Tender Notice Terms of Reference (ToR) for engaging a firm of consultants for a large scale mini grids study in India

The Access to Energy Programme under the Indo-German Energy Programme (IGEN-Access) is a bilateral technical co-operation measure between the Federal Ministry for Economic Co- operation and Development (BMZ), Germany and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India. The project aims at improving the sector environment for inclusive rural energy enterprises. The IGEN-Access project is currently being implemented in four states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal. The programme is being implemented over a period of four years (March 2015 – March 2019). BMZ has commissioned GIZ with the implementation of the project. GIZ is a federal enterprise based in Eschborn and Bonn, Germany.

The IGEN-Access programme intends to engage a firm of consultant to carry out large scale basic research of the mini-grid sector in India and will especially provide insights in community and privately operated mini-grids (challenges, approaches, financing, profitability, etc.)

The firm of consultants will apply two major research methodologies: qualitative research and quantitative research. Through the quantitative research the systematic, objective and standardised measurement of real and empiric facts will be achieved. Qualitative research techniques shall be used to obtain subjective data which allows to interpret the captured quantitative data and to discover additional phenomena.

The detailed documentation with regards to this call for proposals includes –

• Terms of Reference
• Technical Evaluation Grid
• Grid for Assessing the Eligibility of Firms
• Bidding Conditions
• General Terms & Conditions of Contracts

Timeline
Deadline to receive queries	: 3rd September, 2018
Clarifications to the queries	: 6th September, 2018
The deadline for submission of proposal is	: 14th September, 2018 by 17.30hrs

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GIZ reserves the right to cancel/modify this tender and /or reject a bid document including subsequently a technical and financial proposal, without assigning any reasons.