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 2022-03-17.
Die Ausschreibung wurde veröffentlicht am 2022-02-14.
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Objekt Umfang der Beschaffung
Titel:
“81280912-Support to the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area in the Democratic Republic of Congo
81280912”
Produkte/Dienstleistungen: Beratungsdienste im Bereich Wirtschaftsförderung📦
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...”
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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Zusätzliche Produkte/Dienstleistungen: Wirtschaftshilfe an das Ausland📦
Zusätzliche Produkte/Dienstleistungen: Markt- und Wirtschaftsforschung; Umfragen und Statistiken📦
Zusätzliche Produkte/Dienstleistungen: Wirtschaftsforschung📦
Ort der Leistung: et 🏙️
Hauptstandort oder Erfüllungsort: 00000 African Union
Beschreibung der Beschaffung:
“This tender involves the supply and management of short-term expert services to the GIZ African Continental Free Trade (AfCFTA) programme. The contractor"s...”
Beschreibung der Beschaffung
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.
The scope of this tender is the implementation of the new DRC country component of the GIZ AfCFTA project. As mentioned above, the GIZ AfCFTA project operates at the continental, regional and national levels. The DRC is one of the eight countries with which the project is tasked to cooperate at national level. The national activities implemented in the eight countries are part of the five Outputs described above. The activities of the DRC country component mainly fall under Output 1 (institutional support) and Output 3 (trade in goods). Apart from support activities which are part of this tender, stakeholders from DRC might be involved in other activities organised as part of the regional or continental activities of the GIZ AfCFTA project. Hence, the tasks performed by the contractor under this tender shall be carried out in close collaboration with the advisors, coordinators and managers of the GIZ AfCFTA project.
The contractor will not be entirely responsible for specific objectives or indicators of the GIZ AfCFTA project. However, through the implementation of the DRC country component, the contractor will contribute to the following objectives and indicators:
Output 1 - The capacities of the AfCFTA Secretariat, relevant AUC departments, and selected Member States are strengthened.
Output indicator:
Inter-ministerial committees on the implementation of the AfCFTA meet regularly in 12 member states; it is "obligatory" for interest groups representing the private sector to be involved, as required by the AfCFTA treaty (Baseline value: 4 AfCFTA committees including private sector representatives; Target value: 12 AfCFTA committees including private sector representatives).
Output 3 - The capacities of national/ regional institutions for the implementation of Trade in Goods commitments are strengthened.
Module 3 indicator:
10 member states have each implemented 2 measures under their AfCFTA commitments in the area of tariffs and/or trade facilitation (Baseline value: 0 member states; target value: 10 member states, 2 measures each).
Output indicator:
80% of the 630 specialist and management personnel from member states and/or RECs who have attended training sessions on the implementation of specific commitments on trade in goods confirm on the basis of a rating scale that their knowledge has increased (Baseline value: 70% of 230 specialist and management personnel; Target value: 80% of 630 specialist and management personnel).
Supporting the wider reporting requirement of the GIZ AfCFTA project, the contractor will need to submit progress reports four times a year (in English or French). The format of the reporting will be agreed at the beginning of the contract and might be adapted and improved during the implementation of the project. However, the reports should include information on the provided services, the costs of these services and the produced outputs and results. Further, the reports should indicate clearly how the activities are linked to and contributed to the module"s indicators, and whether any unexpected challenges had been detected during the implementation process.
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Laufzeit des Vertrags, der Rahmenvereinbarung oder des dynamischen Beschaffungssystems
Der nachstehende Zeitrahmen ist in Monaten ausgedrückt.
Beschreibung
Dauer: 26
Laufzeit des Vertrags, der Rahmenvereinbarung oder des dynamischen Beschaffungssystems
Dieser Vertrag ist verlängerbar ✅ Beschreibung
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....”
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.
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Vorgesehene Mindestanzahl: 1
Maximale Anzahl: 5
Objektive Kriterien für die Auswahl der begrenzten Anzahl von Bewerbern:
“A selection will be made under all eligible participants based on the following criteria:
a) Technical experience:
1. customs administration capacity...”
Objektive Kriterien für die Auswahl der begrenzten Anzahl von Bewerbern
A selection will be made under all eligible participants based on the following criteria:
a) Technical experience:
1. customs administration capacity building (10% weighting)
2. trade negotiations for regional trade agreements (e.g. AfCFTA, EPA) (20% weighting)
3. supporting national implementation strategies for trade agreements (10% weighting)
4. capacity building concept establishment experience (10% weighting)
b) DRC and Central/West African Regional experience (30% weighting)
c) Experience of development projects (at least 50% ODA-financed) (20% weighting)
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Optionen ✅
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....”
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.
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Informationen über die Fonds der Europäischen Union: DCI-PANAF/2021/041-853
Rechtliche, wirtschaftliche, finanzielle und technische Informationen Bedingungen für die Teilnahme
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...”
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.
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Liste und kurze Beschreibung der Auswahlkriterien:
“1. Average annual turnover for the last three years at least 300,000.00 EUR.
2. Number of employees as at 31.12 of the previous year at least 5 persons.” Technische und berufliche Fähigkeiten
Liste und kurze Beschreibung der Auswahlkriterien:
“1. At least 3 reference projects in the technical field "customs trainings and/or support to trade negotiations" and at least 3 reference projects in the...”
Liste und kurze Beschreibung der Auswahlkriterien
1. At least 3 reference projects in the technical field "customs trainings and/or support to trade negotiations" and at least 3 reference projects in the region Africa in the last 3 years.
2. The technical assessment is only based on reference projects with a minimum commission value of 50,000.00 EUR.
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Informationen zur Verhandlung
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Administrative Informationen
Frist für den Eingang von Angeboten oder Teilnahmeanträgen: 2022-03-17
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Voraussichtliches Datum der Versendung der Aufforderungen zur Angebotsabgabe oder zur Teilnahme an die ausgewählten Bewerber: 2022-04-06 📅
Sprachen, in denen Angebote oder Teilnahmeanträge eingereicht werden können: Englisch 🗣️
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Bekanntmachungs-ID: CXTRYY6YSQB” Körper überprüfen
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Postanschrift: Villemombler Straße 76
Postort: Bonn
Postleitzahl: 53123
Land: Deutschland 🇩🇪
Telefon: +49 2289499-0📞
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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...”
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.
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Quelle: OJS 2022/S 035-088995 (2022-02-14)
Bekanntmachung über vergebene Aufträge (2022-08-30) Objekt Umfang der Beschaffung
Gesamtwert der Beschaffung (ohne MwSt.): EUR 477 000 💰
Vergabekriterien
Qualitätskriterium (Bezeichnung): Total points achieved according to technical assessment
Qualitätskriterium (Gewichtung): 70
Preis (Gewichtung): 30.00
Verfahren Administrative Informationen
Frühere Veröffentlichungen zu diesem Verfahren: 2022/S 035-088995
Auftragsvergabe
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Titel: Auftragsvergabe GFA Consulting Group GmbH
Datum des Vertragsabschlusses: 2022-08-22 📅
Informationen über Ausschreibungen
Anzahl der eingegangenen Angebote: 3
Anzahl der eingegangenen Angebote von KMU: 2
Anzahl der eingegangenen Angebote von Bietern aus anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten: 1
Anzahl der eingegangenen Angebote von Bietern aus Nicht-EU-Mitgliedstaaten: 0
Anzahl der auf elektronischem Wege eingegangenen Angebote: 3
Name und Anschrift des Auftragnehmers
Name: GFA Consulting Group GmbH
Postanschrift: Eulenkrugstraße 82
Postort: Hamburg
Postleitzahl: 22359
Land: Deutschland 🇩🇪
E-Mail: info@gfa-group.de📧
Region: Hamburg🏙️
Der Auftragnehmer ist ein KMU ✅ Angaben zum Wert des Auftrags/der Partie (ohne MwSt.)
Gesamtwert des Auftrags/Loses: EUR 477 000 💰