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: 10000073-Proofreading and editing of GIZ central project evaluations
Description: Since 2017, GIZ has operated a central project evaluation (CPE) system for BMZ-commissioned projects implemented by GIZ. These evaluations focus on projects (modules) that support partner-led change processes or address sectoral and global issues in supraregional contexts. To strengthen accountability and transparency, the GIZ Management Board decided to publish the evaluation reports and maximise their usefulness for partners worldwide. The reports are generally made available in English, French, or Spanish and usually comprise a main report of around 50 pages, accompanied by an executive summary of approximately five pages. The GIZ Corporate Unit Evaluation ensures not only robust technical content and sound methodology, but also high linguistic quality. To support this, binding report-writing guidelines and annotated report templates for CPEs were developed. Experience has shown that professional proofreading and editing are needed to bring reports to their final form. This includes refining language, style, and formatting to ensure that the desired quality standards are met.
Procedure identifier: 58c2fcda-0266-4522-942e-782673ff0e9d
Internal identifier: 10000073
Type of procedure: Open
The procedure is accelerated: no
2.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract: Services
Main classification (cpv): 79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Additional classification (cpv): 79821100 Proofreading services
2.1.2.
Place of performance
Town: Bonn
Country subdivision (NUTS): Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt (DEA24)
Country: Germany
2.1.4.
General information
Additional information: #Bekanntmachungs-ID: CXTRYY6YTP6SNJJQ# All communication takes place in English via communication tool in the project area of the procurement portal.
Legal basis:
Directive 2014/24/EU
vgv -
2.1.6.
Grounds for exclusion
Sources of grounds for exclusion: Notice
Breaching of obligations set under purely national exclusion grounds: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
5. Lot
5.1.
Lot: LOT-0001
Title: 10000073-Proofreading and editing of GIZ central project evaluations
Description: The tender seeks to establish a framework agreement with one contractor for the provision of professional proofreading and editing services in English, French, and Spanish. The services will support the finalisation of evaluation reports prepared within GIZ"s central project evaluation system. The contractor will be responsible for reviewing reports of usually around 50 pages each, and in some cases up to 90 pages, to ensure high linguistic and formal quality. This includes correcting language, style, consistency, and formatting in line with the applicable report-writing guidelines and annotated templates provided by GIZ. The aim is to deliver publication-ready texts that are clear, reader-friendly, and consistent in structure and presentation. Assignments will be called off under the framework agreement over its term as reports become available. Each assignment must be completed within three weeks of receipt. The contractor is expected to organise reliable expert capacity, including backstopping arrangements where necessary, to ensure uninterrupted service delivery. Edited reports must be submitted in track changes mode, allowing GIZ and report authors to review suggested revisions efficiently and avoid multiple revision rounds.
Internal identifier: 10000073
5.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract: Services
Main classification (cpv): 79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Additional classification (cpv): 79821100 Proofreading services
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
Town: Bonn
Country subdivision (NUTS): Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt (DEA24)
Country: Germany
5.1.3.
Estimated duration
Duration: 24 Months
5.1.4.
Renewal
Maximum renewals: 1
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
Reserved participation:
Participation is not reserved.
The names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to perform the contract must be given: Not required
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:freelance#, #Besonders auch geeignet für:selbst#
5.1.7.
Strategic procurement
Aim of strategic procurement: Reduction of environmental impacts
Description: cf tender documets
Aim of strategic procurement: Fulfilment of social objectives
Description: cf tender documents
Approach to reducing environmental impacts: The transition to a circular economy, Pollution prevention and control
Social objective promoted: Gender equality, Human rights due diligence in global supply chains, Fair working conditions, Other
5.1.9.
Selection criteria
Sources of selection criteria: Notice
Criterion: Other economic or financial requirements
Description of selection criterion: EN-A1: Principles for the execution of orders (Mit dem Angebot; Mittels Eigenerklärung): The eligbility criteria are not from the same category as stipulated above, as there is no suitable category. 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, EU-Russia sanctions 3. No conflict of interest that may compromise the independent and objective performance of the contract and cannot be effectively remedied through appropriate measures. Such a conflict of interest shall in particular be deemed to exist with an involvement in contract numbers of CPE pools: 81304024 - 81304032. 4. Declaration of bidding consortium and/or declaration of subcontractors (if applicable)
Criterion: References on specified services
Description of selection criterion: EN-B1: Technical and professional ability (Mit dem Angebot; Mittels Dritterklärung): 1. The technical assessment is only based on reference projects with a minimum commission value of 50.000,00 EUR (net). At least 3 reference projects in the technical field proofreading and editing in the last 36 months. 2. The CVs presented for Pool 1 must in total show an expertise in all three languages (English, Spanish and French) at C2 level or mother tongue.
Criterion: Average yearly turnover
Description of selection criterion: 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: 100.000,00 EUR (net).
5.1.10.
Award criteria
Criterion:
Type: Price
Name: Preis
Description: Price criteria for "Bestangebots-Quotienten-Methode"
Category of award weight criterion: Weight (points, exact)
Award criterion number: 30
Criterion:
Type: Quality
Name: Erreichte Gesamtpunktzahl nach fachlicher Wertung (inkl. Mindbed.)
Description: Zur Ermittlung des wirtschaftlichsten Bieters wird hier von der Vergabestelle die erreichte Gesamtpunktzahl nach fachlicher Wertung eingetragen. Es werden nur Angebote mit einer fachlichen Bewertung von mindestens 500 Punkten gewertet. Fachliche Angebote mit weniger Punkten scheiden als fachlich ungeeignet aus.
Category of award weight criterion: Weight (points, exact)
Award criterion number: 70
Criterion:
Type: Quality
Name: Erreichte Gesamtpunktzahl nach fachlicher Wertung (inkl. Mindbed.)
Description: Zur Ermittlung des wirtschaftlichsten Bieters wird hier von der Vergabestelle die erreichte Gesamtpunktzahl nach fachlicher Wertung eingetragen. Es werden nur Angebote mit einer fachlichen Bewertung von mindestens 500 Punkten gewertet. Fachliche Angebote mit weniger Punkten scheiden als fachlich ungeeignet aus.
Category of award threshold criterion: Minimum score
Award criterion number: 500
5.1.11.
Procurement documents
Languages in which the procurement documents are officially available: English
Deadline for requesting additional information: 28/05/2026 23:59:59 (UTC+02:00) Eastern European Time, Central European Summer Time
Ad hoc communication channel:
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
Deadline for receipt of tenders: 05/06/2026 12:00:00 (UTC+02:00) Eastern European Time, Central European Summer Time
Duration during which the tender must remain valid: 102 Days
Information that can be supplemented after the submission deadline:
At the discretion of the buyer, some 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: yes
5.1.15.
Techniques
Framework agreement:
Framework agreement, without reopening of competition
Maximum number of participants: 1
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
Telephone: +49 619679
Fax: +49 6196791115
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 identifier/version: be55ef2f-709c-44ec-810b-f6b88c527d5e - 01
Form type: Competition
Notice type: Contract or concession notice – standard regime
Notice subtype: 16
Notice dispatch date: 04/05/2026 08:50:51 (UTC+02:00) Eastern European Time, Central European Summer Time
Languages in which this notice is officially available: English
Notice publication number: 304536-2026
OJ S issue number: 86/2026
Publication date: 05/05/2026