81286478-Consultancy services for strengthening the rule of law and anti-corruption mechanisms in the Republic of Moldova Referenznummer der Bekanntmachung: 81286478
Auftragsbekanntmachung
Dienstleistungen
Abschnitt I: Öffentlicher Auftraggeber
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Ort: Eschborn
NUTS-Code: DE71A Main-Taunus-Kreis
Postleitzahl: 65760
Land: Deutschland
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Abschnitt II: Gegenstand
81286478-Consultancy services for strengthening the rule of law and anti-corruption mechanisms in the Republic of Moldova
Context
To facilitate the implementation of EU-Moldova Association Agreement, the Moldovan Government is keen to make combating and preventing corruption a priority. Doing so will contribute significantly to achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 16 ("Peace, justice and strong institutions"), in the context of Moldova"s national agenda.
However, the state institutions responsible for anti-corruption are fragmented. They have been restructured multiple times, to the point that their competencies are no longer clearly defined. It is therefore vitally important to develop the capacities of Moldova"s prosecution and investigation authorities to combat corruption, which will also require strengthening of inter-institutional cooperation within the country.
Furthermore, Moldova"s civil society is not strong enough to systematically tackle corruption and engage in its prevention. Public trust in the authorities has been on a continuous decline over the years, as evidenced by Transparency International.
Objective
The effectiveness of state and civil society measures to combat and prevent corruption in the Republic of Moldova is improved.
Approach
The project, which is co-financed by the European Union, adopts a holistic approach centred on three key measures:
- Firstly, it raises public and civil society awareness of the consequences of corruption and of the fight against it.
- It also promotes mechanisms designed to combat corruption by strengthening the competencies, accountability and transparency of anti-corruption agencies. In addition, it improves cooperation between institutions and facilitates closer dialogue with civil society.
- The project also supports the Moldovan Government in implementing the National Integrity and Anti-corruption Strategy in at least three areas where the risk of corruption is high.
2005 Chisinau, Moldova
The consultancy services will be delivered by Short term experts in form of technical and administrative services in the areas of citizens" awareness regarding corruption, institutional and operational capacities of existing specialised investigation and prosecution bodies, national criminal asset recovery system, systems of declaration of assets and conflicts of interest and preventive anti-corruption measures in three high-risk sectors. Cross-cutting areas include process management, organisational development, digitalisation, development of trainings, training of trainers (ToTs), monitoring & evaluation, gender mainstreaming, communication, presentation, time management and problem solving. A long-term expert, referred to as pool manager, will be responsible for the management of the short- and medium-term experts and consultants and will assess the need for consultancy services in close collaboration with the advisors, coordinators and manager of the ACDC Module.
The key activities to be supported by the tender include :
Civil society and corruption high-risk sectors
- Technical advice on establishing an integrated strategy for raising awareness of citizens at local, regional and national level, as well as for the mobilisation of citizens against corruption;
- Advice for establishing and maintaining cooperation between the main actors (Local Public Administration, CSOs, Citizens" Councils, citizens" grassroots initiatives, business associations, anti-corruption bodies);
- Capacity development of CSOs to fulfil their role as watchdog for transparent budget implementation, monitoring of public procurement, decision making, integrity and good governance;
- Capacity development for reporting on corruption practices and cases, for interactions with anti-corruption institutions, as well as for preventing and fighting corruption;
- Technical advice for developing and organizing educational activities in three high-risk sectors;
- Capacity-building in three sectoral ministries for the drafting of the new sectorial anti-corruption action plan;
- Technical advice and expertise in designing a new national anti-corruption and integrity strategy ensuring participatory approach and wide stake-holder engagement.
Increased institutional and operational capacities of the specialized investigation and prosecutor"s bodies
- Expert review of the regulations and procedures of the Anti-corruption Prosecutor"s Office (APO) and the Specialised Prosecutor's Office on Organised Crime and Special Causes (PCCOCS) in view of efficiency and effectiveness, exchange of information, ordinary and joint investigation and subsequent prosecution; reviewing procedural guidelines and elaborating practical recommendations;
- Advice on case analysis and elaboration of training modules: identifying and collecting typical complex cases of investigation, prosecution and trial of crimes of corruption, as well as of serious commercial or organized crime generating considerable economic profit;
- Advice on facilitating the work of International Joint Investigation Teams;
- Advice on conducting training needs analysis on additional topics, such as management and leadership, IT and software usage, statistics, reporting, communication, coordination and cooperation with other competent authorities and agencies related to criminal asset recovery and information of the public;
- ToTs: specialized classes for training of trainers and testing of cases in view of further professional qualification of investigators, prosecutors and judges; elaboration of trainers" manuals for methodological and case-oriented training.
- Provide international assistance through a mentorship program led by senior investigation and prosecution officers.
Assets Recovery System
Training of target groups on:
- methods and techniques on identification of criminal assets in the country and abroad;
- identification and documenting of assets" beneficial owners;
- analysis of banking documents for the identification of assets;
- use of open source information/intelligence for identification of assets;
- identification and seizure of crypto currencies as criminal assets;
- standards of proof for beneficial owners;
- good practices of extended confiscation;
- planning the seizure of criminal assets through the evaluation of financial profiles of investigation targets;
- international good practices on ensuring the preservation of seized criminal assets;
- recovery of assets confiscated abroad, including their repatriation;
- use of modern IT analysis software (SQL, IBase, MALTEGO).
Assets and personal / conflict of interest declarations
- Technical advice on efficient management of the system of control and declaration of the assets and of the personal interests/conflicts of interest;
- Review/drafting of regulatory documents on the efficient management of the system of control and declaration of the assets and of the personal interests/conflicts of interest;
- Develop standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the efficient management of the system of control and declaration of the assets and of the personal interests/conflicts of interest;
- Capacity building / training of officers/inspectors responsible for the control of the asset and personal interest declarations based on international standards and best practices;
- Capacity-building, technical advice and support for the implementation of the EU Common Assessment Framework (CAF) in anti-corruption institutions, in particular the National Integrity Authority (NIA).
All Project documents (reports, studies, trainings, analyses, assessments, strategies, etc.) have to be provided in English. Onsite technical advisory, workshops and certain documents need to be provided in Romanian and/or Russian, on demand.
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.
A selection will be made under all eligible participants based on the following criteria:
1. Technical experience (up to five specialist areas, including cross-cutting themes)
1. Civil Society Engagement and awareness regarding corruption (20%)
2. Anti-corruption institutions incl.specialised investigation and prosecution bodies, criminal asset recovery and asset declaration systems (40%)
2. Regional experience in Eastern Europe (30%)
3. Experience of development projects (at least 50% ODA-financed) (10 %)
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.
Abschnitt III: Rechtliche, wirtschaftliche, finanzielle und technische Angaben
1. Trading name and address, commercial register number.
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. 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: [Betrag gelöscht] EUR
2. Average number of employees and managers in the last three calendar years, at least 10 persons
1. 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: [Betrag gelöscht] EUR
2. Average number of employees and managers in the last three calendar years, at least 10 persons
1. The technical assessment is only based on reference projects with a minimum commission value of [Betrag gelöscht] EUR.
2. At least 3 reference projects in the technical fields "Good Governance with a focus on accountability, integrity, anti-corruption, specialised investigations, prosecution and asset recovery (at least three areas covered)" and at least 3 reference projects in the region Eastern Europe in the last 3 years
1. The technical assessment is only based on reference projects with a minimum commission value of [Betrag gelöscht] EUR.
2. At least 3 reference projects in the technical fields "Good Governance with a focus on accountability, integrity, anti-corruption, specialised investigations, prosecution and asset recovery (at least three areas covered)" and at least 3 reference projects in the region Eastern Europe in the last 3 years
Abschnitt IV: Verfahren
Abschnitt VI: Weitere Angaben
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Bekanntmachungs-ID: CXTRYY6Y3DY
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Postleitzahl: 53123
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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.