10000521-Technical support for WDAA in 10 Lower Kafue water dispute areas, Zambia

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

The Multi-Donor Action "Integrated Water Catchment Management and Landscape Protection (AWARE 2.0)" is cofinanced by the European Union (EU), Sweden and the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by GIZ as part of the BMZ project "Integrated Water Catchment Management and Landscape Protection (AWARE 2.0)". The duration of the Action is scheduled from 1st November 2023 to 30 April 2028 (54 months), with a total budget of EUR 16.5 million (EU contribution EUR 8 million and BMZ contribution EUR 8.5 million). This Action is part of and contributes to the overall EU Action "Green Partnership and Investment Programme along the Agriculture, Forestry, Biodiversity, Water and Climate Nexus". The overall Nexus Programme aims to: Enhance resilience of ecosystems and improve people"s livelihoods based on landscape approaches along the agriculture-forestry-biodiversity-water and climate nexus; Increase participation of smallholder farmers, including women and youth farmers, in market-integrated environmentally sustainable, resilient, low carbon, circular and nutrition sensitive value chains; and Increase income opportunities through applied sustainable resource management practices by local communities. AWARE 2.0 is addressing Output 1.2 of the Nexus Programme: Enhanced capacities for watershed management, addressing forest degradation, biodiversity conservation, water resources management and climate resilience in selected target areas. Under the overall objective "to enhance resilience of ecosystems and improve people"s livelihoods in Zambia", AWARE 2.0"s specific objective is "Improved integrated management of water catchments including landscape protection with a focus on agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, water and climate". The project is organised around five major output areas, which are outlined below: - Improved capacities of the central government to execute its mandate for the integrated management of water catchments, including landscape protection with a focus on climate adaptation. - Improved capacities of decentralised authorities to plan, protect and sustainably manage water catchment ecosystems with focus on climate adaptation in the selected landscape. - Improved capacities of Water Resources Management (WRM) governance structures to sustainably manage water resource disputes in the LKSC. - Scaled-up measures for water catchment management, landscape restoration and protection, and climate adaptation. - Improved access to water resources for communities in the LKSC.

Deadline

Die Frist für den Eingang der Angebote war 2026-04-27. Die Ausschreibung wurde veröffentlicht am 2026-03-25.

Wer?

• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Wie?

Wo?

• Darmstadt › Main-Taunus-Kreis
• Köln › Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt

Geschichte der Beschaffung

Datum	Dokument
2026-03-25	Auftragsbekanntmachung
2026-04-09	Auftragsbekanntmachung

Auftragsbekanntmachung (2026-03-25)
Objekt
Umfang der Beschaffung
Titel: 10000521-Technical support for WDAA in 10 Lower Kafue water dispute areas, Zambia
Referenznummer: 10000521
Kurze Beschreibung:

Kurze Beschreibung

The Multi-Donor Action "Integrated Water Catchment Management and Landscape Protection (AWARE 2.0)" is cofinanced by the European Union (EU), Sweden and the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by GIZ as part of the BMZ project "Integrated Water Catchment Management and Landscape Protection (AWARE 2.0)". The duration of the Action is scheduled from 1st November 2023 to 30 April 2028 (54 months), with a total budget of EUR 16.5 million (EU contribution EUR 8 million and BMZ contribution EUR 8.5 million). This Action is part of and contributes to the overall EU Action "Green Partnership and Investment Programme along the Agriculture, Forestry, Biodiversity, Water and Climate Nexus".
The overall Nexus Programme aims to: Enhance resilience of ecosystems and improve people"s livelihoods based on landscape approaches along the agriculture-forestry-biodiversity-water and climate nexus; Increase participation of smallholder farmers, including women and youth farmers, in market-integrated environmentally sustainable, resilient, low carbon, circular and nutrition sensitive value chains; and Increase income opportunities through applied sustainable resource management practices by local communities.
AWARE 2.0 is addressing Output 1.2 of the Nexus Programme: Enhanced capacities for watershed management, addressing forest degradation, biodiversity conservation, water resources management and climate resilience in selected target areas.
Under the overall objective "to enhance resilience of ecosystems and improve people"s livelihoods in Zambia", AWARE 2.0"s specific objective is "Improved integrated management of water catchments including landscape protection with a focus on agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, water and climate". The project is organised around five major output areas, which are outlined below:
- Improved capacities of the central government to execute its mandate for the integrated management of water catchments, including landscape protection with a focus on climate adaptation.
- Improved capacities of decentralised authorities to plan, protect and sustainably manage water catchment ecosystems with focus on climate adaptation in the selected landscape.
- Improved capacities of Water Resources Management (WRM) governance structures to sustainably manage water resource disputes in the LKSC.
- Scaled-up measures for water catchment management, landscape restoration and protection, and climate adaptation.
- Improved access to water resources for communities in the LKSC.

Art des Vertrags: Dienstleistungen
Produkte/Dienstleistungen: Beratung in den Bereichen Wasserversorgung und Abfälle 📦
Beschreibung
Interne Kennung: 10000521
Diese Auftragsvergabe ist auch für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (KMU) geeignet ✅
Beschreibung der Beschaffung:

The contractor will focus on generating accurate, evidence-based information to support water governance, equitable allocation, and dispute management. The assignment will begin with a comprehensive review of existing hydrological, meteorological, and water use data, including flow records, water abstraction data, infrastructure operations and climate variability patterns. WARMA will supply water flow data. This will be complemented by field data collection and stakeholder consultations to fill information gaps and capture local water-use dynamics across agriculture, hydropower, mining, fisheries, domestic supply, and ecological systems. Besides providing a team of long-term and short-term experts, the Contractor shall facilitate the procurement of services by third parties where necessary. Close coordination and consultation with the GIZ project team in Zambia will be required. This will contribute to achieving output indicator 3.1 of AWARE 2.0 to carry out Water Deficit and Availability Assessments in the Lower Kafue Sub-catchment, including documentation of the methodology, and stakeholder inclusion used for each of the different assessments, classified into micro/community, meso/Local authority and macro/commercial scale. Based on this classification, the consultant will recommend appropriate and cost-effective approaches for each water dispute area. For instance, at micro/community level transparent visualiation of scientific data, knowledge and experience may be crucial to resolve disputes while at macro scale scientific data is necessary to facilitate dialogue. This means that the consultant will engage different assessment methodologies, based on the above classification, at every water dispute area. The contractor will further carry out quantitative assessments of water demand versus availability, model scenarios of water deficits under different climatic and usage conditions, and map 10 critical hotspots of water stress. Based on these findings, the contractor will develop decision-support tools and recommendations that strengthen the capacity of existing community-based water resources governance structures to allocate water resources equitably, anticipate shortages, and mediate disputes. The scope also includes the organization of stakeholder workshops to validate results, and capacity-building sessions to ensure uptake by the Water Resources Management Authority (WARMA) and decentralized institutions and organizations. Specific tasks include: a) Establishing a concise operational plan and shared understanding of the consultancy"s scope, approach, and expected outcomes for assessing water deficit and availability in 10 critical water dispute selected areas of the Lower Kafue Sub-Catchment. b) Validating the identified 10 water resources dispute areas in the Lower Kafue Sub Catchment. c) With active community participation, systematically gather, compile, and validate all relevant hydrological, climatic, socio-economic, ecological, and institutional data necessary for assessing water deficit and availability in the 10 critical water disputes selected areas of the Lower Kafue Sub-Catchment. d) Conducting a pragmatic and comprehensive evaluation of water resources by quantifying both water availability and demand across competing sectors, and determining the extent, drivers, and patterns of water deficit in 10 critical water dispute selected areas of the Lower Kafue Sub-Catchment. e) Validating and harmonizing the water allocation framework with the results of the water assessment in task 3 and contribute data in the development of water dispute resolution mechanism that ensures equitable, transparent, and sustainable management of water resources in the 10 critical water dispute selected areas of the Lower Kafue Sub-Catchment. f) Strengthening capacities for assessing, understanding and solving water dispute at different scales such as Micro/community, Meso/Local authority and Macro/Commercial level for sustainable water resources management in 10 critical water dispute selected areas of the Lower Kafue Sub-Catchment, while ensuring long-term retention and application of the knowledge generated through the consultancy. g) Synthesizing, packaging, and communicating the key findings of the water deficit and availability assessment in the 10 selected critical water dispute areas of the Lower Kafue Sub-Catchment based on Micro/community, Meso/Local authority and Macro/Commercial level. The Contractor may be a single firm with local branches or a consortium of various consulting firms. The involvement of local consulting firms from Zambia within subcontracting or joint venture arrangements is permitted and desirable. The overall duration of the Contract shall be 16 months.

Beschreibung der Beschaffung

The contractor will focus on generating accurate, evidence-based information to support water governance, equitable allocation, and dispute management. The assignment will begin with a comprehensive review of existing hydrological, meteorological, and water use data, including flow records, water abstraction data, infrastructure operations and climate variability patterns. WARMA will supply water flow data. This will be complemented by field data collection and stakeholder consultations to fill information gaps and capture local water-use dynamics across agriculture, hydropower, mining, fisheries, domestic supply, and ecological systems. Besides providing a team of long-term and short-term experts, the Contractor shall facilitate the procurement of services by third parties where necessary. Close coordination and consultation with the GIZ project team in Zambia will be required.
This will contribute to achieving output indicator 3.1 of AWARE 2.0 to carry out Water Deficit and Availability Assessments in the Lower Kafue Sub-catchment, including documentation of the methodology, and stakeholder inclusion used for each of the different assessments, classified into micro/community, meso/Local authority and macro/commercial scale. Based on this classification, the consultant will recommend appropriate and cost-effective approaches for each water dispute area. For instance, at micro/community level transparent visualiation of scientific data, knowledge and experience may be crucial to resolve disputes while at macro scale scientific data is necessary to facilitate dialogue. This means that the consultant will engage different assessment methodologies, based on the above classification, at every water dispute area.
The contractor will further carry out quantitative assessments of water demand versus availability, model scenarios of water deficits under different climatic and usage conditions, and map 10 critical hotspots of water stress. Based on these findings, the contractor will develop decision-support tools and recommendations that strengthen the capacity of existing community-based water resources governance structures to allocate water resources equitably, anticipate shortages, and mediate disputes. The scope also includes the organization of stakeholder workshops to validate results, and capacity-building sessions to ensure uptake by the Water Resources Management Authority (WARMA) and decentralized institutions and organizations.
Specific tasks include:
a) Establishing a concise operational plan and shared understanding of the consultancy"s scope, approach, and expected outcomes for assessing water deficit and availability in 10 critical water dispute selected areas of the Lower Kafue Sub-Catchment.
b) Validating the identified 10 water resources dispute areas in the Lower Kafue Sub Catchment.
c) With active community participation, systematically gather, compile, and validate all relevant hydrological, climatic, socio-economic, ecological, and institutional data necessary for assessing water deficit and availability in the 10 critical water disputes selected areas of the Lower Kafue Sub-Catchment.
d) Conducting a pragmatic and comprehensive evaluation of water resources by quantifying both water availability and demand across competing sectors, and determining the extent, drivers, and patterns of water deficit in 10 critical water dispute selected areas of the Lower Kafue Sub-Catchment.
e) Validating and harmonizing the water allocation framework with the results of the water assessment in task 3 and contribute data in the development of water dispute resolution mechanism that ensures equitable, transparent, and sustainable management of water resources in the 10 critical water dispute selected areas of the Lower Kafue Sub-Catchment.
f) Strengthening capacities for assessing, understanding and solving water dispute at different scales such as Micro/community, Meso/Local authority and Macro/Commercial level for sustainable water resources management in 10 critical water dispute selected areas of the Lower Kafue Sub-Catchment, while ensuring long-term retention and application of the knowledge generated through the consultancy.
g) Synthesizing, packaging, and communicating the key findings of the water deficit and availability assessment in the 10 selected critical water dispute areas of the Lower Kafue Sub-Catchment based on Micro/community, Meso/Local authority and Macro/Commercial level.

The Contractor may be a single firm with local branches or a consortium of various consulting firms. The involvement of local consulting firms from Zambia within subcontracting or joint venture arrangements is permitted and desirable.
The overall duration of the Contract shall be 16 months.

Zusätzliche Informationen: #Besonders auch geeignet für:selbst#, #Besonders auch geeignet für:other-sme#
Art des Vertrags: Dienstleistungen
Produkte/Dienstleistungen: Beratung in den Bereichen Wasserversorgung und Abfälle 📦
Zusätzliche Produkte/Dienstleistungen:

Abwasser- und Abfallbeseitigungs-, Reinigungs- und Umweltschutzdienste 📦

Topografische Dienste und Wasseraufspürung 📦

Ziel der strategischen Auftragsvergabe: Verringerung der Auswirkungen auf die Umwelt
see tender documents
Konzept zur Verringerung der Umweltauswirkungen: Der Schutz und Wiederherstellung der Biodiversität und der Ökosysteme
Gefördertes soziales Ziel: Gleichstellung von ethnischen Gruppen
Hauptstandort oder Erfüllungsort: see tender documents
Land: Sambia 🇿🇲
Dauer: 16 Monate
Maximale Verlängerungen: 2
Weitere Informationen zur Verlängerung:

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.

Informationen über Optionen
Optionen ✅
Beschreibung der Optionen:

Vergabekriterien
Preis ✅
Preis (Gewichtung): 30.00
Qualitätskriterium (Bezeichnung): Erreichte Gesamtpunktzahl nach fachlicher Wertung (inkl. Mindbed.)
Qualitätskriterium (Gewichtung): 70.0000
500.00000000
Titel
Los-Identifikationsnummer: LOT-0001
Umfang der Beschaffung
Zusätzliche Produkte/Dienstleistungen:

Abwasser- und Abfallbeseitigungs-, Reinigungs- und Umweltschutzdienste 📦

Topografische Dienste und Wasseraufspürung 📦

Verfahren
Art des Verfahrens
Offenes Verfahren ✅
Rechtsgrundlage: Richtlinie 2014/24/EU
Administrative Informationen
Frist für den Eingang von Angeboten oder Teilnahmeanträgen: 2026-04-27 12:00:00 📅
Sprachen, in denen Angebote oder Teilnahmeanträge eingereicht werden können: Englisch 🗣️
Mindestzeitraum, in dem der Bieter das Angebot aufrechterhalten muss: 126 Tage
Bedingungen für die Einreichung eines Angebots
Die Bieter können mehrere Angebote einreichen
Sprachen, in denen Angebote oder Teilnahmeanträge eingereicht werden können: Englisch 🗣️
Elektronische Rechnungsstellung: Erforderlich
Die elektronische Bestellung wird verwendet ✅
Elektronische Zahlung wird verwendet ✅
Frist für die Anforderung zusätzlicher Informationen: 2026-04-20 23:59:59 📅
Zusätzliche Informationen:

GIZ asks the applicant or bidder to submit, complete or correct documents, within the framework laid down by law.

Vergabekriterien
Gewichtungsart: Gewichtung (Punkte, genau)
Bedingungen für die Einreichung eines Angebots
Der Vertrag enthält Bedingungen zur Vertragsausführung ✅

Rechtliche, wirtschaftliche, finanzielle und technische Informationen
Bedingungen für die Teilnahme
Eignungskriterium: Andere wirtschaftliche oder finanzielle Anforderungen
Liste und kurze Beschreibung der Regeln und Kriterien:

EN-A1: Principles for the execution of orders (Mit dem Angebot; Mittels Eigenerklärung): The eligbility criteria are not from the same category as stipulated above, as there is no suitable category. 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, EU-Russia sanctions 3. Declaration of bidding consortium and/or declaration of subcontractors (if applicable)

Eignungskriterium: Referenzen zu bestimmten Dienstleistungen
Liste und kurze Beschreibung der Regeln und Kriterien:

EN-B1: Technical and professional ability (Mit dem Angebot; Mittels Eigenerklärung): 1. The technical assessment is only based on reference projects with a minimum commission value of 100,000.00 EUR (net). 2. At least 4 reference projects in the technical field "water resources assessments and governance" out of which at least 2 reference projects in the regions Eastern, Middle and/or Southern Africa in the last 36 months

Eignungskriterium: Durchschnittlicher Jahresumsatz
Liste und kurze Beschreibung der Regeln und Kriterien:

EN-C1: Economic and financial standing (Mit dem Angebot; Mittels Eigenerklärung): 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: 800,000.00 EUR (net).

EN-C2: Economic and financial standing (Mit dem Angebot; Mittels Eigenerklärung): Average number of employees and managers in the last three calendar years, at least 7 persons.

Bedingungen für den Vertrag
Bedingungen für die Vertragserfüllung:

The execution conditions result from the information given in the contract notice and the tender documents.

Bedingungen für die Teilnahme
Ausschlussgrund:

Beteiligung an einer kriminellen Vereinigung

Betrug

Der Zahlungsunfähigkeit vergleichbare Lage gemäß nationaler Rechtsvorschriften

+ 19 weitere

Direkte oder indirekte Beteiligung an der Vorbereitung des Vergabeverfahrens

Einstellung der gewerblichen Tätigkeit

Geldwäsche oder Terrorismusfinanzierung

Interessenkonflikt aufgrund seiner Teilnahme an dem Vergabeverfahren

Kinderarbeit und andere Formen des Menschenhandels

Korruption

Schwerwiegendes berufliches Fehlverhalten

Terroristische Straftaten oder Straftaten im Zusammenhang mit terroristischen Aktivitäten

Täuschung, Zurückhaltung von Informationen, Unfähigkeit zur Vorlage erforderlicher Unterlagen oder Erlangung vertraulicher Informationen zu dem Verfahren

Vereinbarungen mit anderen Wirtschaftsteilnehmern zur Verzerrung des Wettbewerbs

Verstoß gegen arbeitsrechtliche Verpflichtungen

Verstoß gegen die in den rein innerstaatlichen Ausschlussgründen verankerten Verpflichtungen

Verstoß gegen die Verpflichtung zur Entrichtung von Sozialversicherungsbeiträgen

Verstoß gegen die Verpflichtung zur Entrichtung von Steuern

Verstoß gegen sozialrechtliche Verpflichtungen

Verstoß gegen umweltrechtliche Verpflichtungen

Verwaltung der Vermögenswerte durch einen Insolvenzverwalter

Vorzeitige Beendigung, Schadensersatz oder andere vergleichbare Sanktionen

Zahlungsunfähigkeit

Beschreibung der Ausschlussgründe: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG

Öffentlicher Auftraggeber
Name und Adressen
Name: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Nationale Registrierungsnummer: 993-80072-52
Postanschrift: Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1 - 5
Postleitzahl: 65760
Postort: Eschborn
Region: Main-Taunus-Kreis 🏙️
Land: Deutschland 🇩🇪
E-Mail: marion.chevalier@giz.de 📧
Telefon: +49 6196794017 📞
Fax: +49 61967911154017 📠
URL: https://www.giz.de 🌏
Art des öffentlichen Auftraggebers
Einrichtung des öffentlichen Rechts
Haupttätigkeit
Allgemeine öffentliche Verwaltung
Kommunikation
Dokumente URL: https://ausschreibungen.giz.de/Satellite/notice/CXTRYY6YT793C3JH/documents 🌏
Teilnahme-URL: https://ausschreibungen.giz.de/Satellite/notice/CXTRYY6YT793C3JH 🌏
URL des Beschaffungsinstruments: https://ausschreibungen.giz.de/Satellite/notice/CXTRYY6YT793C3JH 🌏
Elektronische Einreichung: Erforderlich

Ergänzende Informationen
Zusätzliche Informationen

#Bekanntmachungs-ID: CXTRYY6YT793C3JH# All communication takes place in English via communication tool in the project area of the procurement portal.

Körper überprüfen
Name: Vergabekammern des Bundes
Nationale Registrierungsnummer: 022894990
Postanschrift: Kaiser-Friedrich-Straße 16
Postleitzahl: 53113
Postort: Bonn
Region: Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt 🏙️
Land: Deutschland 🇩🇪
E-Mail: vk@bundeskartellamt.bund.de 📧
Telefon: +49 2289499-0 📞
Fax: +49 2289499-163 📠
URL: https://www.bundeskartellamt.de 🌏
Verfahren zur Überprüfung
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.

Informationen über elektronische Arbeitsabläufe
Die elektronische Rechnungsstellung wird akzeptiert
Die elektronische Bestellung wird verwendet
Elektronische Zahlung wird verwendet
Bekanntmachungsangaben
Bevorzugtes Datum der Veröffentlichung: 2026-03-25+01:00 📅
Quelle: OJS 2026/S 060-208181 (2026-03-25)

Auftragsbekanntmachung (2026-04-09)
Verfahren
Administrative Informationen
Frist für den Eingang von Angeboten oder Teilnahmeanträgen: 2026-05-04 12:00:00 📅
Mindestzeitraum, in dem der Bieter das Angebot aufrechterhalten muss: 119 Tage
Bedingungen für die Einreichung eines Angebots
Frist für die Anforderung zusätzlicher Informationen: 2026-04-24 23:59:59 📅

Ergänzende Informationen
Bekanntmachungsangaben
Bevorzugtes Datum der Veröffentlichung: 2026-04-09+02:00 📅

Änderungen
Zu berichtigender Text in der ursprünglichen Bekanntmachung
Nummer des Abschnitts: PROCEDURE
Neuer Wert
Text:

New submission deadline: by 12:00 noon (Berlin, Germany time zone) on 04.05.2026.

Zu berichtigender Text in der ursprünglichen Bekanntmachung
Änderung der Auftragsunterlagen am ✅
Datum der Änderung der Auftragsunterlagen: 2026-04-09 📅
Andere zusätzliche Informationen
The submission deadline has been extended.
Hauptgrund für die Änderung: Aktualisierte Informationen
Angaben zu Änderungen
Fassung der zu ändernden vorigen Bekanntmachung: 02dc7426-8c3c-4e1f-b1af-819a9ee4fe70-01
Quelle: OJS 2026/S 070-244183 (2026-04-09)

Neue Beschaffungen in verwandten Kategorien 🆕

Dienstleistungen von Architektur-, Konstruktions- und Ingenieurbüros und Prüfstellen (>20 neue Beschaffungen)

Beratung in den Bereichen Wasserversorgung und Abfälle
Dienstleistungen im Bauwesen (>20)
Dienstleistungen von Architekturbüros (>20)
Dienstleistungen von Ingenieurbüros (>20)
Kontroll- und Überwachungsleistungen (9)
Labordienste (11)
Stadtplanung und Landschaftsgestaltung (8)
Technische Tests, Analysen und Beratung (20)