81281865-SME Financing Referenznummer der Bekanntmachung: 81281865
Auftragsbekanntmachung
Dienstleistungen
Abschnitt I: Öffentlicher Auftraggeber
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NUTS-Code: DE71A Main-Taunus-Kreis
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Abschnitt II: Gegenstand
81281865-SME Financing
Iraq continues to represent a crucial element for the stability and balance of power in the region. Since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003, Iraq has been undergoing a political, social, and economic transformation marked by numerous setbacks, repeatedly exposing the country's institutional weaknesses. Following the liberation of all Iraqi territory from Da'esh in 2017, the country is undergoing an economic transformation from long-lasting years of socialism to state re-building in a multidimensional fragile context. In the Global Terrorism Index 2020, Iraq is listed as the second most affected country globally. The overall security situation remains unstable, needs for reconstruction and post-war provision of public services remain partly unmet. State effectiveness is severely limited due to religious divide and profoundly entrenched patronage networks. Iraq ranks 160 out of 180 countries in Transparency International's 2020 Corruption Perception Index.
Iraq has significant economic potential that can only be unleashed by empowering the private sector, strengthening state institutions, and restoring legal security. The economy is governed mainly by state-owned enterprises, and a small number of state-owned banks dominates the financial sector. The dominance of state actors suppresses private sector dynamism and weakens the country's economic recovery. Iraq"s economic transformation process has a long way to go; under the Bertelsmann Transformation Index, it ranks 108 out of 136 countries worldwide.
The government"s White Paper (2020) attributes the imbalance of the economic structure to the amount of the accumulated public and economic policies since the 1970s - and thus recognises enormous challenges to the transformation of politics and the economy, all of this in addition to the consequences of the war and the Covid19 pandemic.
Oil revenues give Iraq more financial leeway to implement the necessary transformation processes than available to most countries. However, the challenges are equally large, and the global transition to a climate-neutral energy supply is expected to lead to a decline in oil demand. Thus, the pressure to transform the economy successfully is high.
To address these challenges, GIZ implements the project "Strengthening Public Finances and the Financial Markets in Iraq", funded by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Support" and co-funded by the European Union as part of the EU Special Measure "Support to Governance and Sustainable Job Creation in Iraq", for a runtime of three years, from 12/21 to 12/24.
The overall objective of the project is to strengthen financial and fiscal governance systems that enhance macro-fiscal stability and economic development. While supporting the government"s reform agenda, the project will focus on increasing macro-fiscal stability and economic development by contributing to improving public financial management and accountability, non-oil public revenues, the Anti-Money-Laundering/Countering-the-Financing-of Terrorism (AML/CFT) system and financial sector stability.
The project has the following outputs:
- Output 1 aims to strengthen the capacity of the tax administration and customs authority, which are responsible for domestic revenue mobilisation, to increase non-oil own revenue.
- Output 2 aims to strengthen the capacity of public financial management and accountability institutions in Iraq.
- Output 3 aims to improve the capacity of national actors in the Iraqi AML/CFT system to implement international standards.
- Output 4 aims to strengthen the capacity of relevant actors for financing private sector activities.
00000 Iraq
The contract shall be awarded for the provision and management of a pool of short-term experts to strengthen the capacities of relevant institutions in the Iraqi financial sector. The overall aim of the consultancy is to support the implementation of Output 4 of the altogether four outputs of the new project "Strengthening Public Finances and Financial Markets" which shall improve access to financing for the private sector, with a focus on small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).
The ultimate target group of the interventions of Output 4 are therefore SMEs. The intermediaries through which the project reaches the target group are Iraqi financial intermediaries defined as banks, microfinance institutions, FinTechs (young undertakings that provide specialised and in particular customer-oriented financial services using technology-based systems), leasing companies, SME lending companies.
The assignment is embedded in the overall activities related to Output 4 of the project. The selected contractor is asked to carry out specific parts of the activities related to Output 4. Hence, GIZ as well as the selected contractor will work jointly on achieving the goals and objectives of Output 4. The selected contractor shall focus on activities at the level of the financial intermediaries, hence, the goal of this specific tender is to strengthen the capacities of financial intermediaries in Iraq related to their SME financing activities.
The services to be provided under the contract include but are not limited to:
- An appraisal and selection of (already pre-selected) partner financial institutions to prepare for a cooperation,
- Support these partners in developing financial products for SMEs (including an analysis of legal and regulatory barriers for lenders to provide and for SMEs to use services/products,
- Support the piloting and role-out of financial services,
- Provide or support the provision of relevant trainings
This tender is about the identification and management of a pool of short-term experts (STE) that will support achieving the results in the project"s areas of intervention, specifically Output 4. The contractor will oversee the selection and deployment of the pool of experts.
GIZ is entitled to extend the period for fulfilment of the original contract by unilaterally notifying the Contractor. For details, please see the special terms and conditions.
The assignment will only be entrusted to companies with the required expertise and capacity (eligible companies), which meet the criteria listed in the document "Request to participate and Eligibility declaration by applicants (Call for competition)", and which are not excluded under the terms of Sections 123 or 124 of the German Act against Restraints of Competition (GWB), or who can prove restoration of their integrity in line with Section 125 of the same act.
If there is a previously announced limit to the number of applicants, an assessment will be carried out according to the relevant evaluation scale included in the tender documents.
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 special terms and conditions.
MIDEAST/2021/422-721
Abschnitt III: Rechtliche, wirtschaftliche, finanzielle und technische Angaben
1. Trading name and address, commercial register excerpt.
2. Eligibility declaration that no grounds for exclusion in Section 123, 124 of the German Act Against Restraints of Competition (GWB) apply.
3. Eligibility declaration subcontractors if applicable.
4. Association clause if applicable
1. Declaration on the average annual turnover for the last 3 financial years (last-but-four financial year can be included in case of invitation to tender held within 6 months of end of last financial year);
2. Declaration of the average number of employees and managers for the past three calendar years.
1. Average annual turnover for the last three years at least [Betrag gelöscht] EUR.
2. Declaration of the average number of employees and managers for the past three calendar years at least 15 persons.
It is necessary to provide references in the technical field "SME Finance" with a minimum commission value of [Betrag gelöscht] EUR.
1. At least 3 reference projects in the technical field of "SME Finance" and at least 3 reference project "in Northern Africa" in the last 3 years.
2. The technical assessment is only based on reference projects with a minimum commission value of [Betrag gelöscht] EUR.
Abschnitt IV: Verfahren
Abschnitt VI: Weitere Angaben
The communication with the bidders will only take place via GIZ e-tendering platform (VMS).
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Ort: Bonn
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Land: Deutschland
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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.