang mit terroristischen Aktivitäten

Täuschung, Zurückhaltung von Informationen, Unfähigkeit zur Vorlage erforderlicher Unterlagen oder Erlangung vertraulicher Informationen zu dem Verfahren

Vereinbarungen mit anderen Wirtschaftsteilnehmern zur Verzerrung des Wettbewerbs

Verstoß gegen arbeitsrechtliche Verpflichtungen

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Verstoß gegen die Verpflichtung zur Entrichtung von Steuern

Verstoß gegen sozialrechtliche Verpflichtungen

Verstoß gegen umweltrechtliche Verpflichtungen

Verwaltung der Vermögenswerte durch einen Insolvenzverwalter

Vorzeitige Beendigung, Schadensersatz oder andere vergleichbare Sanktionen

Zahlungsunfähigkeit

Beschreibung der Ausschlussgründe: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG

Öffentlicher Auftraggeber
Name und Adressen
Name: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Nationale Registrierungsnummer: 993-80072-52
Postanschrift: Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1 - 5
Postleitzahl: 65760
Postort: Eschborn
Region: Main-Taunus-Kreis 🏙️
Land: Deutschland 🇩🇪
E-Mail: giz-vergabe@bho-legal.com 📧
Telefon: +49 619679 📞
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URL: https://www.giz.de 🌏
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URL des Beschaffungsinstruments: https://ausschreibungen.giz.de/Satellite/notice/CXTRYY6DYRGAEGX5 🌏
Elektronische Einreichung: Erforderlich

Ergänzende Informationen
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#Bekanntmachungs-ID: CXTRYY6DYRGAEGX5# All communication takes place in English via communication tool in the project area of the procurement portal.

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Name: Vergabekammern des Bundes
Nationale Registrierungsnummer: 022894990
Postanschrift: Kaiser-Friedrich-Straße 16
Postleitzahl: 53113
Postort: Bonn
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Bevorzugtes Datum der Veröffentlichung: 2026-09-23+02:00 📅
Quelle: OJS 2026/S 186-663371 (2026-09-23)

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