81297442-Deliver Business Development Services (BDS) for MSMEs Referenznummer der Bekanntmachung: 81297442
Auftragsbekanntmachung
Dienstleistungen
Abschnitt I: Öffentlicher Auftraggeber
Postanschrift: Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1 - 5
Ort: Eschborn
NUTS-Code: DE71A Main-Taunus-Kreis
Postleitzahl: 65760
Land: Deutschland
E-Mail:
Telefon: +49 6196794873
Fax: +49 619679804873
Internet-Adresse(n):
Hauptadresse: https://www.giz.de
Abschnitt II: Gegenstand
81297442-Deliver Business Development Services (BDS) for MSMEs
The contract is part of the project "Employment Promotion Lebanon" (EPL) in Lebanon, which is financed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH from February 2022 until September 2024. The project has a financial volume of up to 10 million EUR.
The overall objective of EPL is improving employment situation of young Lebanese adults, women, and people with disabilities in selected pilot regions. To achieve this objective, the programme intervenes in three outputs: 1) Employment potentials for young adults, and women and people with disabilities are identified; 2) Employability of young adults, women and people with disabilities is improved; 3) The competitiveness of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in selected employment-relevant sectors is improved.
GIZ is seeking the services of a contractor (consultancy firm) to support EPL Project"s selected MSMEs and provide them with business development measures to enhance their competitiveness and work efficiency.
00000 Lebanon
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are considered the promoters of economic growth in Lebanon. They represent more than 90% of registered firms and employ 50% of the working population yet contribute to approximately 27% of total revenues. However, MSMEs in Lebanon face external challenges such as the collapse of the banking sector, the deterioration of the Lebanese currency and severe fluctuation of LBP/USD exchange rate, the Beirut port explosion, and high energy costs. In addition, Lebanese businesses are challenged to retain existing staff and develop effective and efficient ways to replace the staff that has left due to emigration, and successfully onboard newly hired staff.
Among the internal challenges faced by the MSMEs are limited technical and management skills, limited capacity to identify and effectively reach both local and export markets. Moreover, Lebanese MSMEs have limited access to new innovative production processes which can help improve product quality and productivity.
The majority of Lebanese MSMEs require support to grow into sustainable business entities. However, access to comprehensive integrated business development support is insufficient, either due to limited awareness of support programs provided by international development agencies or to the lack of financial resources to contract Business Development Services (BDS) providers.
In preparation for this assignment, EPL contracted a local consulting firm to assess 50 MSMEs that have hired individuals trained or matched by grantees working out O2. This local consulting firm is expected to deliver the BDS need assessment results by 30 October 2023. The Contractor will have access to the list of companies and assessment results, not later than one week after the start of the assignment related to these ToR.
The current assignment aims to sustainably support MSMEs with tailored BDS to improve their competitiveness, retain existing jobs and promote improvement of employment conditions. More specifically, the contractor should implement activities to strengthen the financial performance, market performance, productivity, innovation, human resources, management performances, working conditions and environmental footprint of MSMEs.
The assignment is structured in 4 work packages (WP). The WPs are described in further detail below:
WP 1: Design, implementation, and monitoring of MSME Support Measures - target: 50 MSMEs with proven needs
Based on the results of the comprehensive Baseline Study and BDS needs assessment which is to be done prior and results are to be handed over to the Contractor, the Contractor will design and implement BDS measures for strengthening the 50 MSMEs identified in the BDS needs analysis. The range of support measures can include training, coaching, and advisory services. 20 working days of consultancy should be offered to each MSME under this work package.
WP 2: Conduct HR assessment and baseline definition and implement HR specific support measures. Target 10 MSMEs
EPL partners delivering training and job-placement services have listed 30 MSMEs that were not part of the BDS assessment described above, and that were interested to receive HR services exclusively. The Contractor will select 10 out of the listed 30 MSMEs and conduct for each one: a comprehensive HR assessment, provide specific recommendations and implement support measures in agreement with the MSME management. 20 working days of consultancy should be offered to each MSME under this work package.
WP 3: Conduct Level1 and/or Level2 energy audit. Target: 50 MSMEs
EPL supports 50 MSMEs to identify evident areas of energy inefficiency, and to implement no- or low-cost changes that can be made to the MSMEs buildings. Level1 and/or level2 energy audits depending on the size and needs will allow MSMEs to determine ways to reduce energy consumption and to lower operating costs, thus, to become more energy efficient. Auditors provided by the Contractor should work to predefined codes and standards, such as the ASHRAE Standard 211-2018 for Commercial Building Energy Audits. An average of 5 working days of consultancy should be offered to each MSME under this work package.
Work Package 4: Monitoring and reporting on results
The contractor will provide regular updates on beneficiaries (monthly) as well as on the achievement of the indicators and progress of the assignment (on a quarterly basis) in English language. In addition, develop a monitoring system on BDS to capture all the BDS related indicators. Moreover, the contractor will provide bi-annual status-update reports to GIZ (format to be jointly specified, in English) as well as annual reports that contribute to the Project Progress Reports to BMZ (in German). The exact dates for the reporting cycles will be jointly specified at the beginning of the commission.
The distribution of working time to the WPs is 55% for WP1, 15% for WP2, 15% for WP3 and 15% for WP4.
The assignment shall be carried out between 1 November 2023 and 30 September 2024 and involves the provision of one international (full-time) expert, two national (full-time) experts, and a pool (ranging from 9 to 15) of both national and international short-term experts in the subjects of the delivery of the business development services.
Abschnitt III: Rechtliche, wirtschaftliche, finanzielle und technische Angaben
1. Self-declaration: name of company and address, tax ID, registration and commercial register number or equivalent register in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of origin.
2. No grounds for exclusion pursuant to § 123, § 124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
3. Declaration of bidding consortium and/or declaration of subcontractors (if applicable)
1. Average annual turnover for the last three years at least 1,950,000 EUR.
2. Number of employees and managers for the past three calendar years, at least 15 persons.
1. Average annual turnover for the last three years at least 1,950,000 EUR.
2. Number of employees and managers for the past three calendar years, at least 15 persons.
1. The technical assessment is only based on reference projects with a minimum commission value of 260,000 EUR.
2. At least 10 reference projects in the technical field Business Development Services for MSMEs and at least 2 reference projects in Asia in the last 3 years.
1. The technical assessment is only based on reference projects with a minimum commission value of 260,000 EUR.
2. At least 10 reference projects in the technical field Business Development Services for MSMEs and at least 2 reference projects in Asia in the last 3 years.
Abschnitt IV: Verfahren
Abschnitt VI: Weitere Angaben
All communication takes place in English via communication tool in the project area of the procurement portal.
Bekanntmachungs-ID: CXTRYY6Y1HJQT6E9
Postanschrift: Villemombler Straße 76
Ort: Bonn
Postleitzahl: 53123
Land: Deutschland
E-Mail:
Telefon: +49 2289499-0
Fax: +49 2289499-163
Internet-Adresse: https://www.bundeskartellamt.de
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.