TENDER REFERENCE NO: 7000019597
Name of Project: Energising Development (EnDev) Uganda

1. Background

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is the German Federal Enterprise for technical cooperation and has been operating in Uganda since 1964 to promote sustainable development on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

Energising Development (EnDev) is a global multi-donor partnership implemented in over 20 countries. The programme is funded by the governments of Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and Switzerland. In Uganda, EnDev is implemented by GIZ and collaborates with the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD) to facilitate access to modern energy services for households, social institutions, and MSMEs through market development for solar PV, improved cookstoves (ICS), and higher-tier cooking technologies.

As part of its Productive Use of Energy (PUE) portfolio, EnDev Uganda has supported the development of markets for technologies such as solar irrigation, solar refrigeration, and other enterprise-level solar PV applications. The programme is now expanding its support to underdeveloped solar-powered agro-processing technologies, including solar milling and hulling. To demonstrate their technical and commercial viability, EnDev will establish demonstration sites at selected enterprises across Uganda.

2. Invitation to Bid

GIZ Uganda, through the EnDev programme, invites bids from competent and eligible firms to supply, install, commission, provide user training, and provide after-sales service for solar-powered milling and hulling systems. The systems shall be installed at selected enterprises in Jinja, Mbale, Bugiri, and Lira for demonstration purposes.

3. Obtaining/Downloading Bid Documents & Terms of Reference

Interested and eligible bidders can download detailed bidding documents in soft copy form only from the GIZ Uganda Tender website https://www.giz.de/uganda or scan the QR code below. The tender is effective starting from the date of the first publication of this tender.

4. Seeking Clarification Regarding the Bidding Documents, Tender Terms and Conditions

All requests for clarifications regarding this tendering process must be submitted in writing and addressed to GIZ Uganda via email at procurement-giz-uganda@giz.de at least 5 days before the bid submission deadline. Please include the tender reference number “7000019597. Solar-Powered Systems” in the subject line of your email.

5. Bid Submission

Interested bidders should submit their bids/offers electronically by Tuesday 26th August 2024 at 23:59 PM (EAT) to UGC Quotation@giz.de. Please indicate the tender reference number “7000019597. Solar-Powered Systems” in the subject line of your email.

6. Important Information to Note

• Failure to indicate the tender reference number in the subject may disqualify your offer directly, as it may fail to be received in the tender box.
• Late submissions will not be accepted.
• Only bids submitted to UGC Quotation@giz.de are acceptable.
• Bids submitted with GIZ staff or other GIZ emails in copy shall be rejected.
• You should have placed the offer in PDF. Do not encrypt offers since they may be incompatible with GIZ software.
• Use two separate emails to submit the technical and financial proposals. Submit the technical proposal in one email and the financial proposal in a separate email.
• Only use GIZ’s file transfer service at https://tiletransfer.giz.de for submitting documents that exceed the default mail size of 30 MB. Using other forms of file transfer disqualifies your offer.
• Should you use the file transfer in (g) above, ensure you submit the password before the bid submission deadline date and time to UGC Quotation@giz.de. Failure to provide the password means your offer cannot be opened and will be disqualified automatically.
• The financial offer should be submitted in Uganda Shillings.
• Failure to follow any of the above instructions may result in your offer being encrypted and/or rejected.

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GIZ reserves the right to cancel this process at any stage without informing the providers and without any obligation to refund the providers who will have participated in this tender process.

Disclaimer: GIZ DOES NOT charge any kind of FEES (at any stage of the tendering process).