81318614-Consulting services for the implementation of nutrition and gender-transformative approaches under FANSER+

The BMZ-financed project Food and Nutrition Security, Enhanced Resilience Plus (FANSER+) builds on the experiences and impacts of the global project FANSER in Zambia, which was implemented from 2015 to 2025 in six districts of Eastern and Luapula Provinces. While the predecessor project focused primarily on direct service delivery, FANSER+ …

CPV: 79411100 Poradenství v oblasti obchodního rozvoje
Místo provedení:
81318614-Consulting services for the implementation of nutrition and gender-transformative approaches under FANSER+
Misto zadání:
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Číslo zakázky:
81318614

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Legal type of the buyer : Public undertaking, controlled by a central government authority
Activity of the contracting authority : General public services

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : 81318614-Consulting services for the implementation of nutrition and gender-transformative approaches under FANSER+
Description : The BMZ-financed project Food and Nutrition Security, Enhanced Resilience Plus (FANSER+) builds on the experiences and impacts of the global project FANSER in Zambia, which was implemented from 2015 to 2025 in six districts of Eastern and Luapula Provinces. While the predecessor project focused primarily on direct service delivery, FANSER+ places strong emphasis on sustainability through active involvement and capacity development of government structures at all levels. The module objective of the FANSER+ project is to improve the nutritional situation and resilience of poor rural households, especially women and small children under the age of two years, in selected districts of Eastern Province and Luapula Province. At outcome level, it aims at improving the dietary diversity of women, increasing the share of children receiving an adequate diet, increasing the household production of nutritious and climate resilient crops, improving nutrition related gender aspects and capacitating government staff for better nutrition-related service delivery. Target groups: The target group to be directly reached comprises 60,000 poor rural households, especially those in which women of reproductive age (15 to 49 years) and children under two years of age live. The care group model, a cascade approach for knowledge transfer, is to reach 75,000 women of reproductive age from those households with 20,000 infants and small children under the age of 2 in six districts of Eastern Province and Luapula Province. A further 37,500 men are to be engaged through targeted gender-transformative approaches. The official government partner of the programme is the National Food and Nutrition Commission (NFNC). The NFNC is coordinated by the Office of the Vice President and is subject to administrative supervision by the Ministry of Health. The project is to address particularly government staff at meso-level with a focus on governmental stakeholders in the nutrition sector who are responsible for budgeting, coordinating and providing nutrition-related services. Increasing gender equality is a key objective of the project and is strategically addressed at outcome and output levels (the project has a GG2 marker). The overarching impact hypothesis of the project is that a multi-level approach with the target group-oriented implementation of multi-sectoral food and nutrition security measures at the micro-level, the qualification of stakeholders at the meso-level and policy advice to the relevant government stakeholders at the national level will contribute to sustainably improving the nutritional situation and resilience of poor households and especially of women and young children. The project builds on the approaches and evidence of the predecessor FANSER project, which has developed effective approaches, especially for working with the direct target groups at household and community level. The tried and tested approaches focusing on healthy nutrition and WASH through the Care Group Model, the cultivation and processing of nutritious food and the establishment of savings and loan groups (SILC - Internal Saving and Lending Communities) as well as the Farmer Business School approach are being scaled up and expanded by extending and supplementing measures to strengthen resilience. The gender-transformative approaches, initiated under FANSER to promote gender equality in households and communities, are being strategically developed and expanded. The capacity development strategy which needs to be developed as part of the project addresses the increase in knowledge and skills development of women and men at household and community level. CD is of particular importance at the level of government staff, whose individual professional competences are strengthened at both the technical and the management, leadership and soft skills level.
Procedure identifier : 1b30f57e-e41d-4d25-a9bc-c7c0cb2c3e2d
Internal identifier : 81318614
Type of procedure : Negotiated with prior publication of a call for competition / competitive with negotiation
The procedure is accelerated : no

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 79411100 Business development consultancy services

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : South Africa
Anywhere in the given country

2.1.4 General information

Additional information : Bekanntmachungs-ID: CXTRYY6YTLU637Q7 All communication takes place in English via communication tool in the project area of the procurement portal.
Legal basis :
Directive 2014/24/EU
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2.1.6 Grounds for exclusion

Sources of grounds for exclusion : Notice
Breaching of obligations set under purely national exclusion grounds : In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Participation in a criminal organisation : In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Terrorist offences or offences linked to terrorist activities : In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Money laundering or terrorist financing : In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Fraud : In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Corruption : In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Child labour and including other forms of trafficking in human beings : In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Breaching obligation relating to payment of taxes : In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Breaching obligation relating to payment of social security contributions : In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Breaching of obligations in the fields of environmental law : In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Breaching of obligations in the fields of social law : In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Breaching of obligations in the fields of labour law : In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Insolvency : In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Assets being administered by liquidator : In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Business activities are suspended : In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Analogous situation like bankruptcy, insolvency or arrangement with creditors under national law : In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Grave professional misconduct : In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Agreements with other economic operators aimed at distorting competition : In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Conflict of interest due to its participation in the procurement procedure : In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Direct or indirect involvement in the preparation of this procurement procedure : In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Early termination, damages, or other comparable sanctions : In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Misrepresentation, withheld information, unable to provide required documents and obtained confidential information of this procedure : In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0001

Title : 81318614-Consulting services for the implementation of nutrition and gender-transformative approaches under FANSER+
Description : The BMZ-financed project Food and Nutrition Security, Enhanced Resilience Plus (FANSER+) builds on the experiences and impacts of the global project FANSER in Zambia, which was implemented from 2015 to 2025 in six districts of Eastern and Luapula Provinces. While the predecessor project focused primarily on direct service delivery, FANSER+ places strong emphasis on sustainability through active involvement and capacity development of government structures at all levels. The module objective of the FANSER+ project is to improve the nutritional situation and resilience of poor rural households, especially women and small children under the age of two years, in selected districts of Eastern Province and Luapula Province. At outcome level, it aims at improving the dietary diversity of women, increasing the share of children receiving an adequate diet, increasing the household production of nutritious and climate resilient crops, improving nutrition related gender aspects and capacitating government staff for better nutrition-related service delivery. Target groups: The target group to be directly reached comprises 60,000 poor rural households, especially those in which women of reproductive age (15 to 49 years) and children under two years of age live. The care group model, a cascade approach for knowledge transfer, is to reach 75,000 women of reproductive age from those households with 20,000 infants and small children under the age of 2 in six districts of Eastern Province and Luapula Province. A further 37,500 men are to be engaged through targeted gender-transformative approaches. The official government partner of the programme is the National Food and Nutrition Commission (NFNC). The NFNC is coordinated by the Office of the Vice President and is subject to administrative supervision by the Ministry of Health. The project is to address particularly government staff at meso-level with a focus on governmental stakeholders in the nutrition sector who are responsible for budgeting, coordinating and providing nutrition-related services. Increasing gender equality is a key objective of the project and is strategically addressed at outcome and output levels (the project has a GG2 marker). The overarching impact hypothesis of the project is that a multi-level approach with the target group-oriented implementation of multi-sectoral food and nutrition security measures at the micro-level, the qualification of stakeholders at the meso-level and policy advice to the relevant government stakeholders at the national level will contribute to sustainably improving the nutritional situation and resilience of poor households and especially of women and young children. The project builds on the approaches and evidence of the predecessor FANSER project, which has developed effective approaches, especially for working with the direct target groups at household and community level. The tried and tested approaches focusing on healthy nutrition and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) through the Care Group Model, the cultivation and processing of nutritious food and the establishment of savings and loan groups (SILC - Internal Saving and Lending Communities) as well as the Farmer Business School approach are being scaled up and expanded by extending and supplementing measures to strengthen resilience. The gender-transformative approaches, initiated under FANSER to promote gender equality in households and communities, are being strategically developed and expanded. The capacity development strategy which needs to be developed as part of the project addresses the increase in knowledge and skills development of women and men at household and community level. CD is of particular importance at the level of government staff, whose individual professional competences are strengthened at both the technical and the management, leadership and soft skills level. In addition, the contractor largely contributes to facilitating behaviour change with regard to food and nutrition security, WASH as well as gender equality in the rural communities of the FANSER+ project areas. As part of this, the contractor is responsible to collaborate with and build capacities among relevant government staff to enable them to provide relevant services and supervision independently (this refers to technical but also leadership and organisational skills). In detail, the contractor is responsible for providing four work packages: (1) Establishing and facilitating the community-based care group model together with the decentralised structures of the Ministry of Health; (2) Establishing and facilitating the Saving and Internal Lending Communities (SILC, a village-based saving and lending approach) together with the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services; (3) Developing and implementing concepts to enable gender equality with a focus on joint decision making in the rural households related nutrition, agriculture and WASH aspects. For this, the contractor shall work with and through traditional and church leadership structures. In addition, the contractor shall contribute to improving services related to family planning for youth through so-called "youth-friendly corners" which are part of rural health facilities; (4) Developing and implementing capacity development approaches for relevant government staff (mostly at district level) to increase their technical, organisational and leadership skills with the aim of increasing their ability to provide nutrition related services independently.
Internal identifier : 81318614

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 79411100 Business development consultancy services
Options :
Description of the options : Die Auftraggeberin behält sich optional vor, Vertragsverlängerungen und/oder -aufstockungen auf Basis der in den Vergabeunterlagen genannten Kriterien an das in diesem Verfahren erfolgreiche Unternehmen zu vergeben; i. Ü. siehe ausführliche Leistungsbeschreibung.

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : South Africa
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information :

5.1.3 Estimated duration

Start date : 15/01/2026
Duration end date : 31/01/2028

5.1.4 Renewal

Maximum renewals : 2
Other information about renewals : Die Auftraggeberin behält sich optional vor, Vertragsverlängerungen und/oder -aufstockungen auf Basis der in den Vergabeunterlagen genannten Kriterien an das in diesem Verfahren erfolgreiche Unternehmen zu vergeben; i. Ü. siehe ausführliche Leistungsbeschreibung

5.1.6 General information

Reserved participation : Participation is not reserved.
The names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to perform the contract must be given : Tender requirement
Procurement Project not financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) : yes
This procurement is also suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) : yes
Additional information : #Besonders auch geeignet für:other-sme#

5.1.7 Strategic procurement

Aim of strategic procurement : Fulfilment of social objectives
Description : Gender equality
Social objective promoted : Gender equality

5.1.9 Selection criteria

Sources of selection criteria : Notice
Criterion : Other economic or financial requirements
Description : EN-A1: Principles for the execution of orders (Mit dem Teilnahmeantrag; 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)
Criterion : Other economic or financial requirements
Description : EN-A2: Conditions for the reduction of candidates (Mit dem Teilnahmeantrag; Mittels Eigenerklärung): If we receive more than 5 requests to participate, we will make a selection on the basis of the criteria laid out in the procurement documents and invite tenders only from the 5 candidates with the highest scores. We reserve the right to cancel the procurement procedure if we receive fewer than 3 requests to participate. If it is not possible to make a clear selection of up to 5 candidates for the tendering phase on the basis of the criteria listed in the procurement documents (e.g. if a number of candidates achieve the same overall eligibility score), we reserve the right to increase the maximum number of 5. 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 400.000,00 will be assessed. Only references that have started and/or finished in the last 36 months (deadline: end of deadline for the submission of requests to participate) will be assessed. If a reference project satisfies both the minimum criteria and the weighted criteria, it will be counted for both assessments. Only reference projects will be assessed if the reference project description clearly explains why the reference meets the required technical eligibility criterion and makes it possible to clearly assign the reference to a required eligibility criterion (see self-declaration of eligibility). The maximum number of points that can be achieved per weighted criterion is 10 points. Weighted criteria for the selection of candidates: 1. Community-based nutrition approaches 15% 2. Gender-transformative approaches in nutrition, health and/or agriculture for improved gender equality at household level 15% 3. Community-based micro finance approaches (economic and social empowerment of poor rural households) 15% 4. Capacity development measures for government staff for improved service delivery in rural areas 15% 5. Regional experience in Eastern Africa 30% 6. Experience of development projects (at least 50% ODA-financed) 10%
Criterion : References on specified services
Description : EN-B1: Technical and professional ability (Mit dem Teilnahmeantrag; Mittels Eigenerklärung): 1. The technical assessment is only based on reference projects with a minimum commission value of 400.000,00 EUR. 2. At least 3 reference projects in the technical field Food and nutrition security in rural areas and at least 2 reference projects in the region Africa in in the technical field Food and nutrition security in rural areas in the last 36 months (deadline: Deadline for the submission of requests to participate).
Criterion : Average yearly turnover
Description : EN-C1: Economic and financial standing (Mit dem Teilnahmeantrag; 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: 2.700.000,00 EUR.
Criterion : Other economic or financial requirements
Description : EN-C2: Economic and financial standing (Mit dem Teilnahmeantrag; Mittels Eigenerklärung): Average number of employees and managers in the last three calendar years, at least 20 persons.
Criterion : References on specified services
Description : Assessment of technical eligibility / weighted criteria for the selection of candidates - If we receive more than 5 requests to participate, we will make a selection on the basis of the criteria laid out in the procurement documents and invite tenders only from the 5 candidates with the highest scores. We reserve the right to cancel the procurement procedure if we receive fewer than 3 requests to participate. If it is not possible to make a clear selection of up to 5 candidates for the tendering phase on the basis of the criteria listed in the procurement documents (e.g. if a number of candidates achieve the same overall eligibility score), we reserve the right to increase the maximum number of 5. 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 400.000,00 will be assessed. Only references that have started and/or finished in the last 36 months (deadline: end of deadline for the submission of requests to participate) will be assessed. If a reference project satisfies both the minimum criteria and the weighted criteria, it will be counted for both assessments. Only reference projects will be assessed if the reference project description clearly explains why the reference meets the required technical eligibility criterion and makes it possible to clearly assign the reference to a required eligibility criterion (see self-declaration of eligibility). The maximum number of points that can be achieved per weighted criterion is 10 points. Weighted criteria for the selection of candidates: 1. Community-based nutrition approaches 15% 2. Gender-transformative approaches in nutrition, health and/or agriculture for improved gender equality at household level 15% 3. Community-based micro finance approaches (economic and social empowerment of poor rural households) 15% 4. Capacity development measures for government staff for improved service delivery in rural areas 15% 5. Regional experience in Eastern Africa 30% 6. Experience of development projects (at least 50% ODA-financed) 10%
The criteria will be used to select the candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure
Weight (percentage, exact) : 100
Information about the second stage of a two-stage procedure :
Minimum number of candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure : 5
Maximum number of candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure : 5
The procedure will take place in successive stages. At each stage, some participants may be eliminated
The buyer reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without any further negotiations

5.1.11 Procurement documents

Languages in which the procurement documents are officially available : English
Deadline for requesting additional information : 03/09/2025 23:59 +02:00

5.1.12 Terms of procurement

Terms of the procedure :
Estimated date of dispatch of the invitations to submit tenders : 29/09/2025
Terms of submission :
Electronic submission : Required
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted : German
Electronic catalogue : Not allowed
Variants : Not allowed
Tenderers may submit more than one tender : Not allowed
Deadline for receipt of requests to participate : 11/09/2025 12:00 +02:00
Information that can be supplemented after the submission deadline :
At the discretion of the buyer, some missing tenderer-related documents may be submitted later.
Additional information : GIZ asks the applicant or bidder to submit, complete or correct documents, within the framework laid down by law.
Terms of contract :
The execution of the contract must be performed within the framework of sheltered employment programmes : No
Conditions relating to the performance of the contract : The execution conditions result from the information given in the contract notice and the tender documents.
Electronic invoicing : Required
Electronic ordering will be used : yes
Electronic payment will be used : yes

5.1.15 Techniques

Framework agreement :
No framework agreement
Information about the dynamic purchasing system :
No dynamic purchase system

5.1.16 Further information, mediation and review

Review organisation : Vergabekammern des Bundes
Information about review deadlines : 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.
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure : Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Organisation receiving requests to participate : Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Registration number : 993-80072-52
Postal address : Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1 - 5
Town : Eschborn
Postcode : 65760
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Main-Taunus-Kreis ( DE71A )
Country : Germany
Telephone : 000
Fax : +49 6196791115
Internet address : https://www.giz.de
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure
Organisation receiving requests to participate

8.1 ORG-0002

Official name : Vergabekammern des Bundes
Registration number : 022894990
Postal address : Kaiser-Friedrich-Straße 16
Town : Bonn
Postcode : 53113
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt ( DEA22 )
Country : Germany
Telephone : +49 2289499-0
Fax : +49 2289499-163
Roles of this organisation :
Review organisation

8.1 ORG-0003

Official name : Datenservice Öffentlicher Einkauf (in Verantwortung des Beschaffungsamts des BMI)
Registration number : 0204:994-DOEVD-83
Town : Bonn
Postcode : 53119
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt ( DEA22 )
Country : Germany
Telephone : +49228996100
Roles of this organisation :
TED eSender

Notice information

Notice identifier/version : 7188ccef-062b-4b7e-81b9-30c86416ca92 - 01
Form type : Competition
Notice type : Contract or concession notice – standard regime
Notice dispatch date : 11/08/2025 08:23 +02:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English
Notice publication number : 00528406-2025
OJ S issue number : 153/2025
Publication date : 12/08/2025