81316158-Supporting the green and circular business ecosystem in Jordan

Although the transition to a green economy in Jordan has been gaining momentum in the last decade driven by more sustainable public policies and enhanced engagement of the private sector, the green business market ecosystem in Jordan is not yet managed in a strategic manner. The green business market is …

CPV: 79000000 Forretningstjenesteydelser: forskrifter, markedsføring, rådgivning, rekruttering, trykning og sikkerhed, 80540000 Uddannelse inden for miljø
Henrettelsessted:
81316158-Supporting the green and circular business ecosystem in Jordan
Tildelende organ:
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Tildelingsnummer:
81316158

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 : 81316158-Supporting the green and circular business ecosystem in Jordan
Description : Although the transition to a green economy in Jordan has been gaining momentum in the last decade driven by more sustainable public policies and enhanced engagement of the private sector, the green business market ecosystem in Jordan is not yet managed in a strategic manner. The green business market is in need for a clear identity and nascent green companies face different barriers in developing their green products and services, access to finance and market penetration. Henceforth, supporting green/circular business, with a focus on SMEs and other green investments to expand their impact and use of the national and regional markets is a clear priority for green economy transition in the private sector. Therefore, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is seeking a contractor to implement the project "Supporting the green and circular business ecosystem in Jordan", which is part of the overall Green Action in Enterprises (GAIN) project. The objective of the GAIN project is that "public and private actors use instruments to promote a Green Economy". In this context, GIZ is seeking to commission a contractor to provide a range of specialised green and circular business advisory services relating to four packages of services: (1) analysing Jordan"s green and circular business ecosystem, (2) development of service offering by business support organizations, (3) Developing and rolling up of green/circular business products and services, as well as (4) documenting lessons learnt, sharing and Award ceremony for innovative solutions.
Procedure identifier : 19fb0ffd-9a36-419e-8eef-f2a768edeee1
Internal identifier : 81316158
Type of procedure : Negotiated with prior publication of a call for competition / competitive with negotiation
The procedure is accelerated : no
Justification for the accelerated procedure :
Main features of the procedure :

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 80540000 Environmental training services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Jordan
Anywhere in the given country

2.1.4 General information

Additional information : Bekanntmachungs-ID: CXTRYY6YTBNZ2AZX 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 : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Participation in a criminal organisation : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Terrorist offences or offences linked to terrorist activities : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Money laundering or terrorist financing : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Fraud : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Corruption : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Child labour and including other forms of trafficking in human beings : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Breaching obligation relating to payment of taxes : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Breaching obligation relating to payment of social security contributions : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Breaching of obligations in the fields of environmental law : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Breaching of obligations in the fields of social law : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Breaching of obligations in the fields of labour law : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Insolvency : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Assets being administered by liquidator : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Business activities are suspended : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Analogous situation like bankruptcy, insolvency or arrangement with creditors under national law : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Grave professional misconduct : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Agreements with other economic operators aimed at distorting competition : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Conflict of interest due to its participation in the procurement procedure : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Direct or indirect involvement in the preparation of this procurement procedure : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Early termination, damages, or other comparable sanctions : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).
Misrepresentation, withheld information, unable to provide required documents and obtained confidential information of this procedure : Please refer to the exclusion criteria §§ 123 and 124 GWB (see tender documents, form Self-declaration of eligibility by tenderers).

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0001

Title : 81316158-Supporting the green and circular business ecosystem in Jordan
Description : The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is seeking a contractor to implement the project "Supporting the green and circular business ecosystem in Jordan", which is part of the overall Green Action in Enterprises (GAIN) project. The overall objective of the GAIN project is that "public and private actors use instruments to promote a Green Economy". The project consists of 4 outputs: - Output 1 aims to strengthen the organisational capacity of public sector institutions to implement selected initiatives to promote a green transformation of the Jordanian industrial sector. - Output 2 aims to improve the facilitation between the industrial and financial sector for green investments. - Output 3 focuses on strengthening instruments for scaling up resource-efficient and/or circular production in the Jordanian industrial sector. - Output 4 aims to strengthen instruments to empower women in the Jordanian industrial sector. - Output 5: aims to strengthen the ecosystem of green and circular business models in Jordan through providing technical support to existing green businesses with focus on SMEs to develop new concepts of green products and services and/or scaling up existing ones. In this context, GIZ is seeking to commission a contractor to support the implementation of its output 5 through the provision of a range of specialised green and circular business advisory services relating to four packages of services: (1) Preparation Phase This work package focuses on to establishing a comprehensive understanding of Jordan"s green and circular business ecosystem and develop a methodology for implementation of the other work packages. (2) Development of service offering by business support organizations The objective of WP2 is to enhance the capacity and strategic orientation of intermediaries and business support organizations in offering service lines for the development of circular and green business models in cooperation with academic institutions and innovation centres. It is planned that such service lines will be strategically integrated in the long-term future of the selected BSOs (3) Developing and rolling up of green/circular business products and services The goal of this work package is to enhance the technical capabilities of advanced Green BDS providers that already follow international best practices and standards by introducing new service lines and piloting the implementation of more complex BDS packages to industrial cli-ents. (4) Lessons learnt, sharing and Award ceremony for innovative solutions The objective of WP4 is to share lessons learned and showcase innovative circular business solution that have been developed and rolled out in the project.
Internal identifier : 81316158

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 80540000 Environmental training services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Options :
Description of the options : 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.

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Jordan
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information :

5.1.3 Estimated duration

Duration : 19 Month

5.1.4 Renewal

Maximum renewals : 2
Other information about renewals : 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.

5.1.6 General information

The names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to perform the contract must be given : Request to participate 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:selbst#

5.1.7 Strategic procurement

Aim of strategic procurement : Reduction of environmental impacts
Description : The tenderer is required to outline in the tender how it can prevent negative impacts on the environment and the climate in its area of responsibility and, in addition, how it can contribute to improving the environmental and climate situation through corresponding measures (see also relevant requirements in section
Aim of strategic procurement : Fulfilment of social objectives
Description : The tenderer is required to outline in the tender how it can prevent negative impacts on gender equality in its area of responsibility and how it can contribute to improving gender equality through corresponding measures
Approach to reducing environmental impacts : Climate change mitigation
Social objective promoted : Gender equality

5.1.9 Selection criteria

Sources of selection criteria : Notice
Criterion : References on specified services
Description : EN-B1: Technical and professional ability (Mit dem Teilnahmeantrag; Mittels Eigenerklärung): Minimum requirements: 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 "Green & Circular Business Development" and at least 1 reference project in the region MENA (as defined in the attched overview of regions to the eligibility grid) in the last 36 months (date of publication of invitation to tender/EU publication).
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: 1,500,000 EUR.
Criterion : Average yearly manpower
Description : EN-B2: Technical and professional ability (Mit dem Teilnahmeantrag; Mittels Eigenerklärung): Average number of employees and managers in the last three calendar years, at least 15 persons.
Criterion : References on specified services
Description : Weighted criteria/selection criteria: A technical ranking on the basis of the assessment criteria listed in Section B. (III. "Weighted criteria") of the assessment grid for the eligibility of tenderers will be used to obtain the named number of 5 tenderers that will be requested to submit a tender. This will be applied in cases where more than 5 requests to participate that meet the above minimum requirements for tenderer eligibility have been received. Only references that have the required minimum commission value of EUR 200,000 will be assessed. Only references that have started and/or finished in the last 36 months (reference date: date of publication of this tender) 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/selection criterion (see Table 2 column 9 of the eligibility grid). The weighted criteria are as follows: 1. Technical experience a) 4 projects supporting innovation ecosystems (e.g., applied research, technology transfer): 10 % b) 4 projects advising business support organizations on developing new service offers: 25 % c) 2 projects providing methodological support to SMEs on business model development or adaptation: 10 % d) 2 projects delivering technical advisory to SMEs on circular products, services, or processes: 25 % e) 2 projects developing technical and financial feasibility studies for green and circular business models : 10 % 2. Regional experience in MENA: 10% 3. Experience of development projects (at least 50% ODA-financed): 10 % - Assessment of technical eligibility / weighted criteria for the selection of candidates
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 : 30/05/2025 23:59 +02:00

5.1.12 Terms of procurement

Terms of the procedure :
Estimated date of dispatch of the invitations to submit tenders : 27/06/2025
Terms of submission :
Electronic submission : Required
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted : English
Electronic catalogue : Not allowed
Variants : Not allowed
Tenderers may submit more than one tender : Not allowed
Description of the financial guarantee : An advance payment guarantee may be required.
Deadline for receipt of requests to participate : 11/06/2025 12:00 +02:00
Information that can be supplemented after the submission deadline :
At the discretion of the buyer, all 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 : no

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
Contact point : Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner mbB Rechtsanwälte
Telephone : +49 69719189012
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 : af20075c-d51c-4e44-8285-f598c7265a44 - 01
Form type : Competition
Notice type : Contract or concession notice – standard regime
Notice dispatch date : 08/05/2025 11:20 +02:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English
Notice publication number : 00299340-2025
OJ S issue number : 90/2025
Publication date : 12/05/2025