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: 10017643-Personal Data Protection Centre-Support Plan
Description: Supporting eGovernment and Innovation in Public Administration (InnoPA) is a joint project implemented by the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) in Egypt, on behalf of the German Federal Government, and in partnership with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT). The project aims to strengthen the capacities of the public sector and civil society to drive an inclusive and responsive digital transformation in line with European standards. The InnoPA project implements a variety of interventions in the areas of institutional capacity building, innovation promotion, digital inclusion, and policy support. The project adopts the principle of "leave no one behind" to ensure that all segments of society benefit from the digital transformation process and enjoy an effective and responsive public administration. The project has three pillars: 1) Support an inclusive, citizen-centered digital transformation of the public sector, the project aims to bridge the digital divide and increase the uptake of existing digital public services. To this end, collaborations with civil society organizations will be carried out to enhance the digital skills of both citizens and civil servants, alongside additional measures focused on strengthening institutional capacity. 2) Promotes innovative solutions for the inclusive and citizen-oriented digital transformation of the public sector. A key part of this effort is the GovTech Innovation Programme, which accelerates startups and the creation of inclusive technological products that enhance government services and responsiveness to citizens' needs and 3) Provides support for the development of forward-looking digital strategies and legal frameworks in emerging areas such as trust services, artificial intelligence, and data-driven decision-making, in line with EU digitalization standards.
Procedure identifier: 02bac48f-d618-4f25-8d4c-6d087198afc0
Internal identifier: 10017643
Type of procedure: Restricted
The procedure is accelerated: no
2.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract: Services
Main classification (cpv): 79951000 Seminar organisation services
2.1.2.
Place of performance
Postal address: Project Supporting eGovernment and Innovation in the Public Administration (InnoPA) 4D, Gezira St., Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt.
Town: Cairo
Postcode: 0000
Country: Egypt
2.1.4.
General information
Additional information: #Bekanntmachungs-ID: CXTRYY6DYYRX3FTY# 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:
Participation in a criminal organisation:
Terrorist offences or offences linked to terrorist activities:
Money laundering or terrorist financing:
Fraud:
Corruption:
Child labour and including other forms of trafficking in human beings:
Breaching obligation relating to payment of taxes:
Breaching obligation relating to payment of social security contributions:
Breaching of obligations in the fields of environmental law:
Breaching of obligations in the fields of social law:
Breaching of obligations in the fields of labour law:
Insolvency:
Assets being administered by liquidator:
Business activities are suspended:
Analogous situation like bankruptcy, insolvency or arrangement with creditors under national law:
Grave professional misconduct:
Agreements with other economic operators aimed at distorting competition:
Conflict of interest due to its participation in the procurement procedure:
Direct or indirect involvement in the preparation of this procurement procedure:
Early termination, damages, or other comparable sanctions:
Misrepresentation, withheld information, unable to provide required documents or obtained confidential information of this procedure:
5. Lot
5.1.
Lot: LOT-0001
Title: 10017643-Personal Data Protection Centre-Support Plan
Description: The overall objective of this assignment is to strengthen the PDPC's institutional, regulatory, and operational capacity to effectively implement and oversee personal data protection in Egypt - contributing to a rights-based, inclusive, and sustainable digital transformation ecosystem that balances innovation with privacy, data protection, and responsible data use. Cooperation between the GIZ project Supporting eGovernment and Innovation in the Public Administration (InnoPA) and PDPC contributes to InnoPA"s objective of promoting responsible, citizen-centric digital transformation in Egypt"s public administration. By strengthening PDPC"s capacities, supporting regulatory tools, and raising awareness of personal data protection, the partnership helps ensure that the expansion of digital technologies is accompanied by strong safeguards for privacy, trust, and responsible data governance. Core Pillars of the intervention: 1. Sector Mapping and Risk-Based Prioritization: Mapping the "as-is" personal data protection landscape in priority sectors 2. Institutional Development, Capacity Building & Professional Training: Capacity-building programs for PDPC staff across key functional areas 3. Technical and Policy Assistance - (International Consultant) Support from the local consultant: Development of practical compliance toolkits for public institutions and private-sector entities 4. Training Center Establishment: Establish a fully operational and self-sustaining PDPC Training Centre - with clear organizational structure, defined roles and responsibilities, a hierarchical staffing model, operating procedures, and a sustainability plan
Internal identifier: 10017643
5.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract: Services
Main classification (cpv): 79951000 Seminar organisation 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
Postal address: Project Supporting eGovernment and Innovation in the Public Administration (InnoPA) 4D, Gezira St., Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt.
Town: Cairo
Postcode: 0000
Country: Egypt
5.1.3.
Estimated duration
Start date: 01/02/2027
Duration end date: 31/01/2028
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: 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:startup#, #Besonders auch geeignet für:other-sme#
5.1.7.
Strategic procurement
Aim of strategic procurement: Reduction of environmental impacts
Description: See the Terms of Reference.
Aim of strategic procurement: Fulfilment of social objectives
Description: See the Terms of Reference.
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
Social objective promoted: Ethnic equality, Gender equality, Human rights due diligence in global supply chains, Employment opportunities for the long-term unemployed, disadvantaged and/or for persons with disabilities, 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 Teilnahmeantrag; 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. 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 2 requests to participate. Weighted criteria for the selection of candidates: 1. Technical experience (75%) Personal data protection in public sector 25% Establishment of public training centres in public sector 25% Policy Advisory on the Implementation of GDPR in public sector 25% 2. Regional experience (15%) Regional experience in Mena-Region (15%) 3. 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 50000 EUR (net). 2. At least 3 reference projects in the technical field Personal data protection and at least 2 reference projects in the region MENA-Region and Africa 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: 500000 EUR (net).
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 in the last three calendar years, at least 10 persons.
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 (75%) 2. Regional experience (15%) 3. Experience of development projects (at least 50% ODA-financed) (10%)
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: 6
The procedure will take place in successive stages. At each stage, some participants may be eliminated
5.1.11.
Procurement documents
Languages in which the procurement documents are officially available: English
Deadline for requesting additional information: 21/09/2026 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: 20/10/2026
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: 28/09/2026 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: 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 6196791481
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
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: a45b3a80-7943-4c49-9857-dea60bacfca4 - 01
Form type: Competition
Notice type: Contract or concession notice – standard regime
Notice subtype: 16
Notice dispatch date: 26/08/2026 16:25:29 (UTC+02:00) Eastern European Time, Central European Summer Time
Languages in which this notice is officially available: English
Notice publication number: 596026-2026
OJ S issue number: 166/2026
Publication date: 28/08/2026