81310663-Consultancy services for the (TEI IYBA-SEED) programme for start-ups and MSMEs in Kenya

Kurze Beschreibung

Investing in Young Businesses in Africa (IYBA) is a Team Europe Initiative to help young businesses and entrepreneurs in Africa, especially women, to launch, consolidate and grow sustainable, strong and inclusive businesses and create decent jobs.
The specific objective is to support and develop the new and early-stage business ecosystem actors as well as increase the quantity and the quality of financial instruments and technical assistance for these enterprises (bringing together public and private funding).
The activities include support to:
- Building block 1: Pre-seed financing and technical assistance - Increase financial and technical support for pre-seed stage MSMEs, with financial needs up to EUR200,000.
- Building block 2: Early-stage financing and Technical Assistance (TA) - Increase access to finance for MSMEs at seed and early stages, financial needs of between EUR200,000 and EUR5 million.
- Building block 3: Ecosystem Support.
"Investing in Young Businesses in Africa - Supporting Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Development (IYBA-SEED)" is part of the third Building Block and has a special emphasis on women and young people.
The implementation of IYBA-SEED mobilises five Member State Organisations (MSOs) in collaboration with the European Commission (DG INTPA). The consortium of MSOs is composed of Expertise France (France) as lead, Enabel (Belgium), GIZ (Germany), SAIDC (Slovakia) and SNV (The Netherlands).
The final beneficiaries of the project are referred to as "SEED beneficiaries"; they are defined:
- as businesses and entrepreneurs in the very early and early stages of business development and/or,
- led by young entrepreneurs (18-35 years old) and/or
women entrepreneurs
The overall objective of IYBA-SEED is to contribute to creating decent jobs for women and youth and resilient economies by strengthening entrepreneurial ecosystems in a number of sub-Saharan countries so that they can increase access to Business Development Services (both financial and non-financial) for SEED beneficiaries.
The specific objectives (SO) are:
- SO1: "Capacity Development and Networks" - Aims to improve access for SEED beneficiaries to Business Development Services (BDS) (both financial and non-financial) provided by Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Actors (EEAs) through strengthened entrepreneurial ecosystems (both nationally and internationally).
- SO2: Business Environment - Aims to contribute to a business environment (rules, regulations, and policies) which is conducive to the creation and growth of SEED beneficiaries.
- SO3: Entrepreneurial Culture - Aims to promote an inclusive entrepreneurial culture that encourages women and youth to create and grow SEED beneficiaries.
- SO4: Ecosystem Mapping and Knowledge - Aims to improve access for EEAs, SEED beneficiaries and other stakeholders to information about Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and approaches to Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Strengthening.
The operationalisation of IYBA-SEED will require project implementation at country-level, managed by locally based Country Teams, with central coordination from a Project Management Unit (PMU), based in Brussels. The interventions in the respective countries are specified in a Country Action Plan (CAP) determined by an initial Country Diagnostic, mapping the entrepreneurial ecosystems of each of the five target countries (Benin, Kenya, Senegal, South Africa and Togo).
The specific objective of IYBA-SEED is: Actors of the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem (AoEEs) are supported to strengthen their Business Development Services (BDS) (financial and non-financial) for SEED beneficiaries. Best practices and lessons learned for Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Strengthening are produced, compiled, and shared.

Beschreibung der Beschaffung

The contractor contributes to achieving the objectives and indicators of the IYBA-SEED programme. The target numbers prescribed are part of the Country Action Plan (CAP) for Kenya and contribute to the logframe of the IYBA-SEED programme, with defined indicators along the four Specific Objectives.
The Kenya Country Action Plan has identified four focus areas:
1. Improved access to finance and management skills
2. Expand market opportunities
3. Support an inclusive entrepreneurial culture
4. Supportive policy environment
The contract will focus on Focus Areas 1 and 2 of the CAP.
The objective shall be achieved through seven interventions. The contractor will be tasked with executing the corresponding activities for five of these interventions.
1. Awareness creation for new / alternative financial services suited for SEED beneficiaries and support for product development.
2. Design and implementation of loan application toolkits tailored to SEED beneficiaries.
3. Capacity building of Actors of the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem to deliver financial literacy programmes tailored to the needs of different types of SEED beneficiaries.
4. Facilitation of networking and knowledge sharing among financial ecosystem actors and with BDS providers to strengthen collaboration.
5. Capacity development of Business Development Services providers to develop and deliver programmes supporting SEED beneficiaries for compliance with certification/regulatory requirements.

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 Auswahlkriterien

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: 1.308.000 EUR
2. Average number of employees and managers in the last three calendar years, at least 10 persons

Liste und kurze Beschreibung der Bedingungen

Eignung zur Berufsausübung: 1. Self-declaration: name of company and address, tax ID, registration and commercial register number or equivalent register in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of origin.
2. No grounds for exclusion pursuant to § 123, § 124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
3. Declaration of bidding consortium and/or declaration of subcontractors (if applicable)

Liste und kurze Beschreibung der Auswahlkriterien

Technische und berufliche Leistungsfähigkeit: 1. The technical assessment is only based on reference projects with a minimum commission value of 200.000 EUR.
2. At least 3 reference projects in the technical field of "Access to Finance for MSMEs", and at least 2 reference projects in the technical field of "Capacity building for Business Development Services (BDS) providers"
and at least 3 reference projects in the region Eastern Africa in the last 3 years.

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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.