81257279 — Elaboration of the Tunisian Long-term Climate Strategy (Focus on climate change mitigation)(Lot 1)

Kurze Beschreibung

The NDC project aims at supporting the Tunisian Ministry of Environment and relevant sectoral stakeholders in strengthening the capacities for the NDC implementation. The project focuses on four components:
1) enhancement of the institutional and strategic framework;
2) establishing a transparency framework and enhancing MRV systems at sectoral level;
3) enhancing the climate finance architecture;
4) supporting Tunisia in the climate negotiations and promoting regional exchange.
The project is implemented by GIZ and financed by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) with a duration from July 2019 until June 2023. The project is implemented in cooperation with the Tunisian Ministry of Environment and the National Agency for Energy Conservation (ANME). The project has a focus on climate change mitigation aspects. This tender concerns component 1 which aims at strengthening the strategic framework for the implementation of the Paris Agreement and encompasses, as one core activity, the elaboration of a long-term low-emission strategy.

Beschreibung der Beschaffung

This tender concerns the development of the Tunisian long-term climate strategy (LTS) which will encompass a low-emission (Lot 1: 81257279) and climate-resilient strategy (Lot 2: 81257282) for the time horizon 2050. This lot 1 focuses on the elaboration of the Tunisian low-emission strategy at long-term. The climate-resilient strategy will be developed in the context of lot 2 (81257282) of this tender. The contractor of lot 1 will be responsible for the consolidation of the overall climate strategy by integrating the climate-resilient strategy of lot 2 in lot 1. The activity is one of the core activities of component 1 of the above-mentioned NDC project (Component 1: Enhancing the institutional and strategic framework for the implementation of the Paris Agreement).
The contractor of lot 1 is expected to deliver the following results
1) Elaboration of the Tunisian long-term low-emission strategy (time horizon 2050).
The long-term low-emission strategy should cover all economic and IPCC sectors. It is to be noted however, that a long-term strategy for the energy sector is currently under preparation by the ANME. The contractor is hence requested to integrate the results of the energy sector in the strategy to be developed with this tender.
The contractor will be requested to propose a working methodology detailing the process for the elaboration of the strategy as well as the (modelling) tools and instruments to be used for the different GHG emission scenarios. The contractor will analyse the current national context related to climate policy, especially existing strategies and mitigation programmes at national and sectoral level relevant for the long-term strategy. Based on this analysis and the existing socio-economic scenario, the contractor will develop a strategic vision for a low-carbon development in the long-term in close cooperation and consultation with the relevant Tunisian stakeholders.
The contractor will conduct prospective modelling (top-down and bottom-up) to define the BAU GHG emission scenario and a low-emission scenario for the long-term in alignment with relevant existing strategies/orientations. Socio-economic impacts will also be analyzed. The contractor is requested to conduct modelling for the relevant IPCC sectors except for the energy sector. For the energy sector, the contractor is requested to integrate the modelling results by ANME in the strategy to be developed in the context of this tender. Based on the developed low-emission scenario, the contractor will propose mitigation targets at national and sectoral level.
To ensure the effective and successful implementation of the developed strategy, the contractor will define the necessary framework conditions for its implementation and propose a monitoring and evaluation framework. To facilitate the outreach of the strategy, the contractor is also requested to develop appropriate communication materials.
2) Compilation of the Tunisian long-term climate strategy (integration of lot 2 (81257282) in lot 1 (81257279))
The contractor is requested to compile the overall Tunisian long-term climate strategy by integrating the climate-resilient strategy developed in the context of lot 2 in lot 1. To ensure coherence, the contractor of lot 2 will support the quality assurance.
Throughout the elaboration process of the low-emission strategy, the contractor will facilitate the accompanying political and participatory support processes (political buy-in, stakeholder consultations, communication and awareness-raising) in cooperation with the Tunisian partners and the GIZ project team.The contractor will deliver the above mentioned activities in a 15-month period from contract signing, using a mix of three international short-term experts and four national short-term experts based in Tunis.

Liste und kurze Beschreibung der Bedingungen

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.

Liste und kurze Beschreibung der Auswahlkriterien

1) at least five reference projects in the technical field scenarisation, modeling and strategy development and at least two reference projects in the region Northern Africa in the last 3 years.
2) the technical assessment is only based on reference projects with a minimum commission value of EUR 60 000.00.

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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.