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: 10018913-Scaling Up Implementation and Institutional Capacity for Energy Management Systems (EnMS) in Pakistan
Description: The German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has commissioned the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH to implement the project "Scaling up Sustainable Energy Management Systems (EnMS) in Pakistani Cities (REEE-Scale II)", and it is being implemented since 2024. The project REEE Scale II builds on the results and lessons learned from the predecessor project, "Promotion of Renewable Energy and Efficiency Concepts in Cities and Industry in Pakistan (REEE SCALE I)". Energy costs account for approximately 40-50% of the operational expenses of water supply and sanitation services in Pakistan, largely due to inefficient energy use. These high energy expenditures place significant budgetary pressure on municipalities and limit their ability to improve service delivery. The objective of the REEE Scale II project is to address this challenge by scaling up the implementation of systematic Energy Management (EnM) in municipal organisations. By improving energy efficiency in municipal services, the project aims to reduce operational costs, strengthen financial sustainability, and enhance service performance. At the same time, increased energy efficiency will contribute to greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions, support climate mitigation efforts, and promote more climate-resilient municipal operations. To achieve this objective, the project works with partner municipal organisations, which primarily consist of water supply and sanitation companies, and targets municipal experts and managers at national, provincial, and local levels to mainstream EnMS across water supply and sanitation services in Pakistan. The National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (NEECA) serves as the lead executing agency. In addition, the project collaborates with relevant intermediaries, including provincial government agencies and municipal line departments, to embed EnMS within partner organisations and to support the development of energy efficiency strategies and organisational frameworks through tailored technical and policy recommendations. In geographical regards, implementation is primarily done in the provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and the project aims to strengthen both institutional and individual capacities within municipal organisations and regulatory governmental departments to enable effective implementation and long-term institutionalisation of EnMS. Furthermore, the project supports women"s representation in Pakistan"s energy sector by improving their employability and supporting their participation in energy-related roles. The project focuses on intervention areas and takes the following measures: 1. Strengthening the organisational capacities of Pakistan"s municipal bodies to implement EnMS. 2. Enhancing the professional competencies of municipal experts and managers in systematic energy management, 3. Providing design options for improved framework conditions to promote municipal energy management, including gender-responsive approaches, to municipal stakeholders in Pakistan. 4. Conducting Training Program on EnMS for recently graduated female engineers to enhance their employment prospects in the energy sector. To support municipal organisations and relevant regulatory governmental departments and authorities, to scale up EnMS in Pakistan"s municipal sector, timely, thorough, and flexible expertise and advisory services need to be provided to them to build capacities and carry out on ground EnMS implementation successfully. Hence, the GIZ project seeks to engage a highly qualified consulting firm or a consortium of firms (the "Consultant") to support the achievement of the project objectives.
Procedure identifier: 3d17cff3-39aa-432a-a9e3-94df2599af7d
Internal identifier: 10018913
Type of procedure: Negotiated with prior publication of a call for competition / competitive with negotiation
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
2.1.2.
Place of performance
Country: Pakistan
Additional information: Services are to be provided in Pakistan.
2.1.4.
General information
Additional information: #Bekanntmachungs-ID: CXTRYY6YT1FZGLK8# 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: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
5. Lot
5.1.
Lot: LOT-0001
Title: 10018913-Scaling Up Implementation and Institutional Capacity for Energy Management Systems (EnMS) in Pakistan
Description: The services to be provided in the context of this call for tenders support the scaling up of Energy Management Systems (EnMS) in municipal organisations in Pakistan, with a particular focus on water supply and sanitation companies. The consultancy services will focus on strengthening the implementation and institutional capacity for EnMS in close cooperation with partner municipal organisations and relevant national and provincial government agencies and departments. These consultancy services will be delivered from the start of the contract until 29.02.2028. The assignment comprises of hands-on technical assistance and continuous advisory support to enable municipal management and energy teams of up to 6 partner municipal organisations to establish, operate, and continuously improve EnMS processes aligned with ISO 50001 principles. This includes support for establishing energy baselines of each partner organisation, regular monitoring and review of the established energy performance indicators (EnPI), corrective action planning, and systematic energy performance improvement. In addition, the consultancy will support partner organisations in the identification, prioritisation, and implementation of energy efficiency (EE) measures within water supply and sanitation infrastructure. This includes the development of technical EE recommendations and advisory support for their implementation. The consultancy will further assist in the preparation of bankable EE project proposals and business cases, including the technical and financial analyses required to mobilise financing for priority EE and EnM investments. To ensure long-term institutionalisation, the consultancy will develop recommendations for organisational development measures to mainstream EnMS within municipal structures. This includes strengthening internal roles and responsibilities, coordination mechanisms, and the integration of EnMS into planning, budgeting, and procurement processes. Advisory support will also be provided for the design and introduction of organisational EE incentive mechanisms to promote energy-efficient behaviour and align staff performance with energy and cost reduction objectives. Capacity development and knowledge exchange form a core component of the assignment. The aim is to ensure that, by the end of the project, municipal experts, managers, and decision-makers are equipped in terms of technical capacities to mainstream EnMS independently within Pakistan"s water supply and sanitation services. This objective remains central to all capacity development measures implemented under the assignment. Based on a structured capacity needs assessment and a corresponding capacity development strategy, the consultancy will develop relevant knowledge products and implement tailored capacity development activities, including trainings, workshops, and knowledge exchange activities, among others. These measures will strengthen competencies in EnMS implementation, energy data management and analysis, EnPI-based decision-making, EE intervention design, monitoring and verification, and the institutional embedding of EnM within municipal governance processes. To support scaling and dissemination of results and international and national best municipal EnM best practices, the consultancy will organise a national conference on municipal EnM as a platform for knowledge exchange and dialogue among sector stakeholders. Furthermore, advisory inputs will be provided to contribute to an enabling framework for EnMS, including recommendations for policy and institutional support measures at national and provincial levels. Lastly, the consultancy will implement a hands-on training programme for recently graduated women engineers in the field of EnM and EnMS to strengthen their technical competencies and promote their participation in Pakistan"s energy sector by enhancing their employability. The working packages listed are indicative and may be adapted in response to partner needs and evolving framework conditions. The contractor is expected to provide flexible, demand-driven advisory services within the defined scope of expertise and to ensure regular reporting and structured coordination with the project throughout contract implementation. In order to provide the service, the contractor should put together a sufficiently large, qualified, and experienced team of experts based on the required expertise, with a focus on ensuring adequate on-ground time to provide the necessary hand-holding and continued support for the implementation of project activities with the selected municipal partners. The team should also be able to engage with the selected political counterparts to be covered. The proposal for the tender should outline the strategy for task fulfilment, specifying personnel roles and the overarching internal management concept to be used as the basis for processing orders, including financial backstopping. Part of the fulfilment of the contract includes regular reporting to the project on progress made in achieving the objectives. The regular exchange between the project and the consultants begins at the start of the contract and includes weekly or bi-weekly reflection sessions, which can be adjusted to a different frequency if needed.
Internal identifier: 10018913
5.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract: Services
Main 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: Pakistan
Additional information: Services are to be provided in Pakistan.
5.1.3.
Estimated duration
Duration: 15 Months
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
Reserved participation:
Participation is not reserved.
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#
5.1.7.
Strategic procurement
Aim of strategic procurement: Reduction of environmental impacts
Description: Reference is made to the Terms of reference (ToRs)
Aim of strategic procurement: Fulfilment of social objectives
Description: Reference is made to the Terms of reference (ToRs), especially 2.5 and 3.3.4.
Approach to reducing environmental impacts: Climate change mitigation
Social objective promoted: Ethnic equality, Gender equality, Fair working conditions
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 Teilnahmeantrag; Mittels Eigenerklärung): The eligibility 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 and Federal Collective Agreements Act. 3. Declaration of bidding consortium and/or declaration of Eligibility through reliance upon the capacities of other entities and or sub-contractors (if applicable)
Criterion: Other economic or financial requirements
Description of selection criterion: EN-A2: Conditions for the reduction of candidates (Mit dem Teilnahmeantrag; Mittels Eigenerklärung): If we receive more than 5 requests to participate from eligible candidates we will make a selection on the basis of the criteria laid out in the procurement documents and invite tenders only from the 5 candidates with the highest scores. If it is not possible to make a clear selection of up to 5 candidates for the tendering phase on the basis of the criteria listed in the procurement documents (e.g. if a number of candidates achieve the same overall eligibility score), we reserve the right to increase the maximum number of 5. We reserve the right to cancel the procurement procedure if we receive fewer than 3 requests to participate. Weighted criteria for the selection of candidates: I. Technical experience (85%) 1. EnMS Implementation: 20 % 2. Energy Baseline Development and Identification of Energy Performance Indicators: 17 % 3. Design, Implementation, and Techno-Economic Feasibility Analysis of EE Measures: 18 % 4. Framework design options for improved organisational EnM practices: 10 % 5. Capacity Development for improved expertise in EnM and EE: 20 % II. Regional experience (5%) Regional experience: Southern Asia 5 % III. Experience of development projects (ODA-financed) (10 %) Experience of development projects (at least 50% ODA-financed): 10 %
Criterion: References on specified services
Description of selection criterion: EN-B1: Technical and professional ability (Mit dem Teilnahmeantrag; Mittels Eigenerklärung): 1. The technical assessment is only based on reference projects with a minimum commission value of 100,000.00 EUR (one hundred thousand) (net). 2. At least 3 reference projects in the technical field " Energy Management Systems" and thereof at least 2 reference projects in the region "Asia" in the above-mentioned-techncial field "Energy Management Systems" in the last 36 months (deadline: date of publication of invitation to tender).
Criterion: Average yearly turnover
Description of selection criterion: EN-C1: Economic and financial standing (Mit dem Teilnahmeantrag; 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: 1,000,000 EUR (one million) (net).
Criterion: Average yearly manpower
Description of selection criterion: EN-B2: Technical and professional ability (Mit dem Teilnahmeantrag; Mittels Eigenerklärung): Average number of employees and managers in the last three calendar years, at least 15 persons.
Information about the second stage of a two-stage procedure:
Minimum number of candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure: 3
The procedure will take place in successive stages. At each stage, some participants may be eliminated
The buyer reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without any further negotiations
5.1.11.
Procurement documents
Languages in which the procurement documents are officially available: English
Deadline for requesting additional information: 31/07/2026 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 the procedure:
Estimated date of dispatch of the invitations to submit tenders: 02/09/2026
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 requests to participate: 11/08/2026 12:00:00 (UTC+02:00) Eastern European Time, Central European Summer Time
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.
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
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
10. Change
10.1.
Change
Section identifier: PROCEDURE
Description of changes: Duration of the contract, the place of performance and the information relating to the sustainability criteria has been updated/amended.
Notice identifier/version: f448edd7-696e-45a4-82b2-20a033596ddd - 01
Form type: Competition
Notice type: Contract or concession notice – standard regime
Notice subtype: 16
Notice dispatch date: 13/07/2026 08:28:34 (UTC+02:00) Eastern European Time, Central European Summer Time
Languages in which this notice is officially available: English
Notice publication number: 484679-2026
OJ S issue number: 133/2026
Publication date: 14/07/2026