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GIZ intends to award a contract to a local company for Development of Investment Portfolios in 16 communities of Armenia in the scope of Good Governance for Local Development in South Caucasus project. The detailed Terms of Reference (ToR) of the assignment and the relevant Annexes are attached to this Call for Proposals.
If you are awarded the contract, you are not excluded from bidding for the implementation of the following project phase. However, a prerequisite for participation in a subsequent tender is that you do not benefit from your involvement in the previous contract and that the equal treatment of all bidders is ensured.

Context
The “Good Governance for Local Development South Caucasus” (GGLD) Programme advises and supports respective partner organisations at national, regional (sub-national) and local levels in Armenia and Georgia in the implementation of cooperation initiatives towards improved local governance. It supports the improvement of frame conditions, addresses regional (sub-national) governance issues and works towards the improvement of municipal services and citizens’ participation at municipal level.
The Programme is implemented on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and in Armenia co-financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) through its “Improvement of the Local Self- Governance System in Armenia” Programme. It is carried out in close cooperation with the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure (MTAI) as the main political partner. Background (e. g. short description of the project) and initial situation, in particular the objectives of the services to be tendered.

Background
GIZ has been supporting local economic development (LED) in Armenian municipalities since 2015 by contributing to capacity development of partners, supporting establishment of the position of Economic Development Officers in the municipalities, creating and extensive capacity enhancement of the LED Core Group, and designing strategic LED plans with the local self-government bodies (LSGs) and other actors.
Another significant contribution of GIZ to LED in Armenia has been the establishment and operation of the LED Fund, first in the context of resilience of the communities to COVID driven vulnerabilities, superseded by localisation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in the statutory documents of the LSGs, and, afterwards, placing it in the context of integrated Local Development Fund (LDF) broadening the multiplicative effect via cooperation with other GIZ projects in Armenia.
BMZ has allocated additional funds to GGLD to contribute to alleviation of the challenges faced by Armenian municipalities in tackling the challenges associated with integration of forcibly displaced people because of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. 10 partner municipalities have been selected to receive the capacity building support combined with small investment grant scheme that is to operate in the context of the LDF.
Finally, in the IMD project, implemented by GIZ, six partner municipalities have been selected on a competitive basis. One of the workstreams in this cooperation with these so-called transformation partners is the strengthening of local economic development, including through extensive capacity building, design of investment portfolios (passports) and operation of the LDF.
This tendered project seeks to support 16 communities across Armenia by providing expertise and capacity-building assistance to develop tailored investment portfolios. These portfolios will act as strategic documents designed to attract both public and private investments, facilitate partnerships, and prioritize key development projects that align with local and national goals.
The project is in line with the Government’s efforts to enhance local self-governance and economic resilience in rural and urban areas through inclusive growth and sustainable investments. This initiative also supports the broader objective of decentralization and economic autonomy of communities, contributing to the Republic's overarching development strategy.

Objectives of the assignment
The overall objective of this assignment is to assist 16 selected communities in Armenia to create comprehensive, practical, and sustainable investment portfolios stemming from investment strategy that can serve as tools for securing funding and fostering local development.
The specific objectives include:
- Identifying and analyzing competitive economic advantages and investment opportunities in each community by integrating different perspectives (public, private, civil society).
- Supporting communities in prioritizing projects based on potential impact and feasibility and developing concrete measures for implementation of the investment portfolio.
- Integrating environmental sustainability and resilience measures into the investment portfolios to ensure long-term viability.
- Developing comprehensive investment portfolios for each community.
- Capacity building of local officials to ensure the sustainability and updating of portfolios.
- Facilitating partnerships between communities and potential investors (both public and private).

APPLICATION PROCEDURES : 

If you are interested in performing this work, please submit a bid in accordance with the GIZ bidding conditions described below till 26.11.2024, 17:00 (date of receipt at GIZ). Proposals received after the deadline will not be considered.
Your bid shall be submitted electronically.
Electronical offer
Your bid, comprising the technical offer (company’s background, relevant experience, CVs of involved experts, rough concept with a workplan and timetable, etc.) and the price offer (signed document, calculation based on expert days must be clearly marked as such, and submitted as two separate emails. The technical offer should be in English language. Please send your bid to [email protected] with the following subject line:
- For technical offer with the subject line: 83477668 Technical Offer
- For financial offer with the subject line: 83477668 Financial Offer

All documents must be submitted in PDF format. Please do not put any other recipient in copy.

Price offer
The payment will be done in local currency.
Tax and customs privileges shall apply to this procurement. Please take this into consideration while preparing your company’s offer.
The Tax Identification Number of GIZ is 02898241

Procedural questions
Please address any commercial, technical and procedural questions at an early stage. Questions will be answered if they are received at the latest two working days before the closing of the tender. Questions must be raised in writing by email only to:
Mrs. Liana Nikoghosyan
email: [email protected]

Non-compliance may result if your bid is not being considered.

Evaluation of Offer
GIZ will evaluate the technical and price information in the received bids (see Annex).
After the technical evaluation, only the price offers of bids with more than 500 points will be opened and evaluated. Technical offers below 500 points will be considered as technical not acceptable. The technical offer has a weighting of T: 70%, the price offer F: 30%. The formula can be found in the "Call for Proposals" file attached below this announcement.
The final result is an overall ranking, headed by the most cost-effective bid. Contract negotiations will be initiated on the basis of this overall ranking.

Please clearly mention in your application letter that you learned of this job opportunity through Career Center and mention the URL of its website - www.careercenter.am. Thanks.

ATTACHMENTS:

83477668ToR.pdf - ToR 83477668AssessmentGrid.pdf - Assessment Grid 83477668GeneralTermsOfContractARM.pdf - Contract in Armenian 83477668GeneralTermsOfContractENG.pdf - Contract in English 83477668CallforProposals.pdf - Call for Proposals