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 of GIZ intends to engage a firm to conduct a safeguard analysis in the context of environment and climate change adaptation.

The IGEN-ACCESS programme is preparing for a follow up phase which would be IGEN-ACCESS – Phase 2. As a part of Follow-up phase planning, a safeguard analysis has to be performed in the context of environment and Climate Change adaptation. The purpose of the analysis is to help our projects and programmes to be designed to be as sustainable as possible in all their impacts. The aim of the safeguards in the areas of the environment and climate is to ensure that environmental and climate aspects are systematically considered in the planning and implementation of GIZ’s development measures.

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

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

Timeline

Deadline to receive queries: 1^st March, 2018
Clarifications to the queries: 6^th March, 2018

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.