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: 10021232 - Supporting the Financial Institutions Green Transition
Description: Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) constitute the overwhelming majority of economic activity in Jordan. MSMEs account for over 99% of all enterprises, employ around 60% of the formal private-sector workforce, and contribute 40% of Jordan Gross Domestic Product (GDP), making them crucial for economic growth, resilience, and job creation. Despite this importance, MSMEs still face obstacles in accessing appropriate and diversified financial products. Access to formal credit remains limited for many MSMEs. According to the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) National Financial Inclusion Strategy (NFIS) 2023-2028, only 28.3% of formal MSMEs had a loan or line of credit from a financial institution, highlighting a significant financing gap for smaller firms in Jordan. Financial exclusion is especially pronounced for underserved segments such as informal and women-led enterprises, which often face higher collateral requirements, limited credit histories, and lower formal borrowing rates. Financial inclusion, defined as access to and use of appropriate, affordable, and sustainable financial products and services, remains a priority in Jordan. The CBJ is pursuing ambitious targets to increase overall financial inclusion, reduce gender gaps, and enhance MSME access to finance, including through digital channels and tailored products. The NFIS aims, for example, to increase MSMEs access to formal lending at an average annual rate of 4% for four years. In a similar vein, Jordan"s Green Finance Strategy 2023-2028 aims to mobilize green investments and position the financial sector as a regional leader in sustainable finance. The strategy highlights that a 92.5% of the Jordan National Determined Contribution (NDC) target cost is to be financed by international support and mobilized private capital. As Jordan advances its Green Finance Strategy, a central priority was establishing clear and credible standards for what qualifies as "green" across the financial system. The Jordan National Green Taxonomy, published in February 2026, provides this clarity by offering a common language for the financial system to classify sustainable economic activities in a transparent and consistent way. By anchoring investment decisions to science-based criteria, the taxonomy helps ensure that future capital flows genuinely support Jordan"s low-carbon, climate-resilient transition. Against this backdrop, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GIZ-implemented project, Innovative Approaches for the Financial Inclusion of MSMEs in Jordan (I-FIN), takes a holistic, market-driven approach to strengthening inclusive green finance in the country. The project operates across the policy, institutional, and market levels, helping to improve the broader enabling environment, upgrade the technical and operational capacities of financial service providers, and ensure that enterprises can confidently access and benefit from green finance solutions. The overall objective of the project is to ensure that MSMEs in Jordan benefit from a more inclusive financial system that enables inclusive access to green finance and supports environmentally sustainable and resilient business growth, also with a focus on women-led enterprises.
Procedure identifier: 495b17aa-a4f7-464d-b487-7f801146185d
Internal identifier: 10021232
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): 66171000 Financial consultancy services
Additional classification (cpv): 79412000 Financial management consultancy services
2.1.2.
Place of performance
Country: Jordan
Anywhere in the given country
2.1.4.
General information
Additional information: #Bekanntmachungs-ID: CXTRYY6YT1F698BV# 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
Participation in a criminal organisation: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Terrorist offences or offences linked to terrorist activities: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Money laundering or terrorist financing: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Fraud: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Corruption: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Child labour and including other forms of trafficking in human beings: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Breaching obligation relating to payment of taxes: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Breaching obligation relating to payment of social security contributions: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Breaching of obligations in the fields of environmental law: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Breaching of obligations in the fields of social law: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Breaching of obligations in the fields of labour law: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Insolvency: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Assets being administered by liquidator: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Business activities are suspended: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Analogous situation like bankruptcy, insolvency or arrangement with creditors under national law: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Grave professional misconduct: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Agreements with other economic operators aimed at distorting competition: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Conflict of interest due to its participation in the procurement procedure: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Direct or indirect involvement in the preparation of this procurement procedure: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Early termination, damages, or other comparable sanctions: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
Misrepresentation, withheld information, unable to provide required documents or obtained confidential information of this procedure: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB, § 22 LkSG
5. Lot
5.1.
Lot: LOT-0001
Title: 10021232 - Supporting the Financial Institutions Green Transition
Description: The assignment is structured around four interrelated work packages, 5 key experts, complemented by two pools of experts. Work Package 1: Planning and Inception: aims to review, research, and analyse all relevant information to ensure a comprehensive understanding of the assignment and to refine the implementation approach. Work Package 2: Capacity Development and Technical Assistance for Inclusive Green Credit Guarantees and Risk-Sharing Mechanisms: strengthens the staff and institutional capacities of the Jordan Loan Guarantee Corporation (JLGC) in the area of MSMEs inclusive green finance, through tailored staff capacity development and institutional advisory services across seven operational areas: product development and/or adaptation, risk documentation and/or management, strategy development, monitoring, reporting, setting up of an operational unit, and cooperation with Fintechs. Work Package 3: Capacity Development and Technical Assistance for Financial Services Providers: strengthens the institutional capacities of 5 financial services providers across the same seven operational areas and builds the capacities of at least 120 employees (50 of which are women) in the financial service sector. This work package may target public and private financial services providers, while Activity 3.7 targets financial sector associations, training providers, and academic institutions. The Contractor is expected to ensure strong coordination and alignment with a parallel complementary intervention delivering sector-level standardized training, including regular information exchange, harmonization of approaches, and avoidance of duplication. Work Package 4: Advancing Financial Service Providers' Capacity to Access and Mobilize International Climate Finance: supports financial services providers in submitting at least 3 project outlines (1 of which related to the water sector) for mobilising international climate finance in relation to MSMEs to relevant national actors, in close coordination with the CBJ, Ministry of Environment, and industry associations. All support under this assignment shall be aligned with international best practices and relevant national frameworks, including, but not limited to, the Jordan National Green Taxonomy, ensuring consistency with evolving regulatory and policy developments in the green finance landscape.
Internal identifier: 10021232
5.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract: Services
Main classification (cpv): 66171000 Financial consultancy services
Additional classification (cpv): 79412000 Financial management consultancy 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
Country: Jordan
Anywhere in the given country
5.1.3.
Estimated duration
Start date: 08/03/2027
Duration end date: 31/07/2029
5.1.4.
Renewal
Maximum renewals: 3
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 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#, #Besonders auch geeignet für:startup#, #Besonders auch geeignet für:other-sme#
5.1.7.
Strategic procurement
Aim of strategic procurement: Reduction of environmental impacts
Description: siehe oben
Aim of strategic procurement: Fulfilment of social objectives
Description: siehe oben
Approach to reducing environmental impacts: The protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems, The transition to a circular economy, Climate change adaptation, Climate change mitigation, Pollution prevention and control
Social objective promoted: Ethnic equality, 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: 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. 2. At least 3 reference projects of which 2 in cooperating with financial institutions on MSME sustainable finance, of which 1 on project proposal development for climate finance in cooperation with financial service providers" and at least 1 reference project in Jordan in the above-mentioned technical field 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: 2,000,000.00 EUR.
Criterion: Other economic or financial requirements
Description of selection criterion: EN-C2: Economic and financial standing (Mit dem Teilnahmeantrag; Mittels Eigenerklärung): Average number of employees and managers for the past three calendar years, at least 15 persons.
Criterion: Other economic or financial requirements
Description of selection criterion: EN-A1: Principles for the execution of orders (Mit dem Teilnahmeantrag; Mittels Eigenerklärung): 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. Declaration of bidding consortium and/or declaration of subcontractors (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, 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. We reserve the right to cancel the procurement procedure if we receive fewer than 3 requests to participate. 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. Weighted criteria for the selection of candidates: 1. Technical experience (90%) a. Capacity building programms with financial institutions on sustainable financial instruments (40%) b. Trainings for financial institutions on MSME finance (20%) c. Implementation of sustainable finance taxonomies in the financial sector (10%) d. Project proposal development for climate finance in cooperation with financial service providers (20%) 2. Regional experience (10%) Jordan 3. Experience of development projects (at least 50% ODA-financed) (0%)
Criterion: References on specified services
Description of selection criterion: Assessment of technical eligibility / weighted criteria for the selection of candidates - Weighted criteria for the selection of candidates: 1. Technical experience (90%) 2. Regional experience (10%) 3. Experience of development projects (at least 50% ODA-financed) (0%)
The criteria will be used to select the candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure
Weight (percentage, exact): 100,00
Information about the second stage of a two-stage procedure:
Minimum number of candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure: 5
Maximum number of candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure: 5
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
5.1.10.
Award criteria
Criterion:
Type: Price
Name: Price
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 über 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 über 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: 31/08/2026 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: 09/10/2026
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
Deadline for receipt of requests to participate: 15/09/2026 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, 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:
No framework agreement
Information about the dynamic purchasing system:
No dynamic purchase system
5.1.16.
Further information, mediation and review
Review organisation: Die 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: c.r.p. law. partnerschaft mbB
Telephone: +49 69 247 4828 00
Fax: +49 69 247 4828 99
Roles of this organisation:
Buyer
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure
Organisation receiving requests to participate
8.1.
ORG-0002
Official name: Die Vergabekammern des Bundes
Registration number: t: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: 3ffb13c3-aec4-4c5e-b468-ad3aa04f8ad2 - 01
Form type: Competition
Notice type: Contract or concession notice – standard regime
Notice subtype: 16
Notice dispatch date: 14/08/2026 09:45:20 (UTC+02:00) Eastern European Time, Central European Summer Time
Languages in which this notice is officially available: English
Notice publication number: 568897-2026
OJ S issue number: 157/2026
Publication date: 17/08/2026