81258031 — Support to the Decentralisation Reform in Ukraine (U-LEAD II)

Kurze Beschreibung

The multi-donor initiative, the ‘Ukraine — Local Empowerment, Accountability and Development Programme (U-LEAD)’ is supporting administrative-territorial reform, fiscal and sectoral decentralisation as well as local and regional development in Ukraine. This reform centres on the rationalisation of local municipalities into larger agglomerations and the redistribution of competences between levels of government. U-LEAD with Europe's Phase II will start on 1 July 2020 with funding from the European Union, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and potentially other member states. Implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) it will run for 42 months until 31 December 2023. GIZ is seeking to procure the services of a contractor (consultancy firm or consortium).

Beschreibung der Beschaffung

The ‘EuroMaidan’ Revolution in 2013/2014 set Ukraine in a ‘European’ direction, with an association agreement being concluded with the EU in the same year. This allowed for new policy initiatives, particularly the rationalisation and strengthening of local government as well as the establishment of a mechanism for the systematic planning and transparent financing of regional development measures.
The major, multi-donor funded initiative, the ‘Ukraine — Local Empowerment, Accountability and Development Programme (U-LEAD)’ has been supporting administrative-territorial reform, fiscal and sectoral decentralisation as well as local and regional development in Ukraine since 2016. This reform centres on the voluntary amalgamation of pre-existing communities into so-called ‘Amalgamated Hromadas (AHs)’ and the decentralisation of competences from higher levels of government to the local level.
U-LEAD with Europe's Phase II will start on 1 July 2020 with financial support from the European Union, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and potentially other member states. Implementation has been entrusted to the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and will run for 42 months until 31 December 2023. The initiative addresses a wide spectrum of institutions, and potentially all levels of government (including oblasts and rayons). The primary beneficiary at central level is the Ministry of Development of Communities and Territories (MinRegion) while AHs are the focus at local level. Phase II will deepen activities in the key areas:
1) top initiatives (e.g. thematic support packages (TSP), public investment);
2) local development initiatives;
3) regional development; and
4) communication and dialogue.
TSP, i.e. capacity building within AHs so that they can improve the performance of duties for which they are responsible, will be a particular focus of the initiative's upcoming phase.
The management/implementation structure for U-LEAD with Europe Phase II comprises a horizontal Directorate and four Programme Units including the Sustainable Development Unit (SDU). SDU focusses on municipal service delivery, economic development, and AH communication/engagement with stakeholders (e.g. citizens). It is therefore responsible for the further development and implementation of TSP, while spearheading U-LEAD's support to MinRegion regarding the regional and local development portfolio.
GIZ is seeking to procure the services of a contractor (consultancy firm or consortium) with relevant experience in Regional Development Policy in EU member states, neighboring as well as pre-accession countries, public engagement and event management to assist partners in the management of the regional development portfolio, the design of local development projects and stakeholder engagement. As support to the overall initiative and SDU in particular, this includes strategic advice and support in regional policy design, implementation, coordination and monitoring, corresponding capacity building as well as the activation of non-governmental stakeholders in municipal decision-making.
The assignment will be carried out between 1 November 2020 until 31 July 2022 with a total of 577 person days for two international experts including one team leader, 1020 person days for national members of the core expert team as well as 2 600 person days for a pool of international and national experts.

Beschreibung der Verlängerungen

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.

Beschreibung der Optionen

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.

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.

1) At least 2 reference projects in the technical field regional development and at least 1 reference project in the region Ukraine in the last 3 years;
2) The technical assessment is only based on reference projects with a minimum commission value of EUR 1 500 000.00.

Genaue Informationen über Fristen für Überprüfungsverfahren

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.