81316642-Skills development for the Ghanaian pharmaceutical sector

Access to affordable and high-quality vaccines and medicines is fundamental to ensuring the well-being of any population. Today, Ghana imports 70 % of the pharmaceutical products and 100 % of the vaccines it needs. As in many African nations, this reliance on imported pharmaceutical products is straining both the economy …

CPV: 85000000 Servicios de salud y asistencia social, 79000000 Servicios a empresas: legislación, mercadotecnia, asesoría, selección de personal, imprenta y seguridad
Plazo:
6 de junio de 2025 a las 12:00
Tipo de plazo:
Presentación de una oferta
Lugar de ejecución:
81316642-Skills development for the Ghanaian pharmaceutical sector
Organismo adjudicador:
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Número de premio:
81316642

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 : 81316642-Skills development for the Ghanaian pharmaceutical sector
Description : Access to affordable and high-quality vaccines and medicines is fundamental to ensuring the well-being of any population. Today, Ghana imports 70 % of the pharmaceutical products and 100 % of the vaccines it needs. As in many African nations, this reliance on imported pharmaceutical products is straining both the economy and public health security. The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the vulnerabilities inherent in this dependency, highlighting the importance for self-reliance and resilient healthcare systems. Ghana is therefore embarking on an ambitious initiative aimed at enhancing local manufacturing capacities for vaccines and medicines to foster availability and accessibility. The pharmaceutical sector has also been identified as an anchor industry for Ghana's industrial transformation and the creation of decent jobs. On the one hand, Ghana"s pharmaceutical industry faces challenges such as cost-intensive procurement of primary products from abroad, a lack of product diversification, high financing costs and a lack of the necessary technologies, technical capacities and skilled workforce. On the other hand, market opportunities are growing and the industry has a strong basis to build on, such as a network of existing local manufacturers, international collaborations for technology transfer, supply, skills development and research, as well as an enabling policy framework. Ghana thus has the potential to become one of the regional vaccine and pharmaceutical manufacturing hubs in Africa. Building on this momentum, the European Union (EU) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) are co-financing the programme "Strengthening the Ghanaian Pharmaceutical Sector with a Focus on Vaccine Production" (PharmaVax Ghana) as part of the Team Europe Initiative (TEI) Manufacturing and Access to Vaccines, Medicines and Health Technologies (MAV+). GIZ is the implementing agency for this EUR33 million technical cooperation programme running from July 2024 to March 2028. The programme"s specific objective is to ensure that the public and private ecosystems of Ghana"s pharmaceutical industry contribute to more competitive local manufacturing of pharmaceutical products. Within this ecosystem approach, the programme works on strengthening key enablers for efficient and sustainable vaccine and pharmaceutical manufacturing in Ghana. In particular, it focuses on four key result areas (components): (1) Governance & Regulation: Enhancing the capacities of Ghanaian public actors to effectively govern, coordinate and regulate pharmaceutical and vaccine manufacturing (2) Skills Development: Institutionalising practice-oriented, gender-responsive skills development measures needed to grow pharmaceutical and vaccine production capacities in Ghana (3) Research & Development (R&D): Fostering Ghanaian research institutions" applied R&D capacities and industry partnerships to stimulate local innovation in pharmaceutical and vaccine development and manufacturing (4) Private Sector Development: Enabling Ghanaian pharmaceutical and vaccine manufacturers to comply with good practices, become attractive for international partnerships and grow their business Ghana"s Ministry of Finance (MoF) is the programme"s political partner, with the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MoTI) and the National Vaccine Institute (NVI) being the key Ghanaian implementing partners. The programme also works in collaboration with the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), line ministries for health, education and sciences, Ghana"s pharmaceutical manufacturers, private sector associations as well as relevant research and training institutions and it will create linkages with other African, European and international initiatives, research institutions and companies. GIZ intends to contract a service provider for the implementation of two work packages within component 2 of the PharmaVax Ghana the programme.
Procedure identifier : 465df04a-0a4a-4e1f-847c-c4ed1268628f
Internal identifier : 81316642
Type of procedure : Open
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 ): 85000000 Health and social work services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Ghana
Anywhere in the given country

2.1.4 General information

Additional information : Bekanntmachungs-ID: CXTRYY6YTBNR6Z0G 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 : 81316642-Skills development for the Ghanaian pharmaceutical sector
Description : This assignment contributes to the overall objective of the PharmaVax Ghana programme to ensure that the public and private ecosystems of Ghana"s pharmaceutical industry contribute to more competitive local manufacturing of pharmaceutical products. Specifically, the assignment supports the achievement of the specific objectives and indicators related to component 2 on skills development. Component aims to improve access to practice-oriented and gender-responsive training courses on specialized skill sets needed to grow pharmaceutical and vaccine production sector in Ghana. The hypothesis is that pharmaceutical manufacturers can find and hire qualified workers and professionals locally and engage them in a productive and lucrative local pharmaceutical value chain from R&D and production. This is based on the assumption that private sector stakeholders (including manufacturers) will work together in developing and establishing long-term hands-on training opportunities for needed skills sets. Key partners are Ghanaian vocational and higher education training institutions as well as the public and private sector stakeholders of the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector, in particular manufacturers themselves. The contractor is responsible for the following two work packages and for achieving the corresponding milestones. These work packages fall under component 2 but there are potentials for synergies and thus need for coordination to the other components, as well as to further activities under component 2 implemented by the GIZ team or financing recipients. Work package A: Vocational training for the pharmaceutical sector In addition to highly trained and specialist workers, production floor staff such as qualified machine operators as well as maintenance technicians are needed to expand production and ensure effective and efficient operations. The contractor will support the introduction of a formal technical and vocational education and training (TVET) programme in the area of "pharmaceutical manufacturing process technology" (curricula have already been developed). The training is to be implemented to begin with at one training institution in Accra. If demand and resources allow, it might be expanded in the second year to a second training institution, preferably in Kumasi as the second pharmaceutical industrial centre of the country. Key areas include: 1. Preparation of a detailed implementation concept and plan: 2. training institution(s), qualification levels, target groups, entry requirements, cohort sizes, course duration and training modalities 3. Development of a costing model and a financial and institutional sustainability plan, including fees/pricing/stipends, resource mobilization and partnerships etc. 4. Mobilisation of local and international private sector partners for supporting training implementation 5. Identification of school-based and in-company trainers; finalisation of training materials; delivery of technical and didactical trainings of trainers according to national and, where possible, international standards 6. Mobilisation and procurement of equipment, tools and equipment as well infrastructural upgrades of training institution(s) 7. National accreditation of training institutions, international accreditations and certifications where possible 8. Gender-transformative career guidance and course promotion and gender equitable selection of qualified participants 9. Training delivery at training institution(s) and in companies (workplace experience learning); support to trainees, training institutions, participating companies, trainers; Examination of trainees, recognition of prior learning where appropriate; support to the labour market integration of trainees 10. Monitoring, evaluation and learning, including review and adaptation of course contents, materials and delivery approaches for future cohorts; tracing of graduates Work package B: Higher education and specialist trainings The contractor will provide technical advice and assistance to develop at least ten required capacity development measures for qualified specialists in the pharmaceutical sector, on a sustainable basis and in collaboration with well-established institutions for higher-education and specialist trainings in Ghana (e.g. Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research). Each course shall be run twice with support from the contractor. The subjects of the short courses are to be determined depending on the needs of the pharmaceutical industry in Ghana but could include areas such as vaccine immunology; bacterial genomics and bioinformatics; good laboratory practice; clinical trials management and monitoring; maintenance training on some advanced equipment used in clinical trials; vaccinology; GMP principles in vaccine manufacturing; biopharmaceuticals and biosimilars development, production, analytics; cGMP compliance and consumer safety; cGMP inspection; pharmaceutical validation management; ICH Q9 quality risk Management; ICH 8 and 9; cleaning validation; data integrity and documentation; dossier development; analytical method validation; product quality review; change management and product lifecycle; drug safety and pharmacovigilance; equipment and facility qualification; engineering. For each course, this includes notably the follow main tasks: 1. Development of course materials together with training institutions and private sector 2. Identification of trainers 3. Set up of infrastructure / Procurement of reagents and equipment 4. Promotion of the course 5. Selection of participants 6. Certification 7. Sustainability concept Bidders are required to provide 2 key experts (1 team leader and 1 technical expert) as well as expert pools (national and internation expertise). The tender also includes provision of equipment for partners, activities, travel costs for the experts and loclal subcontracts.
Internal identifier : 81316642

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 85000000 Health and social work 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 : Ghana
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information :

5.1.3 Estimated duration

Duration : 24 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 : Tender requirement
Procurement Project fully or partially 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# The contracting authority reserves the right to purchase services consisting of the repetition of similar services entrusted to the undertaking to which the same contracting authority awarded an initial contract, provided that these services are in conformity with a basic project for which the initial contract was awarded. (see Sec. 14 para. 4 no. 9 Public Procurement Regulation).

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.
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 . The tenderer is required to outline in the tender how it can prevent negative impacts on the human rights situation in its area of responsibility and how it can contribute to improving the human rights situation through corresponding measures
Approach to reducing environmental impacts : Climate change mitigation, Pollution prevention and control, Other
Social objective promoted : Ethnic equality, Gender equality, Fair working conditions

5.1.9 Selection criteria

Sources of selection criteria : Notice
Criterion : References on specified services
Description : 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 200,000 EUR. 2. At least 3 reference projects in the technical field "skills development in the pharmaceutical sector" and thereof at least 2 reference projects in the region Africa in the above-mentioned technical field in the last 36 months (deadline: date of publication of invitation to tender/EU-publication).
Criterion : Average yearly turnover
Description : 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: 2,000,000 EUR.
Criterion : Other economic or financial requirements
Description : EN-B2: Technical and professional ability (Mit dem Angebot; Mittels Eigenerklärung): Average number of employees and managers in the last three calendar years, at least 15 persons.
Criterion : Enrolment in a trade register
Description : EN-D1:Suitability to pursue the professional activity (Mit dem Angebot; Mittels Eigenerklärung): 1) Extract from the commercial register or equivalent evidence/proof in English or German (not older than six months).

5.1.11 Procurement documents

Languages in which the procurement documents are officially available : English
Deadline for requesting additional information : 27/05/2025 23:59 +02:00

5.1.12 Terms of procurement

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 tenders : 06/06/2025 12:00 +02:00
Deadline until which the tender must remain valid : 147 Day
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.
Information about public opening :
Opening date : 06/06/2025 12:01 +02:00
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
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 : f877d3e9-10d9-4559-9c11-ec86edcf78ec - 01
Form type : Competition
Notice type : Contract or concession notice – standard regime
Notice dispatch date : 06/05/2025 00:00 +02:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English
Notice publication number : 00293785-2025
OJ S issue number : 88/2025
Publication date : 07/05/2025