Verfahrensangaben

The bilateral programme "Labour market orientation of national TVET and employment policies" (Promoção da Educação Profissional e Emprego, PEPE) aims at increasing the labour market orientation of national TVET and employment policies in Mozambique on policy, strategic, and technical levels. To this end, it will strengthen the capacities and collaboration of public and private stakeholders and support better coordination of planning, implementation and monitoring in the TVET and employment sector. Apart from that, the programme will work on the technical in-service training of professional education teachers and trainers. Thereby, the programme contributes to improved employability of the recipients of vocational training and employment promotion measures in the medium and long term.

By increasing and expanding the TC module through co-financing by the EU as part of the "Skills for Employment" action, the TC module will, in accordance with its systemic approach, promote policy dialogue and strategy development for vocational training and employment promotion, especially in green sectors, and at the same time support the formal vocational training system in the further development and implementation of labour market-oriented training and further education offers in this area. A regional focus will be on the transport corridors in Maputo, Beira and Nampula/Nacala.

The renewable energy sector is associated with great growth potential in the medium term. A central goal of the Mozambican government is 100% electrification of the country by 2030 (from currently less than 50%), with renewable energies making an important contribution, particularly to the electrification of rural areas. In addition, numerous initiatives and (donor) programs are currently promoting market development for renewable energies, especially for the solar sector. However, the formal vocational training system has so far hardly taken appropriate skills and qualification profiles into account, so that further growth in the market is already being hindered by a shortage of skilled workers - even if the quantity is still low.

There is therefore a need for a systematic survey and forecast of short-, medium- and long-term initial training and further education needs and for support to the State Secretariats for Vocational Training (SEETP) and for Youth and Employment (SEJE) in the development of strategies and action plans for the establishment of green professions in the vocational training system with a focus on renewable energies. In addition to advice at policy level, there is also a need for support in the development, accreditation and implementation of selected qualifications at vocational schools in collaboration with the private sector as well as to establish measures that support the professional orientation, career guidance and labour market insertion (wage or self-employment of graduates).

Furthermore, the project aims to mainstream sustainability aspects (e.g. energy & resource efficiency) into selected training occupations in conventional sectors. The focus here is primarily on the transport and logistics sector, which is particularly important for the EU due to synergies with ongoing EU initiatives such as the "Global Gateway for Connectivity".

The module PEPE is part of the Team Europe Initiative (TEI) eYouth and with the new component on TVET and employment promotion in green sectors contributes to the TEI Green Deal.

The subject of this tender is services under Output 4 - demand-oriented vocational education and training offers and support for integration in the labour market in selected sectors supporting the green transformation in Mozambique. The duration of the service contract is around 25 months. The project team will be based in Maputo and Beira, but activities will be carried out nationwide at various TVET institutions.

The tendered services include the following work packages:

- Work package 1: Coordination of a network of actors with relevant partners and advisory on the development of qualification offers in renewable energy, transport and logistics;

- Work package 2: Further training of teachers (ToT) in the field of renewable energies, transport & logistics and elaboration of teaching and learning materials;

- Work package 3: Implementation of courses, including procurement of workshop and laboratory equipment, course advertisement, professional orientation, career guidance, job placement, and tracer studies.

The main implementation partners for Output 4 are the State Secretariat for TVET (Secretaria de Estado do Ensino Técnico-Profissional, SEETP) and the State Secretariat for Youth and Employment (Secretaria de Estado da Juventude e Emprego, SEJE) and subordinate TVET institutes and employment centers. The project will seek active partnerships with the private sector, which will be a crucial partner in mobilizing private sector companies and to ensure their active participation in the implementation of activities.

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.

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.

All communication takes place in English via communication tool in the project area of the procurement portal. Within the framework of the basic project described in the terms of reference, GIZ reserves the right to award contracts for additional services of this type of a comparable scope to the successful tenderer in this procedure by means of a negotiated procedure without a competitive tender, or to enter into a follow-on contract pursuant to the criteria listed in the terms of reference and the other procurement documents. We also reserve the right to award the contract on the basis of initial tenders without entering into negotiations. We also reserve the right, once the initial tenders have been submitted, to make a selection on the basis of the criteria listed in the procurement documents and only to enter into negotiations with the 3 tenderers that received the highest scores. In addition, we reserve the right to conduct the negotiations in consecutive phases with a view to reducing the number of tenders under negotiation on the basis of the contract award criteria specified in the tender documents.