81269731-Short-Term Expert Pool to Support African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is one of the African Union's (AU) flagship projects for implementation of its 2063 Agenda, which is supported by the action plan on Boosting Intra-African Trade (BIAT). AfCFTA is viewed as a means for achieving the overarching BIAT goals. It is expected that, with the introduction of the free trade zone, intra-African trade will be 15 % to 25 % higher in 2040 (UNECA). The African Continental Free Trade Area agreement is currently signed by 54 of the 55 African Union Member States (MS) and became effective under international law in May 2019. Since that time, 36 countries have deposited their instruments of ratification with the AU (so called "AfCFTA States Parties"; as of March 2021). The AfCFTA creates an internal African market for 1.3 billion people and is the largest Free Trade Area since the creation of the WTO in terms of signature countries.
Despite the progress, it should be noted that the African Union Commission (AUC), the AfCFTA Secretariat and Member States currently do not have sufficient capacity to successfully realize the AfCFTA. More political will and resources are needed to further negotiate and also implement the agreement on the national level. The necessary institutional and legal frameworks for realizing AfCFTA at continental level as well as at the level of regional economic communities and the States Parties remain weak. Furthermore, the design of the agreement is a major challenge in view of the heterogeneity of the AfCFTA States Parties with regard to size, income level and the openness of their economies. Experience from the first negotiation phase shows that the negotiations are difficult and time-consuming, and that complex analysis and coordination processes are necessary both in and between the countries.
The GIZ African Continental Free Trade Area programme aims to improve the framework conditions for the AfCFTA. To achieve that the programme follows a multilevel approach on the continental, regional and national level. The programme supports the African Union, specifically the Department for Economic Development, Trade, Industry, Mining (ETIM) and the AfCFTA Secretariat at the continental level in the ongoing negotiations on the AfCFTA and in the implementation of the agreement. On the regional level the programme cooperates with Regional Economic Communities (RECs), specifically EAC (East African Community) and ECOWAS (Economic Community for West African States). The programme also supports Member States (mainly Ethiopia, Ghana, Rwanda, Tunisia) by working with national institutions like trade ministries and customs to implement the agreement.
The AfCFTA programme is supporting AfCFTA Secretariat and the AUC Department for Economic Development, Trade, Industry, Mining in five intervention areas aligned to five respective programme outputs: Institutional development, trade in services, trade in goods, phase 2 & 3 topics (investment, competition policy, digital trade) as well as inclusivity, sustainability issues and stakeholder engagement.

Deadline

Die Frist für den Eingang der Angebote war 2021-06-30. Die Ausschreibung wurde veröffentlicht am 2021-05-25.

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Geschichte der Beschaffung
Datum Dokument
2021-05-25 Auftragsbekanntmachung
2021-10-13 Bekanntmachung über vergebene Aufträge
Auftragsbekanntmachung (2021-05-25)
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Umfang der Beschaffung
Titel: Dienstleistungen von politischen Organisationen
Referenznummer: 81269731
Kurze Beschreibung:
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is one of the African Union's (AU) flagship projects for implementation of its 2063 Agenda, which is supported by the action plan on Boosting Intra-African Trade (BIAT). AfCFTA is viewed as a means for achieving the overarching BIAT goals. It is expected that, with the introduction of the free trade zone, intra-African trade will be 15 % to 25 % higher in 2040 (UNECA). The African Continental Free Trade Area agreement is currently signed by 54 of the 55 African Union Member States (MS) and became effective under international law in May 2019. Since that time, 36 countries have deposited their instruments of ratification with the AU (so called "AfCFTA States Parties"; as of March 2021). The AfCFTA creates an internal African market for 1.3 billion people and is the largest Free Trade Area since the creation of the WTO in terms of signature countries. Despite the progress, it should be noted that the African Union Commission (AUC), the AfCFTA Secretariat and Member States currently do not have sufficient capacity to successfully realize the AfCFTA. More political will and resources are needed to further negotiate and also implement the agreement on the national level. The necessary institutional and legal frameworks for realizing AfCFTA at continental level as well as at the level of regional economic communities and the States Parties remain weak. Furthermore, the design of the agreement is a major challenge in view of the heterogeneity of the AfCFTA States Parties with regard to size, income level and the openness of their economies. Experience from the first negotiation phase shows that the negotiations are difficult and time-consuming, and that complex analysis and coordination processes are necessary both in and between the countries. The GIZ African Continental Free Trade Area programme aims to improve the framework conditions for the AfCFTA. To achieve that the programme follows a multilevel approach on the continental, regional and national level. The programme supports the African Union, specifically the Department for Economic Development, Trade, Industry, Mining (ETIM) and the AfCFTA Secretariat at the continental level in the ongoing negotiations on the AfCFTA and in the implementation of the agreement. On the regional level the programme cooperates with Regional Economic Communities (RECs), specifically EAC (East African Community) and ECOWAS (Economic Community for West African States). The programme also supports Member States (mainly Ethiopia, Ghana, Rwanda, Tunisia) by working with national institutions like trade ministries and customs to implement the agreement. The AfCFTA programme is supporting AfCFTA Secretariat and the AUC Department for Economic Development, Trade, Industry, Mining in five intervention areas aligned to five respective programme outputs: Institutional development, trade in services, trade in goods, phase 2 & 3 topics (investment, competition policy, digital trade) as well as inclusivity, sustainability issues and stakeholder engagement.
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Metadaten der Bekanntmachung
Originalsprache: Englisch 🗣️
Dokumenttyp: Auftragsbekanntmachung
Art des Auftrags: Dienstleistungen
Verordnung: Europäische Union, mit GPA-Beteiligung
Gemeinsames Vokabular für öffentliche Aufträge (CPV)
Code: Dienstleistungen von politischen Organisationen 📦
Zusätzlicher CPV-Code: Dienstleistungen der Verwaltung 📦

Verfahren
Verfahrensart: Offenes Verfahren
Angebotsart: Angebot für alle Lose
Vergabekriterien
Wirtschaftlichstes Angebot

Öffentlicher Auftraggeber
Identität
Land: Deutschland 🇩🇪
Art des öffentlichen Auftraggebers: Sonstiges
Name des öffentlichen Auftraggebers: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Postanschrift: Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1 - 5
Postleitzahl: 65760
Postort: Eschborn
Kontakt
Internetadresse: https://www.giz.de 🌏
E-Mail: giz@imtb.de 📧
Telefon: +49 619679 📞
Fax: +49 61967980 📠
URL der Dokumente: https://ausschreibungen.giz.de/Satellite/notice/CXTRYY6Y9NL/documents 🌏
URL der Teilnahme: https://ausschreibungen.giz.de/Satellite/notice/CXTRYY6Y9NL 🌏

Referenz
Daten
Absendedatum: 2021-05-25 📅
Einreichungsfrist: 2021-06-30 📅
Veröffentlichungsdatum: 2021-05-28 📅
Kennungen
Bekanntmachungsnummer: 2021/S 102-268372
ABl. S-Ausgabe: 102
Zusätzliche Informationen
Communication/questions can only be submitted using GIZ's eProcurement Tender Platform for the award of contracts. Bekanntmachungs-ID: CXTRYY6Y9NL

Objekt
Umfang der Beschaffung
Kurze Beschreibung:
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is one of the African Union's (AU) flagship projects for implementation of its 2063 Agenda, which is supported by the action plan on Boosting Intra-African Trade (BIAT). AfCFTA is viewed as a means for achieving the overarching BIAT goals. It is expected that, with the introduction of the free trade zone, intra-African trade will be 15 % to 25 % higher in 2040 (UNECA). The African Continental Free Trade Area agreement is currently signed by 54 of the 55 African Union Member States (MS) and became effective under international law in May 2019. Since that time, 36 countries have deposited their instruments of ratification with the AU (so called "AfCFTA States Parties"; as of March 2021). The AfCFTA creates an internal African market for 1.3 billion people and is the largest Free Trade Area since the creation of the WTO in terms of signature countries.
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Despite the progress, it should be noted that the African Union Commission (AUC), the AfCFTA Secretariat and Member States currently do not have sufficient capacity to successfully realize the AfCFTA. More political will and resources are needed to further negotiate and also implement the agreement on the national level. The necessary institutional and legal frameworks for realizing AfCFTA at continental level as well as at the level of regional economic communities and the States Parties remain weak. Furthermore, the design of the agreement is a major challenge in view of the heterogeneity of the AfCFTA States Parties with regard to size, income level and the openness of their economies. Experience from the first negotiation phase shows that the negotiations are difficult and time-consuming, and that complex analysis and coordination processes are necessary both in and between the countries.
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The GIZ African Continental Free Trade Area programme aims to improve the framework conditions for the AfCFTA. To achieve that the programme follows a multilevel approach on the continental, regional and national level. The programme supports the African Union, specifically the Department for Economic Development, Trade, Industry, Mining (ETIM) and the AfCFTA Secretariat at the continental level in the ongoing negotiations on the AfCFTA and in the implementation of the agreement. On the regional level the programme cooperates with Regional Economic Communities (RECs), specifically EAC (East African Community) and ECOWAS (Economic Community for West African States). The programme also supports Member States (mainly Ethiopia, Ghana, Rwanda, Tunisia) by working with national institutions like trade ministries and customs to implement the agreement.
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The AfCFTA programme is supporting AfCFTA Secretariat and the AUC Department for Economic Development, Trade, Industry, Mining in five intervention areas aligned to five respective programme outputs: Institutional development, trade in services, trade in goods, phase 2 & 3 topics (investment, competition policy, digital trade) as well as inclusivity, sustainability issues and stakeholder engagement.
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This tender involves the supply and management of short-term expert services to the GIZ African Continental Free Trade (AfCFTA) programme. The contractor"s services will be part of the overall programme and will therefore follow the same strategy and objectives. This strategy is a results-oriented approach that requires a high level of flexibility.
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The services will be delivered mainly by short-term experts in form of technical and administrative services related to the key intervention areas of the programme in institution building, trade in services, trade in goods, investment, competition policy and e-commerce/ digital trade. Furthermore, cross-cutting areas such as sustainability, stakeholder engagement, process management and monitoring & evaluation will be included. As the AfCFTA programme is working at the continental level with the AUC Department for Economic Development, Trade, Industry, Mining (ETIM) in Addis and the AfCFTA Secretariat in Ghana as well as with regional bodies (ECOWAS, EAC) and focus countries (Ethiopia, Ghana, Rwanda, Tunisia) the details of requested services will depend on the specific demand from these partners and will imply different locations of service delivery. Advisory services will be needed and organized along the lines of four programme outputs:
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— The objective of output 1 is to strengthen the capacity of the AfCFTA Secretariat, relevant departments of the AUC and selected member states to strategically steer and coordinate AfCFTA implementation. Services will be needed in the area of strategic policy advice on trade policy issues and institution building (shaping the negotiation process and balancing interests),
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— Output 2 aims to prepare the negotiations on the liberalization of trade in services. Required Capacity Development (CD) measures will be based on the AU Strategy for Service Sector Development, with a focus on the priority sectors of transportation and tourism. In this context negotiation and analytical capacities of representatives from the AU, REC and member states have to be developed further,
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— The goal of output 3 is to improve capacities for implementing selected commitments on trade in goods. Support is required to improve the efficiency of the technical working groups on customs cooperation and trade facilitation and the cooperation between the AUC ETIM and the AfCFTA Secretariat, this includes development of strategic competences for experts and executives of AUC, RECs and/or ministries in the member states,
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— Output 4 aims to improve the conditions for the content of the further negotiation phases of the member states, especially investment, competition policy and digital trade. Required support services comprise on the one hand CD measures for trade related experts and managers (AUC, REC, national level) in order to strengthen their competencies for development and negotiation of pending protocols and on the other hand activities to improve the analytical foundations, which will improve evidence-based policy formulation.
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A short-term expert, referred to as pool manager and employed by the contractor, will be responsible for the management of two pools of experts ("Short-term Expert Pool", STEP) - (1) a pool of technical senior experts and (2) a pool of technical junior experts - and will assess the need for consultancy services in close collaboration with the advisors, coordinators and managers of the AfCFTA programme.
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Supporting the wider reporting requirement of the Module, the contractor will need to submit progress reports four times a year. The format of the reporting will be agreed at the beginning of the contract
Dauer: 16 Monate
Beschreibung der Verlängerungen:
It is possible to continue key elements of the service specified in the tender as part of a follow-on measure within the context of the basic project. This is described in detail below.
Type and scope:
The Contractor is expected to assume additional tasks and inputs related to the tasks stated in the ToRs in line with the amendment of the GIZ proposal to BMZ for the expansion or amendment of the project, including the extension of the project duration.
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Precondition:
Additional tasks or funds will be provided to GIZ by the commissioning party (BMZ).
Beschreibung der Optionen:
It is possible to expand key elements of the service specified in the tender within the context of the basic project. This is described in detail below.
Type and scope:
The Contractor is expected to assume additional tasks and inputs related to the tasks stated in the ToRs in line with the amendment of the GIZ proposal to BMZ for the expansion or amendment of the project, including the expansion of the project scope.
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Precondition:
Additional tasks or funds will be provided to GIZ by the commissioning party (BMZ).
Ort der Leistung
Hauptstandort oder Erfüllungsort: 00000 Ethiopia

Rechtliche, wirtschaftliche, finanzielle und technische Informationen
Bedingungen für die Teilnahme
Befähigung zur Berufsausübung:
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.
Wirtschaftliche und finanzielle Leistungsfähigkeit:
1. 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: EUR 2 400 000.
2. Average number of employees and managers in the last three calendar years, at least 25 persons
Technische und berufliche Fähigkeiten:
1. The technical assessment is only based on reference projects with a minimum commission value of EUR 400 000.
2. At least 3 reference projects in the technical field "Regional economic integration, Trade Policy" and at least 2 reference projects in the region Africa in the last 3 years.

Verfahren
Rechtsgrundlage: 32014L0024
Zeitpunkt des Eingangs der Angebote: 12:00
Sprachen, in denen Angebote oder Teilnahmeanträge eingereicht werden können: Englisch 🗣️
Gültigkeitsdauer des Angebots: 2021-09-30 📅
Datum der Angebotseröffnung: 2021-06-30 📅
Zeitpunkt der Angebotseröffnung: 12:00

Öffentlicher Auftraggeber
Identität
Andere Art des öffentlichen Auftraggebers: Legal person governed by private law (gemeinnützige GmbH) wholly owned by the Federal Republic of Germany
Kontakt
Dokumente URL: https://ausschreibungen.giz.de/Satellite/notice/CXTRYY6Y9NL/documents 🌏

Referenz
Zusätzliche Informationen
Communication/questions can only be submitted using GIZ's eProcurement Tender Platform for the award of contracts.
Bekanntmachungs-ID: CXTRYY6Y9NL

Ergänzende Informationen
Körper überprüfen
Name: Die Vergabekammern des Bundes
Postanschrift: Villemombler Straße 76
Postort: Bonn
Postleitzahl: 53123
Land: Deutschland 🇩🇪
Telefon: +49 2289499-0 📞
E-Mail: vk@bundeskartellamt.bund.de 📧
Fax: +49 2289499-163 📠
Internetadresse: https://www.bundeskartellamt.de 🌏
Informationen zu Fristen für Nachprüfungsverfahren:
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,
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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
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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,
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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.
Quelle: OJS 2021/S 102-268372 (2021-05-25)
Bekanntmachung über vergebene Aufträge (2021-10-13)
Objekt
Umfang der Beschaffung
Kurze Beschreibung:
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is one of the African Union"s (AU) flagship projects for implementation of its 2063 Agenda, which is supported by the action plan on Boosting Intra-African Trade (BIAT). AfCFTA is viewed as a means for achieving the overarching BIAT goals. It is expected that, with the introduction of the free trade zone, intra-African trade will be 15% to 25% higher in 2040 (UNECA). The African Continental Free Trade Area agreement is currently signed by 54 of the 55 African Union Member States (MS) and became effective under international law in May 2019. Since that time, 36 countries have deposited their instruments of ratification with the AU (so called "AfCFTA States Parties"; as of March 2021). The AfCFTA creates an internal African market for 1.3 billion people and is the largest Free Trade Area since the creation of the WTO in terms of signature countries. Despite the progress, it should be noted that the African Union Commission (AUC), the AfCFTA Secretariat and Member States currently do not have sufficient capacity to successfully realize the AfCFTA. More political will and resources are needed to further negotiate and also implement the agreement on the national level. The necessary institutional and legal frameworks for realizing AfCFTA at continental level as well as at the level of regional economic communities and the States Parties remain weak. Furthermore, the design of the agreement is a major challenge in view of the heterogeneity of the AfCFTA States Parties with regard to size, income level and the openness of their economies. Experience from the first negotiation phase shows that the negotiations are difficult and time-consuming, and that complex analysis and coordination processes are necessary both in and between the countries. The GIZ African Continental Free Trade Area programme aims to improve the framework conditions for the AfCFTA. To achieve that the programme follows a multilevel approach on the continental, regional and national level. The programme supports the African Union, specifically the Department for Economic Development, Trade, Industry, Mining (ETIM) and the AfCFTA Secretariat at the continental level in the ongoing negotiations on the AfCFTA and in the implementation of the agreement. On the regional level the programme cooperates with Regional Economic Communities (RECs), specifically EAC (East African Community) and ECOWAS (Economic Community for West African States). The programme also supports Member States (mainly Ethiopia, Ghana, Rwanda, Tunisia) by working with national institutions like trade ministries and customs to implement the agreement. The AfCFTA programme is supporting AfCFTA Secretariat and the AUC Department for Economic Development, Trade, Industry, Mining in five intervention areas aligned to five respective programme outputs: Institutional development, trade in services, trade in goods, phase 2 & 3 topics (investment, competition policy, digital trade) as well as inclusivity, sustainability issues and stakeholder engagement.
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Gesamtwert des Auftrags: 1 262 865 EUR 💰
Metadaten der Bekanntmachung
Dokumenttyp: Bekanntmachung über vergebene Aufträge
Ort der Leistung
NUTS-Region: et 🏙️

Verfahren
Angebotsart: Entfällt

Referenz
Daten
Absendedatum: 2021-10-13 📅
Veröffentlichungsdatum: 2021-10-18 📅
Kennungen
Bekanntmachungsnummer: 2021/S 202-528242
Verweist auf Bekanntmachung: 2021/S 102-268372
ABl. S-Ausgabe: 202
Zusätzliche Informationen
Bekanntmachungs-ID: CXTRYY6YNJR

Objekt
Umfang der Beschaffung
Kurze Beschreibung:
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is one of the African Union"s (AU) flagship projects for implementation of its 2063 Agenda, which is supported by the action plan on Boosting Intra-African Trade (BIAT). AfCFTA is viewed as a means for achieving the overarching BIAT goals. It is expected that, with the introduction of the free trade zone, intra-African trade will be 15% to 25% higher in 2040 (UNECA). The African Continental Free Trade Area agreement is currently signed by 54 of the 55 African Union Member States (MS) and became effective under international law in May 2019. Since that time, 36 countries have deposited their instruments of ratification with the AU (so called "AfCFTA States Parties"; as of March 2021). The AfCFTA creates an internal African market for 1.3 billion people and is the largest Free Trade Area since the creation of the WTO in terms of signature countries.
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- The objective of output 1 is to strengthen the capacity of the AfCFTA Secretariat, relevant departments of the AUC and selected member states to strategically steer and coordinate AfCFTA implementation. Services will be needed in the area of strategic policy advice on trade policy issues and institution building (shaping the negotiation process and balancing interests).
Mehr anzeigen
- Output 2 aims to prepare the negotiations on the liberalization of trade in services. Required Capacity Development (CD) measures will be based on the AU Strategy for Service Sector Development, with a focus on the priority sectors of transportation and tourism. In this context negotiation and analytical capacities of representatives from the AU, REC and member states have to be developed further.
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- The goal of output 3 is to improve capacities for implementing selected commitments on trade in goods. Support is required to improve the efficiency of the technical working groups on customs cooperation and trade facilitation and the cooperation between the AUC ETIM and the AfCFTA Secretariat, this includes development of strategic competences for experts and executives of AUC, RECs and/or ministries in the member states.
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- Output 4 aims to improve the conditions for the content of the further negotiation phases of the member states, especially investment, competition policy and digital trade. Required support services comprise on the one hand CD measures for trade related experts and managers (AUC, REC, national level) in order to strengthen their competencies for development and negotiation of pending protocols and on the other hand activities to improve the analytical foundations, which will improve evidence-based policy formulation.
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Ort der Leistung
Hauptstandort oder Erfüllungsort: 00000 African Union

Verfahren
Vergabekriterien
Qualitätskriterium (Bezeichnung): Technical Assessment
Qualitätskriterium (Gewichtung): 70
Preis (Gewichtung): 30.00

Auftragsvergabe
Datum des Vertragsabschlusses: 2021-10-11 📅
Name: Consortium GOPA Worldwide Consultants GmbH / Imani Development International Ltd.
Postort: Bad Homburg
Land: Deutschland 🇩🇪
Hochtaunuskreis 🏙️
Gesamtwert des Auftrags: 1 262 865 EUR 💰
Informationen über Ausschreibungen
Anzahl der eingegangenen Angebote: 7
Quelle: OJS 2021/S 202-528242 (2021-10-13)
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