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Call for Proposals
ՄԱՆՐԱՄԱՍՆ ՆԿԱՐԱԳՐՈւԹՅՈւՆ՝ 
GIZ intends to award the contract to a local company for the Economic Empowerment of Women and Youth in Areni Community. The detailed Terms of Reference (ToR) of the assignment in English is attached to this announcement.
If you are awarded the contract, you are not excluded from bidding for the implementation of the following project phase. However, a prerequisite for participation in a subsequent tender is that you do not benefit from your involvement in the previous contract and that the equal treatment of all bidders is ensured.
Context
"Economic and social participation of the vulnerable displaced and local population in the South Caucasus" (EPIC) is a regional South Caucasus project, commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). In Armenia the project was launched in October 2018.
The project in Armenia serves the following objectives:
a) improve the overall framework conditions in the country for economic and social
integration of vulnerable displaced and local populations through strengthening
capacities of state and non-state actors;
b) increase income opportunities for the target group, especially for women and young
people, through increasing their employability skills and improving business
development opportunities for them;
c) create new economic perspectives for vulnerable displaced women, refugee women,
women in refugee-like situation and local women;
d) empower the target group, especially youth and women, and their organizations to
promote change in their communities;
e) strengthen capacities for gender-, inclusion-, context- and conflict-sensitive dialogues
between state and non-state actors and the target group.
EPIC is highly committed to gender equality and promotes women’s economic empowerment, social integration, and participation within their communities.
With the recent geopolitical shifts in the region, including the proximity of the Areni Community to the border, local communities face economic challenges which may increase migration flows from the regions, particularly among the youth. Targeted actions are needed to address the existing challenges. The proposed measure is designed to empower the Areni Community and enhance women’s and youth’s employability and economic resilience by equipping them with new skills to secure meaningful employment and socio-economic stability.
This measure will enable women and youth to start their careers in the Hotel, Restaurant, Café (HoReCa) sector, more specifically hotels since it is one of the stigmatized fields for them. It will not only provide knowledge and necessary skills in tourism, but also develop their self-confidence and network, through which they will start accepting the job offers.
Objective, relevance, tasks and deliverables
a. Objective
The measure aims at supporting economic empowerment of women and youth (including
displaced women and youth from NK) in Areni community, through provision of (1) trainings
on tourism/hospitality development with a focus on service provision in HoReCa sphere, (2) English language courses and (3) gender sensitization sessions.
Relevance
Areni community includes 9 villages (Agarakadzor, Aghavnadzor, Areni, Arpi, Gnishik, Yelpin, Khachik, Chiva and Rind villages) located in Vayots Dzor region, which is the smallest region in Armenia. The total population of Areni is 11,412. While it has rich cultural heritage and attractive landscape for tourism development, economic opportunities in the region are limited, particularly for the women and youth. Tourism has the potential to drive economic growth and employment in Areni, therefore with necessary knowledge and skills women and youth can tap into this potential fully.
This measure aims to address these issues by focusing on three key areas: increasing
women’s and youth’s employability in the tourism sector, enhancing English language skills, and promoting gender sensitization. The measure will be implemented in close collaboration with the Ministry of Economy of RA (MOE).
This initiative aligns with the RA Government’s Programme for 2021-2026, where strong
emphasis is placed on the development of tourism sector as a key driver for economic growth. Furthermore, the importance of human capital development is also addressed, underscoring the Government’s recognition of human rights for education and job creation as instrumental forces in fostering sustainable economic growth. The creation of job opportunities for the local youth and women is pivotal in averting the migration flows and fostering socio-economic stability within the community.
Tasks to be performed by the contractor
The contractor is responsible for providing the following services:
- Developing curricula on hospitality and English language, Gender sensitization
component will be delivered by GIZ expert;
- Developing clear selection criteria and methodology for enrolment of up to 100
participants from the mentioned community;
- Delivering targeted training courses in the selected community for the target groups;
- Establishing partnerships with local educational institutions, potential employers, and
community-based organizations to ensure the sustainability of the intervention;
- Monitoring and reporting.
Coordination and communication
The hired company reports to the GIZ Project Team Leader. The company will coordinate
closely in all technical issues with GIZ team. All activities must be agreed with the GIZ team.
Materials to be provided by the selected company:
- Detailed curricula and learning plan on the requested directions,
- List of Participants,
- Progress Report, photos,
- Monitoring plan. Throughout the implementation, the selected company will also fill in
the monitoring documents (Logical Frame, Databases). The documents and
coordination will be provided by the monitoring team with pre- and post-evaluation
forms.
Working languages:
- Armenian – conducting internal meetings and consultations with target groups,
representatives of the community authorities and local stakeholders;
- English - progress and final reports submitted to GIZ.
Certain milestones, as laid out in the table (see the ToR file attached below ), are to be achieved during the contract term.
Concept
In the tender, the tenderer is required to show how the objectives defined in Chapter 2
(Tasks to be performed) are to be achieved, if applicable under consideration of further
method-related requirements (technical-methodological concept). In addition, the tenderer
must describe the project management system for service provision.
Note: The numbers in parentheses correspond to the lines of the technical assessment grid.
Technical-methodological concept
Strategy (1.1): The tenderer is required to consider the tasks to be performed with reference to the objectives of the services put out to tender (see Chapter 1 Context) (1.1.1). Following this, the tenderer presents and justifies the explicit strategy with which it intends to provide the services for which it is responsible (see Chapter 2 Tasks to be performed) (1.1.2). The tenderer is required to present the actors relevant for the services for which it is responsible and describe the cooperation (1.2) with them.
The tenderer is required to present and explain its approach to steering the measures with
the project partners (1.3.1) and its contribution to the results-based monitoring system
(1.3.2).
The tenderer is required to describe the key processes for the services for which it is
responsible and create an operational plan or schedule (1.4.1) that describes how the
services according to Chapter 2 (Tasks to be performed by the contractor) are to be
provided. In particular, the tenderer is required to describe the necessary work steps and, if
applicable, take account of the milestones and contributions of other actors (partner
contributions) in accordance with Chapter 2 (Tasks to be performed) (1.4.2).
The tenderer is required to describe its contribution to knowledge management for the
partner (1.5.1) and GIZ and to promote scaling-up effects (1.5.2) under learning and
innovation.
Project management of the contractor (1.6)
The tenderer is required to explain its approach for coordination with the GIZ project. In
particular, the project management requirements specified in Chapter 2 (Tasks to be
performed by the contractor) must be explained in detail.
The tenderer is required to draw up a personnel assignment plan with explanatory notes
that lists all the experts proposed in the tender; the plan includes information on assignment dates (duration and expert months) and locations of the individual members of the team complete with the allocation of work steps as set out in the schedule.
Further requirements (1.7)
Economic empowerment of women and youth in Areni community has to be conducted
taking into account the capacities and needs of local population (considering gender equality and gender ratio while selecting the participants) in close consultations with all the relevant stakeholders and responsible authorities.
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The company needs to meet the following requirements:
- A documented path of experience with at least five years in the fields of conducting
trainings as well as in the topics of inclusive growth, socioeconomic development and
employment support measures;
- Proven ability to access networks and individuals of the economic and social sectors in
Armenia;
- Excellent understanding of and ability to meet the demands and standards of an
institution of international development cooperation;
- Excellent understanding of how to approach and communicate with private
businesses/start-ups, intermediaries, international organisations, government and state
institutions;
- Structured, efficient, transparent and professional way of cooperation and
communication, especially in case of applying as a consultancy company;
- Experience on gender mainstreaming is a strong asset;
- Creative and innovate approaches for substantial and user-friendly publications and
presentations.
Personnel concept
The tenderer is required to provide personnel who are suited to filling the positions
described, on the basis of their CVs (see Chapter 7), the range of tasks involved and the
required qualifications.
The below-specified qualifications represent the requirements to reach the maximum number of points in the technical assessment.
Key expert/Team Leader
Tasks of key expert/Team Leader
- Overall responsibility for the advisory packages of the contractor (quality and deadlines);
- Coordinating and ensuring communication with GIZ, partners and others involved in the
project;
- Personnel management, in particular identifying the need for short-term assignments
within the available budget, as well as planning and steering assignments and supporting
local short-term experts;
- Regular reporting in accordance with deadlines.
Qualifications of key expert/Team Leader
- Education/training (2.1.1): University degree in Tourism/Hospitality Management, Social
Science, Economics or other relevant field;
- Language (2.1.2): At least B2-level language proficiency in English;
- General professional experience (2.1.3): 8 years of professional experience in the fields
of capacity development and economic empowerment;
- Specific professional experience (2.1.4): 8 years of professional experience in conducting
awareness-raising campaigns, trainings and seminars on a community level;
- Leadership/ management experience (2.1.5): 5 years of management/leadership
experience as a project team leader;
- Development cooperation (DC) experience (2.1.7): 7 years of experience in DC projects.
Short-term expert pool with minimum 2, maximum 3 members
For the technical assessment, an average of the qualifications of all specified members of
the expert pool is calculated. Please send a CV for each pool member (see Chapter 7 in the ToR file below attached, Requirements on the format of the bid) for the assessment.
Tasks of the short-term expert pool
- Developing curricula and delivering targeted training courses focused on:
a. hospitality/tourism-related skills,
b. English language proficiency.
- Developing clear selection criteria and methodology for enrolment of up to 100 participants from the mentioned community;
- Delivering targeted training courses in the selected community for the target groups;
- Support in establishing partnerships with local educational institutions, potential
employers, and community-based organizations to ensure the sustainability of the
intervention;
- Support in monitoring and reporting.
Qualifications of the short-term expert pool
- Education/ training (2.2.1): University degree in Hospitality/Tourism Management,
Languages, Social Science, Economics or other relevant field;
- Language (2.2.2): At least B2-level language proficiency in English;
- General professional experience (2.2.3): 5 years of professional experience in the fields
of conducting trainings and capacity-building initiatives;
- Development cooperation (DC) experience (2.2.6): 3 years of experience in DC projects
particularly on community level.
The tenderer must provide a clear overview of all proposed short-term experts and their
individual qualifications.
Costing requirements can be found in the ToR file attached below the announcements.
Requirements on the format of the tender
The structure of the tender must correspond to the structure of the ToRs. In particular, the
detailed structure of the concept (Chapter 3) should be organised in accordance with the
positively weighted criteria in the assessment grid (not with zero). The tender must be legible (font size 11 or larger) and clearly formulated. It must be drawn up in English.
The complete tender must not exceed 10 pages (excluding CVs). If one of the maximum
page lengths is exceeded, the content appearing after the cut-off point will not be included in the assessment. External content (e.g. links to websites) will also not be considered.
The CVs of the personnel proposed in accordance with Chapter 4 of the ToRs must be
submitted using the format specified in the terms and conditions for application. The CVs
shall not exceed 4 pages each. They must clearly show the position and job the proposed
person held in the reference project and for how long. The CVs can also be submitted in
English.
Please calculate your financial tender based exactly on the parameters specified in
Chapter 5 Quantitative requirements. The contractor is not contractually entitled to use up
the days, trips, workshops or budgets in full. The number of days, trips and workshops and
the budgets will be contractually agreed as maximum limits. The specifications for pricing are defined in the price schedule.
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If you are interested in performing this work, please submit a bid in accordance with the GIZ bidding conditions described below till 15 March 2024, 17:00 (date of receipt at GIZ). Proposals received after the deadline will not be considered. Your bid should be submitted electronically.
Electronical offer
Your bid, comprising the technical offer (company’s background, relevant experience, CVs of involved experts etc.) and the financial offer (signed document, including the number of working days of each expert) must be clearly marked as such, and submitted as two
separate emails. Please send your bid to: ************@***.** with the following subject line:
- For technical offer with the subject line: 83460424 Technical Offer
- For financial offer with the subject line: 83460424 Financial Offer
All documents must be submitted in PDF format. Please do not put any other recipient in a copy. The technical offer must always be separate from the financial offer. Technical and Financial offers should be submitted in English language.
Electronical Financial offer
The proposal package is to be submitted in AMD. The payment will be done in local currency. Tax and customs privileges shall apply to this procurement. Please take this into consideration while preparing your company’s offer. The Tax Identification Number
of GIZ is: 02898241.
Procedural questions
Please address any commercial, technical and procedural questions at an early stage. Questions will be answered if they are received at the latest two working days before the closing of the tender. Questions must be raised in writing by email only to:
Mrs. Kristine Ghambaryan
email: ********.**********@***.**
Evaluation of Offer can be found in ToR file attached below the announcement.
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ToR - 83460424RevisedToR.pdf
Call for Proposals - 83460424CallForProposals.pdf
Assessment Grid - 83460424AssessmentGrid.pdf
General Terms and Conditions of Contract in English - 83460424AVBlocalMarch2022EN.pdf
General Terms and Conditions of Contract in Armenian - 83460424AVBlocalMarch2022AM.pdf