As a federal enterprise, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH supports the German Government in achieving its objectives in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development. On behalf of the German Government, GIZ provides advisory services to the Vietnamese Government in three priority areas: (1) Vocational training, (2) Environmental policy and sustainable use of natural resources, and (3) Energy. For further information, please visit www.giz.de/viet-nam. 

The project “Climate Protection through Sustainable Bioenergy Markets in Vietnam (BEM)” implemented by GIZ is looking for a group of local consultants to conduct a “EVALUATION OF FEED-IN-TARIFF FOR BIOMASS POWER PROJECTS DEVELOPMENT IN VIETNAM”.

On behalf of “Climate Protection through Sustainable Bioenergy Markets in Vietnam (BEM)”, the GIZ Office Hanoi is conducting a public tender to seek qualified National Consulting Firm(s) (here after called as NC) for the assignment as follows:

Tentative duration: from 22^nd May 2023 until 15^th September 2023Place of assignment:Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh city, Kontum/Pleiku NC’s number of working days: up to 150 mandaysRequirements:

-       The selected LCF are expected to have extensive expertise, at least 10 years of experience in the power sector, and cooperating with international institutions on assignments in the field of RE supporting mechanism or relevant subjects.

-       Ability to provide a team of 03 local experts. The below specified qualifications represent the requirements to reach the maximum points:

o    01 senior national renewable energy expert (Team leader) will be responsible for overall coordination, consolidated reporting, and quality assurance of deliverables. The Team leader is expected to have 20 years experiences (but no less than 11 years) in economic or technology relevant to the area of the study; Intensive knowledge and experiences in biomass sector, experiences in working with government, local authorities, and institutions, private sector in Vietnam. Education: At least a Master’s degree in economics or technology relevant to the area of the study.

o    01 Technical expert who has 15 years but not below 11 years of experience in the field of energy economics or energy sector in Vietnam, intensive knowledge and experiences in renewable energy sector in Vietnam with focus on biomass projects, experiences in working with government, local authorities and institutions and RE private sector in Vietnam. Education: At least a Master’s degree in in economic/ environment relevant to the area of the study.

o    01 Policy expert who has 15 years but not below 11 years of professional experience in energy or environment, 5 years of legal documents developments for energy sector, familiar with decision making legal procedure and system in the ministries and Government Office of Vietnam, experience in developing and drafting comprehensive reports. Education: At least a Master’s degree in engineering or economics or environment.

e.     Rejection criteria: LCF or leading firm of consortium will be rejected if having less than 10 years working experience in the field in the power sector, with focus on biomass power projects, and cooperating with international institutions on assignments in the field of support mechanism for RE development or relevant subjects; and cannot provide Valid Legal Status (having copy of business registration/ decision establishment + VAT code, incl. related business area about sustainable development or similar area); Missing either audited financial report or annual tax report of the last 3 years (for Firm)

Interested NCs are requested to send the eligibility dossier in Vietnamese and English or English only including

1.    Letter of interest (with Director’s or authorised person’s signature and company stamp)

2.    NC profile (incl. Business license (for firm) or Decision of establishment (for association), Tax code registration, organisational chart, summary of experience in policy sector)

3.    Audited financial reports of the last 03 years. Important/key information in the audited financial reports or in annual tax reports must be translated into English if documents are in Vietnamese

4.    Consortium agreement and nomination of consortium leading firm (if at least 02 entities joint the assignment)

For your better preparation, receipt of Eligibility Assessment Sheet, Code of Conduct, Guidance on filetransfer and Declaration of agreement of bidder/contractor on consequences in case of submitting falsified information/documents, please send email request to Question-from-bidder-PoS-VN@giz.de before 17.03.2023.

NCs send Eligibility dossiers to VN_PoS_Quotation@giz.de latest by 17:00 (Hanoi time) on 29.03.2023 with email subject: “Tender 83433374-BEM/GIZ: Eligibility dossier”

GIZ is obliged to ensure the confidentiality of all bidding documents submitted.

Important notes:

1.   Request of eligibility assessment to be sent to Question-from-bidder-PoS-VN@giz.de before 17.03.2023

2.   Eligibility assessment related questions to be sent to Question-from-bidder-PoS-VN@giz.de before 24.03.2023

3.   Eligibility dossier to be sent to VN_PoS_Quotation@giz.de before 5 PM on 29.03.2023. Sending documents to wrong email address will lead to disqualification of the bidder.

4.   For data protection and information security reason: In case the total volume of your bids is below 10 MB, you can attach them directly in the email sent to us. In case the total volume of your bids is above 10 MB, the files must be sent via GIZ filetransfer system. We will provide the guidance on how to use filetransfer to interested bidders. Files sent via other applications/systems such as google drive, dropbox…will not be accepted.

5.   Only selected bidders will be contacted for receipt of tender dossier.