Management of the Facility Investing for Employment GmbH

Kurze Beschreibung

The German Government intends to support selected target countries in their efforts to improve their economic frameworks and investment climate in order to promote sustainable long-term investments and create additional formal jobs in the private sector. This shall be achieved by addressing respective bottlenecks. It is intended to establish a dedicated cross-country facility to address the main challenges preventing such investments. At present consulting services for the founding and interim management are rendered. In future, the facility will be managed by an implementation consultant as fund manager.
The overall budget, including taxes and all other expenses, is estimated to be in the range of 13 000 000 to 18 000 000 EUR not including VAT. This includes a success premium for the implementation consultant, calculated as 0,5 % of the disbursements of the facility for contracts with beneficiaries.
The assignment of the facility is however subject to funding by the German government.

Beschreibung der Beschaffung

Profile of the special initiative’s regional facility ‘Investing for Employment¦:
1) Objective:
Job creation in selected African Countries (100 000 new jobs within 5 years).
2) Approach:
Facility for financial support for direct (SME) and indirect (cluster, business environment) job creation at country level. The basic idea is to use grant funding in a smart and catalytic way, so, to close gaps and overcome hurdles for sustainable employment. Addressed will be hurdles and gaps in the ‘public domain’ which form obstacles to all or many enterprises in the specific thematic window. The funding will likely:
— have to be linked to investments,
— in combination with substantial own contributions, and
— be accompanied by project preparation measures for implementation as needed.
Projects could include and also target education and training needs that come along with a need for investments.
3) Funds:
First allocation 80 000 000 EUR by German Government/BMZ. Considerable additional budget funds are envisaged for the years after.
4) Regional focus:
Selected African countries. Target countries include at present: Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Morocco, Senegal, Rwanda and Tunisia. This list may be extended to the total number of 10 African countries until the end of the current legislative period in Germany. At the beginning, funds will be allocated at similar levels for the different countries. Later on, such allocation may be adjusted in base on the results of the call for proposals and the corresponding qualified demand.
5) Areas of support — Thematic funding windows:
Promotional areas shall address challenges such as for example, lack of infrastructure (water, electricity, roads, etc.), lack of local funding opportunities, lack of conducive investment climate, lack of compliance with quality and sustainability standards or lack of a well-educated and skilled workforce. The three tentative interventional areas are:
1) Improving the investment climate: remove obstacles for investment and employment, e.g. for German and European Investors;
2) African Mittelstand: promotion of local SMEs for job creation;
3) (Public) Infrastructure for Industrial Cluster and Zones; economic/social infrastructure in selected industrial parks and local value chains, which are selected as follows:
— Cote d’Ivoire: yet to be defined,
— Egypt: yet to be defined,
— Ethiopia: Textile industry; Agri-Business, Food industry,
— Ghana: Most probably Agri-Business, Food Industry,
— Morocco: Automobile (parts) Industry; Agri-Business, Food Industry,
— Rwanda: Kigali Special Economic Zone,
— Senegal: Agri-Business, Food Industry; ICT and Digital Economy,
— Tunisia: Automobile (parts) industry; Aviation Industry; ICT and Digital Economy.
Other funding windows might be added based on the outcome of a currently on-going gap analysis. The facility will offer support to address a broad set of potential challenges. Accordingly, actual sectors of investment will vary by country and can hardly be narrowed down at the moment.
6) Beneficiaries:
Private and public: recipients can be private companies (for profit or non-profit), private associations or foundations, as well as any type of public entities or public agency on municipal, regional or national level as long as these entities form a proper legal body.
7) Instruments:
Partial funding: financing contribution (Grant) for projects selected through a.o. call for proposals (CfPs) based on country adjusted criteria. Ownership and substantial own financial contributions of the investors are essential. Expected range of grant funds per project: 1 000 000-10 000 000 EUR.
8) Legal form of the facility:
The facility will have the legal form of a company with limited liability according to German Law (GmbH). KfW will be the sole shareholder of the GmbH. Current status: legal documents in preparation/company in foundation.
The description of the procurement continues in Chapter VI.3).

Beschreibung der Verlängerungen

Operation 7 years (60 months with a review after 30 months). KfW shall have the right to terminate the contract in particular if by the expiry of 30 months on average less than 3 projects agreements have been have been sourced and prepared for signing and for disbursement per Target Country. The management agreement can be extended by KfW by 12 months + 12 months).

Objektive Kriterien für die Auswahl der begrenzten Anzahl von Bewerbern

A. Applicant/Bidder:
Turnover (5 points), experience in operating a project company other than the own company and/or country offices (5 points), project references (5 points), regional references (5 points), contracts for services rendered in the field environmental and social conditions of projects in specified sectors (5 points), professional staff (5 points);
B. 2 managing directors (Geschäftsführer) of the company:
Professional experience (6 points), academic qualification (6 points), project references (10 points), languages (3 points), regional experience (5 points).
C. Expert for procurement:
Professional experience (2 points), academic qualification (1 point), project references (6 points), regional experience (1 point).
D. 2 leading senior experts:
Professional experience (6 points), academic qualification (6 points), project references (10 points), regional experience (8 points).

Liste und kurze Beschreibung der Auswahlkriterien

1) Turnover after tax in the business area specifically covered by the contract (consulting services in developing countries and emerging markets) in each of the last 3 closed financial years;
2) Professional risk indemnity insurance covering damages.

1) A minimum yearly turnover without VAT in the business area covered by the contract, i.e. consulting services in developing countries and emerging markets, of at least 5 000 000 EUR in the last 3 completed financial years on average;
2) Professional risk indemnity insurance covering damages in the amount of up to 10 000 000 EUR per year and at least 2 000 000 EUR per claim and also covering financial losses caused by poor performance of consultancy services in the amount of up to 6 000 000 EUR per year and at least 2 000 000 EUR per claim.

Liste und kurze Beschreibung der Auswahlkriterien

1) Experience in leading a project company other than the own company and/or country offices;
2) References: contracts for similar services by sector and type of work rendered;
3) References: contracts for services rendered in a similar region;
4) References: contracts for services rendered in the field environmental and social conditions of projects (ESIA) in specified sectors;
5) Qualified experts;
6) Average number of professionals employed by the candidate.

Bedingungen für die Teilnahme (technische und berufliche Fähigkeiten)

A. References:
1) References similar services: at least two (2) references that are each comparable to the tendered contract in terms of the nature of work, the scope and complexity of tasks and the environment in which the services were rendered. A reference is considered comparable to the tendered contract in the above sense, if all of the following requirements are met:
(a) the reference project was not completed before 1.1.2012;
(b) the contract value for the candidate in each of the project references exceeded 1 000 000 EUR. This amount is net of taxes and refers to services already rendered by the candidate; and
(c) projects as implementation consultant in social infrastructure investment funds or infrastructure implementation (such as water, sewerage, education, transport, energy) or similar fields in developing countries or emerging markets. Similar fields have to include at least the practical assessment of applications for the selection of projects to be sponsored.
2) References Similar Region: references of a combined contract value exceeding the amount of 1 000 000 EUR (without VAT) in Africa and/or Middle East. This combined contract value has to be achieved as the sum of the contract values of up to ten relevant project references. The reference(s) shall not have been completed before 1.1.2012.
3) References Specified Sectors (ESIA): at least 1 reference of projects in developing countries or emerging markets, namely in at least 1 of the following sectors: water/sewerage, transport, education, energy, private sector promotion or other projects with construction activities. The reference(s) shall not have been completed before 1.1.2012.
B. Experts:
1) Two managing directors:
— 8 years of general professional experience (not including education),
— academic degree of bachelor level in a relevant field,
— 1 project as leading manager in (social) infrastructure investment fund or similar facilities; minimum duration of each project 3 months,
— professional language skills in English, French and German:
—— English: both managing directors must be highly proficient in spoken and written English (Common European Framework of Reference proficient user C1; this and further indications of CEFR levels are mere classifications of expected language skills; no corresponding language certificates required),
—— French: furthermore, at least 1 of the 2 managing directors must have very good command of the French language (CEFR independent user B2),
—— German: furthermore, both the 2 Managing Directors of the Company must be fluent in the German language (CEFR proficient user C1) for reporting purposes and for interacting with German authorities.
2) One expert for procurement:
— 5 years of general professional experience (not including education),
— academic degree of bachelor level in a relevant field,
— 1 project as manager/tender agent with procurement processes goods and/or services under financial cooperation in partner countries,
— highly proficient command of English and French, both oral and written (CEFR independent user (C1)).
3) Two leading senior experts:
— 8 years of general professional experience (not including education),
— academic degree of bachelor level in a relevant field,
— 1 project as implementation expert in social infrastructure investment funds or infrastructure implementation (such as water, sewerage, education, transport, energy) or similar fields,
— language skills: English and French; for each of the languages at least one leading senior expert shall have CEFR independent user C1 level.
C. Professionals:
Employment on average of 20 professionals of all types, not including freelancers, over the past 3 years.

Profile of the special initiative’s regional facility ‘Investing for Employment’ (continued):
9a) Management of the facility — founding:
Already working. Not subject of this tender. Founding and Interim manager: management in the founding and starting phase (< 1 year) shall be rendered by a corresponding consultant, selected upon requests for proposals. This manager shall design and develop all necessary functional processes and corresponding documents, carry out one CfP in one defined country and concluding the contracts for the select projects.
9b) Management of the facility — operational stage:
Subject of this tender. Operational phase: in line with German law, the GmbH will be led by 2 Managing Directors. The implementation consultant — among others — will provide those Managing Directors and render management services on the base of a management contract, to be hired by KfW (EU-Tender).
10) Duration
See Chapter II.2.7).
11) Governance:
The future facility shall have a high degree of autonomy in its decisions. The facility shall be equipped with its own governance structure along international good practice, (e.g. an environmental and social management system (ESMS) according to the World Bank Environmental and Social Standard 9 and KfW Sustainability Guideline, and procurement guidelines).
The beneficiaries shall comply with the Procurement Manual of the facility, to be based on KfW’s Guidelines for the procurement of consulting services, works, plant, goods and non-consulting services in financial cooperation with target countries. Accordingly, depending on the volume of grant financing and the legal status of the beneficiary goods and services shall be procured by limited competitive bidding (LCB), national competitive bidding (NCB) or international competitive bidding (ICB). The individual procurement process will be made by the beneficiary, however guided and supervised by the facility, strengthened with regular external audits. Supervision of the facility will be exercised directly by KfW. There is no supervisory board.
12) Support structure for the future facility:
Coordination with local KfW offices; GIZ and Germany Embassies which cooperate in communication and networking with the respective stakeholders and acquisition of partners and projects.
Information concerning the submission of a request to participate:
A request to participate has to be submitted exclusively electronically. A signature is not required. Candidates must carry out any electronic submission using the supplier portal of our e-tender platform https://ausschreibungen.kfw.de
The submission of a request to participate requires a registration and a login. After a successful registration and login please use the tab ‘Supplier Wizzard’ to open your personal overview and to submit your request to participate. KfW will examine the eligibility of candidates on the basis of the self-declarations a candidate submits using the electronic forms of the Supplier Wizzard and supplemental forms (References, CV's, etc.). A candidate, a consortium and each other undertaking, a candidate relies on to demonstrate its eligibility, has to prove with a self declaration (tick boxes of the Supplier Wizzard) that there are no reasons for an exclusion due to Sections 123 and 124 of GWB.

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