626916-2025 - Competition
Germany – Business development consultancy services – 81314067 - DBS SME Training + Coaching Services - Category 3 (3/3)
OJ S 184/2025 25/09/2025
Contract or concession notice – standard regime - Change notice
Services
1. Buyer
1.1.
Buyer
Official name: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Email: holger.niedenfuehr@giz.de
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: 81314067 - DBS SME Training + Coaching Services - Category 3 (3/3)
Description: Establishment of a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the procurement of SME Training and Coaching Services
Procedure identifier: bf1109ff-fb52-49f1-856e-43944fac18af
Internal identifier: 81314067_3
Type of procedure: Restricted
The procedure is accelerated: no
2.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract: Services
Main classification (cpv): 79411100 Business development consultancy services
Additional classification (cpv): 79998000 Coaching services, 85312320 Counselling services
2.1.2.
Place of performance
Anywhere
2.1.4.
General information
Additional information: #Bekanntmachungs-ID: CXTRYY6YTM9SJA71# All communication takes place in English via communication tool in the project area of the procurement portal. The Terms and Conditions for Application - Dynamic Purchasing System apply.
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
Participation in a criminal organisation: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB
Terrorist offences or offences linked to terrorist activities: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB
Money laundering or terrorist financing: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB
Fraud: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB
Corruption: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB
Child labour and including other forms of trafficking in human beings: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB
Breaching obligation relating to payment of taxes: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB
Breaching obligation relating to payment of social security contributions: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB
Breaching of obligations in the fields of environmental law: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB
Breaching of obligations in the fields of social law: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB
Breaching of obligations in the fields of labour law: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB
Insolvency: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB
Assets being administered by liquidator: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB
Business activities are suspended: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB
Analogous situation like bankruptcy, insolvency or arrangement with creditors under national law: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB
Grave professional misconduct: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB
Agreements with other economic operators aimed at distorting competition: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB
Conflict of interest due to its participation in the procurement procedure: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB
Direct or indirect involvement in the preparation of this procurement procedure: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB
Early termination, damages, or other comparable sanctions: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB
Misrepresentation, withheld information, unable to provide required documents or obtained confidential information of this procedure: In accordance with §§ 123,124 GWB
5. Lot
5.1.
Lot: LOT-0001
Title: 81314067 - DBS SME Training + Coaching Services - Category 3 (3/3)
Description: Training and Coaching services to support small and medium enterprises in partner countries in improving their sutainable business practices, competitiveness, income and enployment contribution, thus contributing to a socio-ecological economic development.
Internal identifier: 81314067_3
5.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract: Services
Main classification (cpv): 79411100 Business development consultancy services
Additional classification (cpv): 79998000 Coaching services, 85312320 Counselling services
5.1.2.
Place of performance
Anywhere
5.1.3.
Estimated duration
Start date: 28/03/2025
Duration end date: 28/03/2030
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#, #Besonders auch geeignet für:startup#, #Besonders auch geeignet für:other-sme#
5.1.7.
Strategic procurement
Aim of strategic procurement: No strategic procurement
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. At least 3 references in the technical field of assignments on SME promotion, Business Management - that had a minimum commission value of EUR 2.500,00 in the last 36 months (reference date: date of submission of request to participate). 2. At least 3 references in the technical field of assignments on SME promotion, Business Management - that had a minimum commission value of EUR 2.500,00 in the last 36 months (reference date: date of submission of request to participate). 3. At least 1 participation in a SME Loop Master Coach Training

Criterion: References on specified services
Description of selection criterion: Service Category 3 - Technical and Professional Eligibility - - At least 3 references in the technical field of assignments on SME promotion, Business Management - that had a minimum commission value of EUR 2.500,00 in the last 36 months (reference date: date of submission of request to participate). (exclusion criterion). - At least 1 reference "SME Loop assignment" that had a minimum commission value of EUR 2.500,00 in the last 36 months (exclusion criterion). - At least 1 participation in a SME Loop Mastercoach Training (proof of participation) (exclusion criterion)
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
5.1.11.
Procurement documents
Languages in which the procurement documents are officially available: English
Deadline for requesting additional information: 20/03/2030 23:59:59 (UTC+01:00) Central European Time, Western European Summer Time
Address of the procurement documents: https://ausschreibungen.giz.de/Satellite/notice/CXTRYY6YTM9SJA71/documents
Ad hoc communication channel: 
URL: https://ausschreibungen.giz.de/Satellite/notice/CXTRYY6YTM9SJA71
5.1.12.
Terms of procurement
Terms of the procedure: 
Estimated date of dispatch of the invitations to submit tenders: 29/03/2030
Terms of submission: 
Electronic submission: Required
Address for submission: https://ausschreibungen.giz.de/Satellite/notice/CXTRYY6YTM9SJA71
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: 28/03/2030 12:00:00 (UTC+01:00) Central European Time, Western 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: 
Dynamic purchasing system, only usable by buyers listed in this notice
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
Email: holger.niedenfuehr@giz.de
Telephone: +49 6196792173
Fax: +49 6196791115
Internet address: https://www.giz.de
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
Email: vk@bundeskartellamt.bund.de
Telephone: +49 2289499-0
Fax: +49 2289499-163
Internet address: https://www.bundeskartellamt.de
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
Email: noreply.esender_hub@bescha.bund.de
Telephone: +49228996100
Roles of this organisation: 
TED eSender
10. Change
Version of the previous notice to be changed: ba8d63b3-d029-4a0f-a3ba-5b0bddae2cdf-01
Main reason for change: Information updated
Description: Update due to new eforms version
10.1.
Change
Section identifier: PROCEDURE
Description of changes: Information updated to fit updated eforms version. No changes to content.
Notice information
Notice identifier/version: 4ece1993-6632-492f-bbf7-57a6a7db0f64  -  01
Form type: Competition
Notice type: Contract or concession notice – standard regime
Notice subtype: 16
Notice dispatch date: 24/09/2025 09:47:14 (UTC+02:00) Eastern European Time, Central European Summer Time
Languages in which this notice is officially available: English
Notice publication number: 626916-2025
OJ S issue number: 184/2025
Publication date: 25/09/2025