81296714-Technical support for the implementation of the GIZ project Support to Social Inclusion in Serbia

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Economic growth in Serbia reached 7.5 % in 2021 despite the pandemic situation. However, not all social groups benefit equally from this. Unemployment and income inequality are high, reform efforts within the framework of the EU accession process are progressing slowly. Almost a quarter of the people are at risk of poverty and social exclusion, 7% of the population live in absolute poverty. Economic and social marginalisation have worsened, especially for women and girls, members of the Roma minority and people with multiple vulnerabilities. During the pandemic, there has been an increase in gender-based violence and a return to traditional role understandings. Every second woman in Serbia experiences domestic violence. Serbia also has one of the highest rates of gender inequalities in unpaid care work along gender stereotypes in Europe: Women spend 16.2% more time caring for children and elders. Equality between men and women is legally guaranteed by the Law on Gender Equality adopted in 2021, but gender-based and intersectional discrimination, traditional role models and stereotypes continue to exist and hamper social and economic participation. Social protection and employment promotion measures that could counteract these developments are mostly gender-blind and only insufficiently target the specific needs of disadvantaged groups.
The project Support to Social Inclusion in Serbia aims at strengthening the social and economic inclusion of disadvantaged groups, specifically answering to the need of women and girls as well as multiply discriminated people such as Roma, PwD and elderly, in selected local self-governments (LSG) in Serbia. LSGs, private sector and civil society actors are supported in providing (1) integrated social services; (2) structures for better economic inclusion for women; and (3) anti-discrimination measures. A fourth component aims at increasing policy coherence in the area of social inclusion, in line with the EU accession process chapter 19 and 23.
The "New inclusion Initiative" (output 1 and 2) aim to establish or further develop integrated, gender-responsive, inclusive social services (e.g. care services, consultation services etc.). Social service providers (public, private and CSO) in LSGs will receive funding, capacity development trainings and advisory for policy development and implementation. In parallel, local measures for economic inclusion will be fostered through enhanced cooperation structures between the private sector and LSGs. Gender-responsive employment promotion and improved opportunities for disadvantaged groups including Roma and PwD enhance economic participation and thus foster social inclusion of these groups.
The initiative is accompanied by an anti-discrimination component provide decision-makers from relevant partner organizations and institutions with information and education services to reduce discrimination based on gender, origin and other factors. Gender responsive trainings on intersectional discrimination will be integrated into existing public training curricula. Digital campaigns and educational tools are developed to enhance targeted outreach.
Lastly, the project aims at fostering a more coherent design and implementation of policies in the field of social and economic inclusion of disadvantaged groups. Dialogue and working group formats between national and local level are to be enhanced, i.e. on the implementation of the national law on gender equality.
GIZ intends to contract a service provider to for the management of a short term expert pool with expertise in gender transformative social services, gender responsive employment promotion, anti-discrimination and (innovative) public administration.
Key activities include technical advice for LSG, private sector and civil society, facilitation of networking activities and peer-to-peer-learning, contribution to (baseline) studies, M&E and communication.

Deadline

Die Frist für den Eingang der Angebote war 2023-07-03. Die Ausschreibung wurde veröffentlicht am 2023-05-31.

Wer?

• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Wie?

Wo?

• Darmstadt › Main-Taunus-Kreis
• Srbija/Сpбија

Geschichte der Beschaffung

Datum	Dokument
2023-05-31	Auftragsbekanntmachung

Auftragsbekanntmachung (2023-05-31)
Objekt
Umfang der Beschaffung
Titel: Beratung in Sachen Chancengleichheit
Referenznummer: 81296714
Kurze Beschreibung:

Economic growth in Serbia reached 7.5 % in 2021 despite the pandemic situation. However, not all social groups benefit equally from this. Unemployment and income inequality are high, reform efforts within the framework of the EU accession process are progressing slowly. Almost a quarter of the people are at risk of poverty and social exclusion, 7% of the population live in absolute poverty. Economic and social marginalisation have worsened, especially for women and girls, members of the Roma minority and people with multiple vulnerabilities. During the pandemic, there has been an increase in gender-based violence and a return to traditional role understandings. Every second woman in Serbia experiences domestic violence. Serbia also has one of the highest rates of gender inequalities in unpaid care work along gender stereotypes in Europe: Women spend 16.2% more time caring for children and elders. Equality between men and women is legally guaranteed by the Law on Gender Equality adopted in 2021, but gender-based and intersectional discrimination, traditional role models and stereotypes continue to exist and hamper social and economic participation. Social protection and employment promotion measures that could counteract these developments are mostly gender-blind and only insufficiently target the specific needs of disadvantaged groups. The project Support to Social Inclusion in Serbia aims at strengthening the social and economic inclusion of disadvantaged groups, specifically answering to the need of women and girls as well as multiply discriminated people such as Roma, PwD and elderly, in selected local self-governments (LSG) in Serbia. LSGs, private sector and civil society actors are supported in providing (1) integrated social services; (2) structures for better economic inclusion for women; and (3) anti-discrimination measures. A fourth component aims at increasing policy coherence in the area of social inclusion, in line with the EU accession process chapter 19 and 23. The "New inclusion Initiative" (output 1 and 2) aim to establish or further develop integrated, gender-responsive, inclusive social services (e.g. care services, consultation services etc.). Social service providers (public, private and CSO) in LSGs will receive funding, capacity development trainings and advisory for policy development and implementation. In parallel, local measures for economic inclusion will be fostered through enhanced cooperation structures between the private sector and LSGs. Gender-responsive employment promotion and improved opportunities for disadvantaged groups including Roma and PwD enhance economic participation and thus foster social inclusion of these groups. The initiative is accompanied by an anti-discrimination component provide decision-makers from relevant partner organizations and institutions with information and education services to reduce discrimination based on gender, origin and other factors. Gender responsive trainings on intersectional discrimination will be integrated into existing public training curricula. Digital campaigns and educational tools are developed to enhance targeted outreach. Lastly, the project aims at fostering a more coherent design and implementation of policies in the field of social and economic inclusion of disadvantaged groups. Dialogue and working group formats between national and local level are to be enhanced, i.e. on the implementation of the national law on gender equality. GIZ intends to contract a service provider to for the management of a short term expert pool with expertise in gender transformative social services, gender responsive employment promotion, anti-discrimination and (innovative) public administration. Key activities include technical advice for LSG, private sector and civil society, facilitation of networking activities and peer-to-peer-learning, contribution to (baseline) studies, M&E and communication.

Kurze Beschreibung

Economic growth in Serbia reached 7.5 % in 2021 despite the pandemic situation. However, not all social groups benefit equally from this. Unemployment and income inequality are high, reform efforts within the framework of the EU accession process are progressing slowly. Almost a quarter of the people are at risk of poverty and social exclusion, 7% of the population live in absolute poverty. Economic and social marginalisation have worsened, especially for women and girls, members of the Roma minority and people with multiple vulnerabilities. During the pandemic, there has been an increase in gender-based violence and a return to traditional role understandings. Every second woman in Serbia experiences domestic violence. Serbia also has one of the highest rates of gender inequalities in unpaid care work along gender stereotypes in Europe: Women spend 16.2% more time caring for children and elders. Equality between men and women is legally guaranteed by the Law on Gender Equality adopted in 2021, but gender-based and intersectional discrimination, traditional role models and stereotypes continue to exist and hamper social and economic participation. Social protection and employment promotion measures that could counteract these developments are mostly gender-blind and only insufficiently target the specific needs of disadvantaged groups.

The project Support to Social Inclusion in Serbia aims at strengthening the social and economic inclusion of disadvantaged groups, specifically answering to the need of women and girls as well as multiply discriminated people such as Roma, PwD and elderly, in selected local self-governments (LSG) in Serbia. LSGs, private sector and civil society actors are supported in providing (1) integrated social services; (2) structures for better economic inclusion for women; and (3) anti-discrimination measures. A fourth component aims at increasing policy coherence in the area of social inclusion, in line with the EU accession process chapter 19 and 23.

The "New inclusion Initiative" (output 1 and 2) aim to establish or further develop integrated, gender-responsive, inclusive social services (e.g. care services, consultation services etc.). Social service providers (public, private and CSO) in LSGs will receive funding, capacity development trainings and advisory for policy development and implementation. In parallel, local measures for economic inclusion will be fostered through enhanced cooperation structures between the private sector and LSGs. Gender-responsive employment promotion and improved opportunities for disadvantaged groups including Roma and PwD enhance economic participation and thus foster social inclusion of these groups.

The initiative is accompanied by an anti-discrimination component provide decision-makers from relevant partner organizations and institutions with information and education services to reduce discrimination based on gender, origin and other factors. Gender responsive trainings on intersectional discrimination will be integrated into existing public training curricula. Digital campaigns and educational tools are developed to enhance targeted outreach.

Lastly, the project aims at fostering a more coherent design and implementation of policies in the field of social and economic inclusion of disadvantaged groups. Dialogue and working group formats between national and local level are to be enhanced, i.e. on the implementation of the national law on gender equality.

GIZ intends to contract a service provider to for the management of a short term expert pool with expertise in gender transformative social services, gender responsive employment promotion, anti-discrimination and (innovative) public administration.

Key activities include technical advice for LSG, private sector and civil society, facilitation of networking activities and peer-to-peer-learning, contribution to (baseline) studies, M&E and communication.

Metadaten der Bekanntmachung
Originalsprache: Englisch 🗣️
Dokumenttyp: Auftragsbekanntmachung
Art des Auftrags: Dienstleistungen
Verordnung: Europäische Union, mit GPA-Beteiligung
Gemeinsames Vokabular für öffentliche Aufträge (CPV)
Code: Beratung in Sachen Chancengleichheit 📦
Zusätzlicher CPV-Code: Forschungs- und Entwicklungsdienste und zugehörige Beratung 📦
Ort der Leistung
NUTS-Region: Srbija/Сpбија 🏙️

Verfahren
Verfahrensart: Verhandlungsverfahren
Angebotsart: Angebot für alle Lose
Vergabekriterien
Wirtschaftlichstes Angebot

Öffentlicher Auftraggeber
Identität
Land: Deutschland 🇩🇪
Art des öffentlichen Auftraggebers: Sonstiges
Name des öffentlichen Auftraggebers: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Postanschrift: Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1 - 5
Postleitzahl: 65760
Postort: Eschborn
Kontakt
Internetadresse: https://www.giz.de 🌏
E-Mail: vergabe@bho-legal.com 📧
Telefon: +49 619679 📞
Fax: +49 61967980 📠
URL der Dokumente: https://ausschreibungen.giz.de/Satellite/notice/CXTRYY6Y1RQ39PR9/documents 🌏
URL der Teilnahme: https://ausschreibungen.giz.de/Satellite/notice/CXTRYY6Y1RQ39PR9 🌏

Referenz
Daten
Absendedatum: 2023-05-31 📅
Einreichungsfrist: 2023-07-03 📅
Veröffentlichungsdatum: 2023-06-05 📅
Kennungen
Bekanntmachungsnummer: 2023/S 106-333664
ABl. S-Ausgabe: 106
Zusätzliche Informationen

All communication takes place in English via communication tool in the project area of the procurement portal. Bekanntmachungs-ID: CXTRYY6Y1RQ39PR9

Objekt
Umfang der Beschaffung
Kurze Beschreibung:

The project Support to Social Inclusion in Serbia aims at strengthening the social and economic inclusion of disadvantaged groups, specifically answering to the need of women and girls as well as multiply discriminated people such as Roma, PwD and elderly, in selected local self-governments (LSG) in Serbia. LSGs, private sector and civil society actors are supported in providing (1) integrated social services; (2) structures for better economic inclusion for women; and (3) anti-discrimination measures. A fourth component aims at increasing policy coherence in the area of social inclusion, in line with the EU accession process chapter 19 and 23.

The "New inclusion Initiative" (output 1 and 2) aim to establish or further develop integrated, gender-responsive, inclusive social services (e.g. care services, consultation services etc.). Social service providers (public, private and CSO) in LSGs will receive funding, capacity development trainings and advisory for policy development and implementation. In parallel, local measures for economic inclusion will be fostered through enhanced cooperation structures between the private sector and LSGs. Gender-responsive employment promotion and improved opportunities for disadvantaged groups including Roma and PwD enhance economic participation and thus foster social inclusion of these groups.

The initiative is accompanied by an anti-discrimination component provide decision-makers from relevant partner organizations and institutions with information and education services to reduce discrimination based on gender, origin and other factors. Gender responsive trainings on intersectional discrimination will be integrated into existing public training curricula. Digital campaigns and educational tools are developed to enhance targeted outreach.

Lastly, the project aims at fostering a more coherent design and implementation of policies in the field of social and economic inclusion of disadvantaged groups. Dialogue and working group formats between national and local level are to be enhanced, i.e. on the implementation of the national law on gender equality.

GIZ intends to contract a service provider to for the management of a short term expert pool with expertise in gender transformative social services, gender responsive employment promotion, anti-discrimination and (innovative) public administration.

Key activities include technical advice for LSG, private sector and civil society, facilitation of networking activities and peer-to-peer-learning, contribution to (baseline) studies, M&E and communication.

The contractor is tasked to identify, contract and manage a pool of short-term expert that provides services to Social Inclusion Project (SIP) and contributing to the module objective, module objective indicators, and output indicators. The assignment encompasses the provision of one pool of international and one pool of national short-term experts (STE) to provide relevant expert knowledge relating to social protection and economic inclusion of women and other disadvantaged groups in Serbia, anti-discrimination and gender equality in general and project objectives in particular.

An international team leader is required to steer the process and give strategic, technical, and monitoring advice to the GIZ project lead. In addition, A pool manager shall be permanently posted in Serbia (Belgrade). The team leader and pool manager closely cooperate on identifying the required experts and to conceptualize the specific assignment in agreement with the GIZ advisors of the SIP project.

The pool manager will, in addition, support the contracting, ensure quality and timeliness of agreed deliverables, management of the facilitation of events, contribute to M&E, frequently report to the SIP team and supports the administrative and technical backstopping of the expert services.

The services provided by the STE include:

- human capacity and strategic competence development;

- organisational, technical, policy as well as strategy advice;

- networking and dialogue facilitation

- organization of events, workshops, conferences and other exchange, learning and knowledge sharing formats

- Contribution to (online and offline) campaigns and educational approaches on gender norms and anti-discrimination

- Contributing to monitoring, baseline and impact assessments, with a particular focus on gender responsive and -transformative approaches

- Contributing to communication and reporting

in the following thematic areas:

- Employment promotion, economic development

- Public administration, partnership and network building, policy development

- Social protection, with a special focus on (integrated) social services

- (Serbian) deinstitutionalisation processes with focus on development and financing of integrated gender responsive social services

- Gender equality, gender transformative approaches and women empowerment

- Inclusion of disadvantaged groups, anti-discrimination

- Digitalization and innovation

While the required expertise and tasks to be fulfilled by the international and the national pool are similar, the national experts are particularly involved to ensure context-sensitivity, to identify and engage local partners and to ensure adequate formats, measures and communication within the political and cultural framework.

Key tasks and services:

Work package 1 (output 1 & 2) - Social Inclusion Initiative

Contribute to development and implementation of models for integrated social services for LSGs:

- Capacity development for local governments and other actors in local service delivery

- Advisory on coherent planning, gender-responsive budgeting, implementation and monitoring of gender-transformative social services along local action plans

- Peer-to-peer learning and exchange formats on good practice on gender responsive services

Advice on promoting employment initiatives of/for women, Roma, youth, and other disadvantaged groups:

- Identification of companies, social enterprises, civil society and other economic actors to develop employment promotion approaches

- Technical and process advisory for networking and cooperation between companies and local governments on interlinkages of social services and employment promotion

- Capacity building for employees in local government and/or the private sector for the non-discriminatory creation and provision of jobs.

- Promoting, advocating and capacity building for CSOs as social and employment services providers

- Establish exchange formats at the local level between LSGs, businesses and CSOs for economic inclusion of women

- Developing assessments/concept papers/reports and facilitation of learning formats on protection, antidiscrimination and gender transformative approaches and impact of social services and employment promotion

Work package 2 - Antidiscrimination

- Identify good practices and campaigning approaches on gender-based discrimination as well as inclusion of vulnerable groups, esp. Roma

- Expert advice for CSOs and other relevant actors in the implementation of anti-discrimination campaigns and training

- Technical and process advice for staff in local administrations and anti-discrimination bodies as well as civil society organisations on the establishment of training and awareness-raising measures.

- (Further) development of digital tools to raise awareness against gender stereotypes and prejudices together with intermediaries

- Research, baseline and impact measurement of anti-discrimination measures

Work package 3 - Normative Framework

- Process and technical consultation to the relevant ministries MoLEVSA and MHRMRSD on the further development and implementation of the normative framework (laws, strategies, action plans) for social and economic inclusion as defined in Chapters 19 and 23 of the EU accession negotiations.

- Facilitation of accompanying multi-stakeholder dialogue formats between the government and civil society, national and local level, which are involved in the implementation of the normative framework and define guidelines for coherence (horizontal and vertical dialogue).

- Process and technical advice for employees of ministries and local governments on gender-sensitive data and evidence gathering in the field of social and economic inclusion

Dauer: 25 Monate
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:

Ort der Leistung
Hauptstandort oder Erfüllungsort: 00000 Serbia

Rechtliche, wirtschaftliche, finanzielle und technische Informationen
Bedingungen für die Teilnahme
Befähigung zur Berufsausübung:

1. Self-declaration: name of company and address, tax ID, registration and commercial register excerpt 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. Self declaration regarding EU-Russia sanctions

4. Declaration of bidding consortium and/or declaration of subcontractors (if applicable)

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: 2.000.000 EUR

2. Average number of employees and managers in the last three calendar years, at least 15 persons

Mindeststandards:

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: 2.000.000 EUR

2. Average number of employees and managers in the last three calendar years, at least 15 persons

Technische und berufliche Fähigkeiten:

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 Social and/or Economic Development and/or gender equality in the last 3 years and at least 2 reference projects in the region Southern Europe in the last 3 years

Mindeststandards:

1. The technical assessment is only based on reference projects with a minimum commission value of 200.000 EUR.

Verfahren
Rechtsgrundlage: 32014L0024
Mindestzahl der Bewerber: 3
Höchstzahl der Bewerber: 5
Objektive Kriterien für die Auswahl der begrenzten Anzahl von Bewerbern:

A technical ranking on the basis of the assessment criteria listed below will be used to obtain the named number of five tenderers that will be requested to submit a tender. This will be applied in cases where more than five requests to participate that meet the above minimum requirements for tenderer eligibility have been received.

More than the required number of references may be provided but the number of 10 references should not be exceeded. If you are participating in the procedure as part of a candidate/bidding consortium, please note that the total number of references for all members of the consortium combined should not exceed 10.

Only references that have the required minimum commission value of EUR 200,000.00 will be assessed.

Only references that have started and/or finished in the last three years will be assessed. If a reference project satisfies both the minimum criteria and the weighted criteria, it will be counted for both assessments.

The maximum number of points that can be achieved per weighted criterion is 10 points.

A selection will be made under all eligible participants based on the following criteria:

1. Technical experience in gender responsive employment promotion and/or women's economic empowerment 25%

2. Technical experience in gender responsive public services and/or gender transformative social protection 25%

3. Technical experience in management, M&E, expert pool steering and coordination 20%

4. Regional experirence in Serbia 10%

5. Experience of development projects (at least 50% ODA-financed) 20%

Zeitpunkt des Eingangs der Angebote: 12:00
Datum der Absendung der Aufforderungen: 2023-08-04 📅
Sprachen, in denen Angebote oder Teilnahmeanträge eingereicht werden können: Englisch 🗣️

Öffentlicher Auftraggeber
Identität
Andere Art des öffentlichen Auftraggebers: Legal person governed by private law (gemeinnützige GmbH) wholly owned by the Federal Republic of Germany
Kontakt
Dokumente URL: https://ausschreibungen.giz.de/Satellite/notice/CXTRYY6Y1RQ39PR9/documents 🌏

Referenz
Zusätzliche Informationen

All communication takes place in English via communication tool in the project area of the procurement portal.

Bekanntmachungs-ID: CXTRYY6Y1RQ39PR9

Ergänzende Informationen
Körper überprüfen
Name: Die Vergabekammern des Bundes
Postanschrift: Villemombler Straße 76
Postort: Bonn
Postleitzahl: 53123
Land: Deutschland 🇩🇪
Telefon: +49 2289499-0 📞
E-Mail: vk@bundeskartellamt.bund.de 📧
Fax: +49 2289499-163 📠
Internetadresse: https://www.bundeskartellamt.de 🌏
Informationen zu Fristen für Nachprüfungsverfahren:

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.

Quelle: OJS 2023/S 106-333664 (2023-05-31)

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