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Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are at a critical moment in its transport decarbonization journey. The transport sector is one of the region"s largest and fastest-growing sources of greenhouse gas emissions, driven by entrenched car dependence, under-investment in public transit, high exposure to urban air pollution, and unequal access to mobility. While many countries have abundant low-carbon electricity sources (hydro, wind, solar) and growing political commitment to climate goals - for instance, zero emission targets for fleet acquisition and operation - the conditions for scaling e-mobility are not yet in place: pilots and early adopters are evident, but high capital costs, regulatory uncertainty, and infrastructure gaps continue to constrain large-scale deployment.
Often the barriers to establishing these conditions are related to the following key challenges: regulatory, policy & institutional gaps; high upfront costs & financing barriers; technical know-how & operational capacity; infrastructure & grid readiness; and equity, gender & social inclusion.
The E-Motion Program is commissioned by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF) and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) as accredited entities, executing entities, and co-financiers for the Financial Assistance (FA). GIZ takes part in the program as the executing entity for Technical Assistance (TA). The TA is integrated into the Mobilize Net Zero Project of the International Climate Initiative (IKI). In the program, GIZ implements large parts of the TA, while CAF and AFD are mainly implementing the FA.
E-Motion represents one of the most comprehensive regional efforts to decarbonize the transport sector in LAC. It is anchored in two complementary parts: sub-program 1, implemented by GIZ and AFD in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Peru; and sub-program 2, implemented by GIZ and CAF in Panama, Paraguay and Uruguay. Together, they constitute a multi-country platform supporting the transition toward low-carbon, inclusive, and resilient transport systems. They combine policy and institutional strengthening with investment in e-mobility infrastructure and fleets, creating the enabling conditions for large-scale transformation.
The program addresses key challenges and structural barriers that hinder the large-scale deployment of e-mobility in fleets in LAC, with primary focus on buses and their supporting infrastructure but also dealing with fleets of light commercial vehicles (LCV). E-Motion"s objective is to translate climate ambition into practical transformation, building the institutional, financial, and technical foundations that enable countries to move from framework to fleet. Its TA and FA model strengthens governance, mobilizes investment, builds capacities, and delivers concrete e-mobility solutions on the ground.
GIZ intends to contract a service provider to implement and support the TA activities of the program, while working in close contact with the GIZ team and program partners. Thus, the contractor will perform activities related to 5 core areas:
- policy, governance and regulation for building coherent, inclusive, and harmonized policy frameworks
- market development, finance and business models to enable financial viability and to mobilize investment
- infrastructure, energy and technology for large-scale e-mobility deployment
- fleet deployment and operations bringing e-mobility into practice through large-scale fleet deployment
- capacity development, awareness and knowledge exchange building institutional, industry and human capacities

The Consultant"s team combines strategic management, technical expertise, and operational support, complemented by flexible expert pools that ensure responsiveness to the program"s multi-country and multi-sectoral nature. The contractor is responsible for providing the following work packages. The activities listed in each work packages are indicative, and other activities can be added to the scope of each work package. Not all activities are relevant for each country and might be requested by only a specific country or a number of countries. Specific objectives and impacts that shall be achieved and how this will be measured as well as the deliverables will be defined in a Request for Service.
Work Package 1: Policy, Governance and Regulation
In this work package, the contractor"s role focuses on building coherent, inclusive, and harmonized policy frameworks that enable the large-scale adoption of e-mobility. The activities involve strengthening national and local institutions, supporting regulatory development, and ensuring that equity, gender, social inclusion, and just transition principles are embedded in policy and regulatory frameworks.
Work Package 2: Market Development, Finance and Business Models
The contractor works to enable financial viability and to mobilize investment by designing and/or improving sustainable business models, fiscal frameworks, and territorial assessments. This work package contributes to the objective that e-mobility markets are ready to scale, attractive for private investment, and financially sustainable.
Work Package 3: Infrastructure, Energy and Technology
This work package ensures that technical and infrastructure systems are in place for large-scale e-mobility deployment. It focuses on charging and depot infrastructure, renewable integration, grid readiness, interoperability, circular economy approaches for batteries, and integration with urban mobility improvements.
Work Package 4: Fleet Deployment and Operations
In this work package, the contractor role focuses on bringing e-mobility into practice through large-scale real-world fleet deployment in public transport, municipal services, and logistics. This work package aims to develop and support procurement processes, O&M systems, and scaling models to ensure replicable solutions.
Work Package 5: Capacity Development, Awareness and Knowledge Exchange
In this work package the contractor role focuses on building institutional, industry and human capacities, while fostering knowledge creation and exchange at regional and national levels. The contractor should also work to raise public awareness, strengthen ownership of the e-mobility transition, and promote regional and local supply chain improvements.
Work packages 1-5 are implemented by three expert pools that ensure flexibility and technical depth.
- Pool 1 - Senior Experts with International Experience: 4 to 8 experts (in total up to 800 expert days) in finance, business models, SME development, energy systems, and battery and charging infrastructure. They provide international know-how for activities related to market development, finance and business models; and infrastructure, energy and technology, by developing bankable solutions and technical standards for large-scale e-mobility.
- Pool 2 - Senior Experts with Regional Experience: 7 to 15 experts (in total up to 2800 expert days) in policy, legal, gender, finance, infrastructure, and urban mobility. They ensure contextualized regional expertise to support activities in policy, governance and regulation; market development, finance and business models; infrastructure, energy and technology; and fleet deployment and operations, by focusing on regulation, incentives, and institutional reforms.
- Pool 3 - Junior Experts with Regional Experience: 6 to 15 experts (in total up to 2400 expert days) in procurement, gender, fleet operations, training, communication, and social impact. They support activities related to policy, governance and regulation; fleet deployment and operations; and capacity development, awareness and knowledge exchange, by implementing awareness campaigns, training programs, and operational design and management.
Work Package 6: Contract Management, Overarching tasks and responsibilities
The contractor will be actively involved in contract management, ensuring all aspects of the contract are managed efficiently and in accordance with the ToR. The Project Management Team ensures the strategic, technical, administrative and operational steering of the contract and encompasses three experts:
- The Team Leader assumes overall responsibility for project coordination, quality assurance, financial oversight, and communication with GIZ. With at least 10 years of international management experience in multi-stakeholder projects, this expert ensures methodological coherence and strategic alignment across work packages.
- The Senior Technical Expert on E-Mobility provides high-level technical advice on fleet electrification, charging infrastructure, and energy systems, ensuring consistency and complementarity in project design and implementation. The expert combines 10 years of transport and mobility experience with advanced competence in quality assurance of studies, policy drafts, training materials, and reports.
- The Project Officer ensures operational continuity through administrative backstopping and support on logistical and financial management. With over 5 years of experience in project administration and familiarity with GIZ processes, the expert supports reporting, contracting, and coordination.
This personnel structure ensures strategic leadership, technical excellence, and operational flexibility. It enables access to the right expertise efficiently and adaptation of inputs and deliverables to evolving project needs in alignment with the program"s objectives, regional diversity, and quality standards.

Regional - Latin America and Caribbean (LAC)

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.

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