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		<cbc:Description languageID="ENG">The "Strengthening environmental and social governance in the extractive sector" component, co-financed by FONAREDD from CAFI (Central Africa Forest Initiative) resources and BMZ, will be implemented by GIZ for the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development (MEDD) of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). 

The project is being carried out by the Integrated Economic Development of the Mining Sector Project (DISM II), in partnership with the Congolese Environment Agency (ACE), which is responsible for environmental and social assessments and for monitoring and controlling the implementation of ESMPs at national level.

Following a 1st Strategic Environmental and Social Study of the mining sector in the DRC in 2010, and in view of the changing international context, it is planned, in agreement with the donor and partners, to launch Strategic Environmental and Social Studies (SESES) for the key sector of mining and hydrocarbons, in order to analyse the expected positive and negative impacts of their development at national level.

This work will make it possible to identify good and bad practices in the provinces affected; and in partnership with the various partners and civil society, to propose recommendations integrating REDD+ standards into the extractive sectors. Finally, best practice guides will also be drawn up, based on the experience gained with dialogue platforms in the extractive sector. Adaptations of the various texts relating to the legal and regulatory provisions linked to the environmental and social governance of the extractive sectors will also be proposed in order to be consistent with REDD+ standards and the principles of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI).</cbc:Description>
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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,
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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.
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,
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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.
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			<cbc:ID schemeName="internalID">10007377</cbc:ID>
			<cbc:Name languageID="ENG">10007377-Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment (SESA) of the oil and gas sector to be carried out in the DRC</cbc:Name>
			<cbc:Description languageID="ENG">An open international call for a tender is published for services to be provided for 12 months, requiring a total of 5 experts, including 2 experts with international experience, respectively head of mission and deputy head of mission, with skills in the environment, strategic studies, and knowledge of the hydrocarbon sector.

The team will be backed up on site by 3 experts with national experience with skills in social responsibility and oil and gas sector law and public policy.

The services to be provided under this contract include measures for human capacity development and organisational and strategy advice in the following thematic areas:

1. Identifying and increasing attention to potential environmental and social risks, direct and indirect impacts and concerns around the development of the oil and gas sector;
2. Identifying and strengthening environmental and social management approaches and practical tools for the Government to manage sectoral environmental and social governance 
3. Identifying and strengthening instruments and approaches that can improve environmental and social accountability, including by increasing the transparency of processes in the oil and gas sector and establishing simple, safe and accessible feedback and/or complaint mechanisms.
4. Support strengthening actors" capacity relevant for the sector to manage environmental and social risks related to the development of the oil and gas sector according to the mitigation hierarchy (avoid, minimise, mitigate and offset).  

The Contractor is responsible for the performance of the services and the production of the following outputs: 

1) Strategic environmental and social assessment (SESA) of the oil and gas sector in the DRC. 
2) SWOT analysis and recommendations for the oil and gas sector.
3) Socio-environmental management standards for the DRC.
4) Guide to good environmental and social practices for the DRC 
5) Draft implementing legislation for the DRC.</cbc:Description>
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			<cbc:Note languageID="ENG">#Besonders auch geeignet für:selbst#</cbc:Note>
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				<cbc:ProcurementType languageID="ENG">see tender documents</cbc:ProcurementType>
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