81296373-Soutien à la Conservation de la Reserve naturelle de Bossematie/Côte d'Ivoire et au bien-être des populations riveraines

Kurze Beschreibung

The natural forests of Ivory Coast have almost disappeared over the last 60 years. While the area covered by forest had been 16.5 million hectares in 1960, only 3 million still existed in 2020. The economic development of Ivory Coast is primarily based on the agricultural expansion of cacao, rubber and palm oil plantations which led to the devastating loss of the Ivorian forest. The remaining three million hectares are distributed mainly between the two natural World Heritage sites of Comoé National Park and Taï National Park. However, these areas are also threatened by increasing pressure through mining, agriculture expansion, the use of firewood and illegal hunting. As part of the German Development Cooperation with Côte d"Ivoire GIZ is implementing the technical cooperation project "Governance and Sustainable Management of Natural Resources in the Comoé and Taï areas of Côte d'Ivoire-(Pro2GRN)" commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and co-financed by the European Union (EU). This program is implemented with the Ivorian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MINADER) in collaboration with other ministries including the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development and the Ministry of Water and Forests. Its overall objective is to improve the integrated governance of the Comoé and Taï regions to enable the use of natural resources in the long term, increase agricultural productivity and professionalise the management of protected areas.
Pro2GRN is structured around 4 components: Component 1) focuses on capacity building for local groups to sustainably manage natural resources and increase agricultural productivity; Component 2) on capacity building for the Ivorian Office of Parks and Natural Reserves (OIPR); Component 3) on providing to the government experiential knowledge of development cooperation; and Component 4) on the introduction and dissemination of agroforestry measures. In 2022, the project was expanded to additionally work in the Bossématié area as one of the few still forested regions in the southeast of Côte d'Ivoire and to integrate additional forestry measures. The overall project has a duration from 02/2020 to 12/2025 and a budget of EUR 23,800,000 for the German contribution.

Beschreibung der Beschaffung

The forest of Bossématié covers a forest area of 22.000 hectares in the Abengourou Department in the southeast of Ivory Coast near the Ghanaian border. The forest of Bossématié was already conserved in the mid-80s and remained intact until 2015. Since then, however, the forest area decreased rapidly and almost 25% of its forest cover has been lost or degraded due to agricultural expansion for plantations, bushfires, and the use of firewood. In 2022 the classified state forest (forêt classée) was converted into a natural reserve and has since been under the administration of the Ivorian Office of Parks and Natural Reserves (OPIR) and thus under stricter protection.
The ongoing technical cooperation project "Governance and sustainable management of natural resources in the Comoé and Taï areas in Côte d'Ivoire (Pro2GRN)" which fosters an integrated governance and sustainable use of natural resources, increased agricultural productivity and management of protected areas will expand its intervention area to the Bossématié Natural Reserve and will integrate support to forestry and agroforestry measures in adjacent rural areas.
The objective of the tendered contract is to contribute to the improvement of the management of the Bossématié Nature Reserve, the sustainable governance of natural resources and the improvement of livelihoods of the local populations. Knowledge about the socio-economic and ecological context of the new intervention area still has to be built up to plan and implement support measures in a context sensitive manner.
Against this background the tendered contract comprises the following 8 work packages:
1. Study on land use, land ownership and governance in the periphery of the Bossématié Natural Reserve, including information collection on sacred sites, ancient villages, hunting and gathering areas with the participation of the village communities.
2. Development of local development plans, local agreements and establishment of a multi-stakeholder consultation platform. The latter will bring together different stakeholders who play an important role for the conservation of the Bossématié Nature Reserve and sustainable use of the surrounding areas.
3. Establishment of a locally accessible complaint and conflict management mechanism in line with local agreements and as a basis for improved accountability, inclusive local development and successful conservation of the Bossématié reserve in the long-term.
4. Integrated assessment of the ecosystem services of the Bossématié Naturel Reserve in cooperation with the OIPR
5. Strengthening of monitoring systems for monitoring of forest cover changes and biomonitoring of multiple resources (flora and fauna).
6. Technical support to OIPR to strengthen management and administrative capacities for the Bossématié Nature Reserve
7. Establishment of agroforestry and forestry demonstration sites with diversified and sustainable agroforestry and forestry production systems in the outskirts of the Bossématié Natural Reserve to contribute to a transformation towards more sustainable and resilient agroforestry systems. As with other measures in the framework of the contract, a high participation and inclusion of the local population and the villages is envisaged.
8. Buidling capacity for data collection and monitoring of wooded landscapes (including carbon sequestered) and feasibility study for the development of incentive mechanisms for the conservation of biodiversity and the protection of natural resources in and around the Bossématié Natural Reserve, taking into account opportunities in international carbon markets.
To this end, the contractor will deploy a team leader and four (technical) experts based in the project area (Adzope/Abengourou), as well as several short-term experts in forest governance, sustainable management of natural resources, inclusive local development, amongst others. The contractor will coordinate closely with the GIZ project team working in the Comoé and Taï areas and contribute to project monitoring, documentation of experiences and to GIZ"s advisory services at national level. The contract has a duration of 24 months and is expected to start in 1.09.2023.

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

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

1. Average annual turnover for the last three years at least 3,000,000.00 EUR
2. Number of employees at least 25 persons as at 31.12 of the previous calendar year

1. Average annual turnover for the last three years at least 3,000,000.00 EUR
2. Number of employees at least 25 persons as at 31.12 of the previous calendar year

Liste und kurze Beschreibung der Auswahlkriterien

1. At least 5 reference projects in the technical field "Sustainable management and restoration of wooded landscapes" and at least 3 reference projects in the region Western Africa in the last 3 years.
2. The technical assessment is only based on reference projects with a minimum commission value of 500,000.00 EUR.

Bedingungen für die Teilnahme (technische und berufliche Fähigkeiten)

1. At least 5 reference projects in the technical field "Sustainable management and restoration of wooded landscapes" and at least 3 reference projects in the region Western Africa in the last 3 years.
2. The technical assessment is only based on reference projects with a minimum commission value of 500,000.00 EUR.

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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.