Verfahrensangaben

The Overall Objective (impact) of the Action is to support Montenegro in successfully conducting the process of EU accession.

The Specific Objective (outcome) of the Action is to strengthen capacities of the Government of Montenegro for meeting EU accession requirements, including effective alignment of legislation and implementation of key reforms, and the obligations of EU membership.

The Outputs to be delivered by this Action contributing to the corresponding Specific Objective (Outcome) are:

- Output 1: Strengthened institutional leadership, policy and decision making to effective-ly manage the EU accession process.

- Output 2: Enhanced technical capacities for fulfilling EU requirements. The Action "EU Support to Enhance Montenegro's Capacity for Accession and Reforms Implementation (EU-EMPOWER-ME)" is co-financed by the European Union (IPA III) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and im-plemented by GIZ.

Further details in section 1 of the ToR.

This service contract will provide a flexible mechanism for rapid mobilisation of EU expertise to support Montenegro's overall EU accession process, with a primary focus on the EU acquis clusters Internal Market and Competitiveness and Inclusive Growth. The support shall address chapter-specific closing benchmarks and wider accession obligations, while ensuring that private-sector impacts are analysed and integrated through structured cooperation with private sector organisations (e.g. CEM, MEF) and other stakeholders.

The contractor is expected to bring an institutional approach and a strong EU network: mobilising experienced practitioners and specialised experts from Germany and other EU Member States, as well as facilitating peer-to-peer cooperation with relevant institutions and organisa-tions. The approach shall ensure rapid response to identified needs, high-quality outputs, and systematic knowledge transfer to Montenegrin counterparts.

Overall objective:

To provide rapid, needs-driven mobilisation of high-quality EU expertise to support Montenegro in meeting EU accession requirements, closing benchmarks and preparing institutions for the obligations of EU membership, with a primary focus on the EU acquis clusters Internal Market and Competitiveness and Inclusive Growth and on private-sector impacts.

Specific objectives:

- Support the EU Empower implementation and thus assist the Ministry of European Affairs (MEA) as the key partner institution and line ministries/agencies in addressing closing benchmarks and key EC findings in priority chapters, including through targeted analyses, drafting inputs and implementation support.

- Support Montenegro's preparedness for EU membership obligations (transposition, im-plementation and enforcement; administrative capacity; participation in EU institutions and Single Market-related processes) through practical, hands-on expert support and knowledge transfer.

- Ensure that private-sector impacts are systematically assessed and reflected in reforms in the focus clusters, including by strengthening evidence-based contri-butions from PSOs and structured public-private dialogue.

- Mobilise peer practitioners and specialised experts from Germany and other EU Member States to deliver short-term and targeted support packages aligned with the Action's Outputs.

- Ensure rapid response, quality assurance and effective coordination of expert deployments and deliverables based on the list of identified needs shared by the EU-EMPOWER-ME project and MEA.

Further details in section 2 of the ToR.

Es handelt sich um ein Verhandlungsverfahren ohne Teilnahmewettbewerb mit nur einem Bieter nach § 14 Abs. 4 Nr. 2 Buchstabe b VgV. Eine Gewichtung der Zuschlagskriterien war aus diesem Grund nicht erforderlich. Die Auswertung der Zuschlagskriterien wurde auf eine Prüfung der technischen Erfüllung der Anforderungen an das Personal und das Fachkonzept beschränkt.

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 section 7 of 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.
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.

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