This assignment is for Individual Consultants/Experts ONLY

The Indo-German Energy Programme (IGEN Access - II) is a bilateral cooperation project carried out by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Indian Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. IGEN Access - II aims to improve the energy supply in rural areas of selected federal states. The IGEN Access - II programme started in April 2019 and is ending in March 2022.

At this early stage, IGEN Access -II is developing and preparing many important projects/concepts which would directly influence its defined outcomes and impacts. Besides providing implementation support to active state Govt. partners (namely Assam and West Bengal), the programme is also mandated to bring onboard several other new States and providing TA to develop State Energy Action Plans. Besides, IGEN Access -II needs to engage different private/development sector partners to open up rural energy market to scale-up dissemination of RE solutions/service. It needs deep inter-sectoral understanding and in-depth knowledge/experience of national/international market and policy trends.

Under this context, the IGEN Access - II programme intends to engage a technical advisor (individual consultant) who is expected to support project manager(s) of the IGEN-Access-II programme to scan the eco-system, design, set up and achieve respective deliverables, combined with effective monitoring and evaluation. IGEN Access -II is also keen to use his/her expertise as a technical back stopper for other program indicator as well as to assist the team on periodically monitor and evaluate progress of the projects which have to be in line with programme’s RBM.

The detailed documentation with regards this call for proposals includes:

• Terms of Reference + Technical Evaluation Grid
• Bidding Conditions
• The General Terms & Conditions of Contracts

Timeline

Posting date: 10^th July, 2019
Deadline to receive queries: 19^th July, 2019
Clarifications to the queries: 24^th July, 2019

The deadline for submission of proposal is: 2^nd August, 2019, by 17.30hrs

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.