1. GENERAL CONDITIONS
1.1 Requester: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), Office Tirana, Rr. Asim Zeneli, 6/10
1.2 Profile:
The GIZ Program for “Sustainable Economic and Regional Development, Employment Promotion and Vocational Education and Training” in Albania (GIZ ProSEED 2.0), implemented on behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, has the overarching objective that the “employment situation in Albania has improved, including digital and green elements”.
The programme is structured in four areas of action/outputs:
(1) Integrating green or digital elements in qualification measures for job seekers,
(2) improving the competitiveness of MSMEs in employment-related sectors by promoting the use of digital or green elements,
(3) stabilizing employment in MSMEs, whitch are at risk due to the pandemic and
(4) improving the capacities of relevant national ministries and authorities for the development of employment-related strategies related to digitalisation or green economic development.
2. SUBJECT
ProSEED programme invites qualified entities/ consortia to express their interest and submit proposals for implementing “ConnectIT Phase 2 - Connecting students and MSMEs to digitize business processes”. The aim of #ConnectIT programme is to utilize the technical assistance of academia and IT students for the digitalization of selected business processes. Following the success of the precedent ConnectIT pilot, implemented under EU for Innovation, tenderers are requested to scale-up ConnectIT in its 2nd phase, at the interface between academia and businesses, involving more students and MSMEs than ever before.
The ConnectIT activity is foreseen from 1 October 2022 to 30 September 2023 or up to 12 months from start of contract if the start can be realized before 1 October 2022.
3. ELIGIBILITY
Participation is open to all legal companies which are effectively established in Albania. It is desirable, but not necessary, that the bidder provides the services of this intervention in a consortium with other consulting companies or legal entities such as universities, NGOs etc.
Commercial eligibility criteria:
- Average annual turnover for the last three financial years – at least 80.000 EUR
- Average number of employees and managers for the past three years – at least 3 persons
The company is required to provide a team of experts that are suited to fill the following positions:
· National short-term team leader
· National short-term project coordinator
· National short-term communication & visibility advisor
· International short-term expert
· Short-term expert pool with 5-10 National IT professor
All companies interested in the application process should ask for tender documents ref.no. 83416540 to the address: [email protected], latest by 24.08.2022.
4. DEADLINE
The due date for submitting the application is 30.08.2022.
The documents should be submitted in sealed envelope, marked Ref. No. 83416540 “ConnectIT Phase 2”, addressed to:
German Development Cooperation Office (GIZ), Office in Tirana,
Rr. Asim Zeneli, Nd. 6/10
Tiranë
After the due date for submitting the bids, the process of evaluation will follow.
All written communication for this procedure and the following successful ones must be in English.
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