81272488 — Improvement and Modernisation of Technology Capacities within Industries and Service Providers

Kurze Beschreibung

Project description:
The project ‘Private Sector Development and Innovation’ (PSI) aims to improve the conditions for innovation in the Egyptian manufacturing sector.
The project consists of four outputs:
1) Strengthen cooperation between public agencies and business associations and institutions to promote innovation;
2) Establish new and improved services for product and process innovations in the market;
3) Improve cooperation between enterprises towards integration into national and international supply chains;
4) Develop innovative financial services for the formal and informal sectors.
This assignment contributes to outputs 2 and 3.
The lead agency is the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI). MTI is mandated with industrial (Munufacturing-based) development and international trade relations. It develops national economic policies and strategies and carries out active business promotion via a set of agencies (see below). (http://www.mti.gov.eg/).
Scope of the assignment:
The overall objective of this assignment is to implement essential parts of outputs 2 and 3.
The objective of the contract is the improvement and modernisation of technology capacities within involved industries and service providers required for the innovation/modernisation process. The contractor provides a deep dive into modern and future-oriented technologies for selected manufacturing industries. At the same time, the contractor needs to strengthen the current financial and managerial capacities of the involved industries and service providers.
The contractor will supply 3 main work packages which are tightly connected and intertwined. In the context of the project and the programme environment (Private Sector Development) will focus on the industrial/manufacturing sector, which is supposed to provide employment opportunities (the perspective of international support, e.g.: BMZ) and is of growing interest of the national and international business world participating in the growing national market and Eygpt integration into global/regional supply chain (the business perspective).
The assignment will focus on selected manufacturing industries (sub-sectors). Support to these industries is not expected to be rolled out simultaneously but rather iteratively. For instance, the first industry likely to be addressed is food processing (as an entry point to the private sector and the assignment), to be expanded to chemical processing and mechanical and plant engineering (see section 1 of the TOR for background information on these sectors in Egypt). All contact and entry points to the industries will be organised and provided by the project.

Beschreibung der Beschaffung

Project description:
The project ‘Private Sector Development and Innovation’ (PSI) aims to improve the conditions for innovation in the Egyptian manufacturing sector.
The project consists of four outputs:
1) Strengthen cooperation between public agencies and business associations and institutions to promote innovation;
2) Establish new and improved services for product and process innovations in the market;
3) Improve cooperation between enterprises towards integration into national and international supply chains;
4) Develop innovative financial services for the formal and informal sectors. This assignment contributes to outputs 2 and 3.
The lead agency is the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI). MTI is mandated with industrial (manufacturing-based) development and international trade relations. It develops national economic policies and strategies and carries out active business promotion via a set of agencies (see below). (http://www.mti.gov.eg/).
Scope of the assignment:
The overall objective of this assignment is to implement essential parts of outputs 2 and 3.
The objective of the contract is the improvement and modernisation of technology capacities within involved industries and service providers required for the innovation/modernisation process. The contractor provides a deep dive into modern and future-oriented technologies for selected manufacturing industries. At the same time, the contractor needs to strengthen the current financial and managerial capacities of the involved industries and service providers.
The contractor will supply 3 main work packages which are tightly connected and intertwined. In the context of the project and the programme environment (Private Sector Development) will focus on the industrial/manufacturing sector, which is supposed to provide employment opportunities (the perspective of international support, e.g.: BMZ) and is of growing interest of the national and international business world participating in the growing national market and Egypt integration into global/regional supply chain (the business perspective).
The assignment will focus on selected manufacturing industries (sub-sectors). Support to these industries is not expected to be rolled out simultaneously but rather iteratively. For instance, the first industry likely to be addressed is food processing (as an entry point to the private sector and the assignment), to be expanded to chemical processing and mechanical and plant engineering (see section 1 of the TOR for background information on these sectors in Egypt). All contact and entry points to the industries will be organised and provided by the project.
Work package 1: Assessment of capacities and services of selected Technology (Transfer) Centers
Work package 1 begins with a deep assessment of existing capacities and quality of services of selected Egyptian technology (transfer) centers providing technology-related services to the manufacturing industries to promote innovations and modernisations. The contractor will assess services and capacities of a short-list (provided by the GIZ team) of around 10-15 service providers (Technology Centers) relevant for the selected manufacturing industries (food, chemical, engineering). Based on these assessments, the contractor will prepare a short list of 10 practical aspects to be improved for each of the three subsectors and develop training concepts that cover the identified aspects.
Work package 2: Technology Transfer in action
Work package 2 provides active and practical support in technology transfer reaching out to the involved industries. Target groups are twofold and include staff from companies as well as service providers. Based on the results from WP 1, the contractor will develop tailor-made training courses for both target groups, respectively in the three subsectors (food, chemicals, engineering). In a first round of trainings, the contractor will conduct training to at least 9 service providers (3 by sub-sector) to act as multipliers (train the trainer) for technology transfer services in Egypt. The contractor will conduct trainings for 300 employees from the three subsectors. The contractor - with assistance from the GIZ team — will implement partnerships with the suitable services providers to support in the implementation of the activity. Other activities include the preparation of agendas for study trips as part of the training and the set-up of a follow-up system for tracing the adaptations of recommendations.
Work package 3: Recommendations for future action
Work package 3 elaborates recommendations for the public domain. It develops practical suggestions and concepts about structural change and capacity development of technology transfer and modernisation in the Egyptian manufacturing industries. Recommendations will be evidence-based on results of work packages 1 and 2 and are directed towards MTI and the other involved industry promotion agencies. However, suggestions are not bound to public entities and could include universities and industry owned concepts. In addition, suggestions are required to promote the role of women in the modernisation of the manufacturing industries.

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

The offer must be made using the forms provided by GIZ:
1) Trading name and address, beneficial owner(s), commercial register number, bank account, tax number, VAT identification number, brief company profile and contact in event of queries.
2) Extract from the commercial register or equivalent evidence/proof. (not older than 6 months);
3) Self-declaration that no grounds for exclusion in Section 123, 124 of the German Act Against Restraints of Competition (GWB) apply;
4) If a candidate/tenderer wishes to use the capacities of another company for the execution of the contract, he must prove by submitting a declaration of commitment that the corresponding capacities are available to him for the execution of the contract or are provided by this subcontractor;
5) In the case of participation as a bidding consortium: tenderers must appoint a leading member and authorise this member to represent the group and to receive payments with discharging effect also for the other members. A corresponding agreement, signed by all members, must be attached to the application for participation. For this purpose, the form provided by GIZ must be used;
6) Order form for registration of a creditor (in case of bidding consortium for all members of the consortium and the bidding consortium itself).

Liste und kurze Beschreibung der Auswahlkriterien

1) Declaration on the average annual turnover for the last 3 financial years (last-but-4 financial year can be included in case of invitation to tender held within 6 months of end of last financial year);
2) Declaration on the number of employees as at 31.12 of the previous year;
3) Evidence of creditworthiness may be requested from the bidder/bidding consortium who is to be awarded the contract after submission of the bid. The date of the evidence of creditworthiness must be no older than three months.

1) Average annual turnover for the last 3 financial years: at least EUR 2 500 000 ( Euros two million five hundred thousand);
2) Number of employees as at 31.12 of the previous year: at least 15 persons.

Liste und kurze Beschreibung der Auswahlkriterien

It is necessary to provide the following references/reference projects in the last 3 years with a minimum commission value of 200 000 (two hundred thousand):
At least 3 reference projects in the technical field promotion of cross-border technology transfer from innovation center/s to manufacturing industries. These at least 3 reference projects must fulfill the following requirements:
— at least 1 reference project must be with a focus on food or chemical or engineering industries;
— at least 2 reference projects must be with organising and/or conducting advanced technical trainings for manufacturing industries; and
— at least 1 reference project must be in Africa, Asia or Latin America.

Bedingungen für die Teilnahme (technische und berufliche Fähigkeiten)

It is necessary to provide the following references/reference projects in the last 3 years with a minimum commission value of 200 000 (two hundred thousand):
At least 3 reference projects in the technical field promotion of cross-border technology transfer from innovation center/s to manufacturing industries. These at least 3 reference projects must fulfill the following requirements:
— at least 1 reference project must be with a focus on food or chemical or engineering industries;
— at least 2 reference projects must be with organising and/or conducting advanced technical trainings for manufacturing industries; and
— at least 1 reference project must be in Africa, Asia or Latin America.

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.

Kurze Beschreibung

Project Description:
The project "Private Sector Development and Innovation" (PSI) aims to improve the conditions for innovation in the Egyptian manufacturing sector.
The project consists of four outputs: 1) Strengthen cooperation between public agencies and business associations and institutions to promote innovation; 2) Establish new and improved services for product and process innovations in the market; 3) Improve cooperation between enterprises towards integration into national and international supply chains; 4) Develop innovative financial services for the formal and informal sectors. This assignment contributes to outputs 2 and 3.
The lead agency is the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI). MTI is mandated with industrial (Munufacturing-based) development and international trade relations. It develops national economic policies and strategies and carries out active business promotion via a set of agencies (see below). (http://www.mti.gov.eg/).
Scope of the Assignment:
The overall objective of this assignment is to implement essential parts of outputs 2 and 3.
The objective of the contract is the improvement and modernisation of technology capacities within involved industries and service providers required for the innovation/modernisation process. The contractor provides a deep dive into modern and future-oriented technologies for selected manufacturing industries. At the same time, the contractor needs to strengthen the current financial and managerial capacities of the involved industries and service providers.
The contractor will supply 3 main work packages which are tightly connected and intertwined. In the context of the project and the programme environment (Private Sector Development) will focus on the industrial/manufacturing sector, which is supposed to provide employment opportunities (the perspective of international support, e.g.: BMZ) and is of growing interest of the national and international business world participating in the growing national market and Eygpt integration into global/regional supply chain (the business perspective).
The assignment will focus on selected manufacturing industries (sub-sectors). Support to these industries is not expected to be rolled out simultaneously but rather iteratively. For instance, the first industry likely to be addressed is food processing (as an entry point to the private sector and the assignment), to be expanded to chemical processing and mechanical and plant engineering (see section 1 of the TOR for background information on these sectors in Egypt). All contact and entry points to the industries will be organised and provided by the project.

Beschreibung der Beschaffung

Project Description:
The project "Private Sector Development and Innovation" (PSI) aims to improve the conditions for innovation in the Egyptian manufacturing sector.
The project consists of four outputs: 1) Strengthen cooperation between public agencies and business associations and institutions to promote innovation; 2) Establish new and improved services for product and process innovations in the market; 3) Improve cooperation between enterprises towards integration into national and international supply chains; 4) Develop innovative financial services for the formal and informal sectors. This assignment contributes to outputs 2 and 3.
The lead agency is the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI). MTI is mandated with industrial (manufacturing-based) development and international trade relations. It develops national economic policies and strategies and carries out active business promotion via a set of agencies (see below). (http://www.mti.gov.eg/).
Scope of the Assignment:
The overall objective of this assignment is to implement essential parts of outputs 2 and 3.
The objective of the contract is the improvement and modernisation of technology capacities within involved industries and service providers required for the innovation/modernisation process. The contractor provides a deep dive into modern and future-oriented technologies for selected manufacturing industries. At the same time, the contractor needs to strengthen the current financial and managerial capacities of the involved industries and service providers.
The contractor will supply 3 main work packages which are tightly connected and intertwined. In the context of the project and the programme environment (Private Sector Development) will focus on the industrial/manufacturing sector, which is supposed to provide employment opportunities (the perspective of international support, e.g.: BMZ) and is of growing interest of the national and international business world participating in the growing national market and Egypt integration into global/regional supply chain (the business perspective).
The assignment will focus on selected manufacturing industries (sub-sectors). Support to these industries is not expected to be rolled out simultaneously but rather iteratively. For instance, the first industry likely to be addressed is food processing (as an entry point to the private sector and the assignment), to be expanded to chemical processing and mechanical and plant engineering (see section 1 of the TOR for background information on these sectors in Egypt). All contact and entry points to the industries will be organised and provided by the project.
Work package 1: Assessment of capacities and services of selected Technology (Transfer) Centers
Work package 1 begins with a deep assessment of existing capacities and quality of services of selected Egyptian technology (transfer) centers providing technology-related services to the manufacturing industries to promote innovations and modernisations. The contractor will assess services and capacities of a short-list (provided by the GIZ team) of around 10-15 service providers (Technology Centers) relevant for the selected manufacturing industries (food, chemical, engineering). Based on these assessments, the contractor will prepare a short list of 10 practical aspects to be improved for each of the three subsectors and develop training concepts that cover the identified aspects.
Work package 2: Technology Transfer in action
Work package 2 provides active and practical support in technology transfer reaching out to the involved industries. Target groups are twofold and include staff from companies as well as service providers. Based on the results from WP 1, the contractor will develop tailor-made training courses for both target groups, respectively in the three subsectors (food, chemicals, engineering). In a first round of trainings, the contractor will conduct training to at least 9 service providers (3 by sub-sector) to act as multipliers (train the trainer) for technology transfer services in Egypt. The contractor will conduct trainings for 300 employees from the three subsectors. The contractor - with assistance from the GIZ team - will implement partnerships with the suitable services providers to support in the implementation of the activity. Other activities include the preparation of agendas for study trips as part of the training and the set-up of a follow-up system for tracing the adaptations of recommendations.
Work package 3: Recommendations for future action
Work package 3 elaborates recommendations for the public domain. It develops practical suggestions and concepts about structural change and capacity development of technology transfer and modernisation in the Egyptian manufacturing industries. Recommendations will be evidence-based on results of work packages 1 and 2 and are directed towards MTI and the other involved industry promotion agencies. However, suggestions are not bound to public entities and could include universities and industry owned concepts. In addition, suggestions are required to promote the role of women in the modernisation of the manufacturing industries.

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.