Expression of Interest (EOI): Supply of Tailoring Equipment

Reference number: 91188335

Background

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a federally owned international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. The GIZ Office in Kigali covers GIZ’s portfolio in Rwanda and Burundi. GIZ Rwanda/Burundi implements projects on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the European Union and other commissioning authorities in the following priority areas: Sustainable Economic Development; Good Governance; Climate, Energy and Sustainable Urban Development; Digitalization and Digital Economy; and regional projects in the Great Lakes Region.

Under the brand Invest for Jobs, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) put together a package of measures to support local and international companies in investment activities that have a high employment impact in its African partner countries. The Special Initiative “Decent Work for a Just Transition”, its official title, offers comprehensive advice, contacts, and financial support to overcome investment barriers.  

Its objective is to team up with companies, to offer comprehensive advice, contacts and financial support to overcome investment barriers, to improve the competitiveness of small and medium sized enterprises and to eventually create good jobs and improve working conditions and social protection in eight African partner countries, including Rwanda. Invest for Jobs is implemented by GIZ, amongst other implementing partners.  

In Rwanda, GIZ implements Invest for Jobs via the project: “Job Partnerships and SME Promotion”. The project was launched in June 2019 and runs until April 2027. For more information, see www.invest-for-jobs.com. 

Despite good economic growth (2023: + 8.2 %) and a declining unemployment rate (2023: 17.2 %, - 3.3 percentage points compared to 2022), Rwanda's economic growth is insufficient in terms of employment and poverty reduction, particularly regarding the 250,000 people who need to be integrated into the labour market each year.

To tackle this challenge, the Special Initiative Invest for Jobs implements investment and employment promotion measures in Rwanda, focusing specifically on identifying and reducing investment barriers, and promoting small and medium sized enterprises. Activities are monitored and evaluated at the level of direct beneficiaries (i.e., international and local companies, their employees, job seekers), measuring employment and competitiveness effects.

The project’s objective and approach are aligned with Rwanda’s key development strategies such as the country’s Vision 2050 and the second National Strategy for Transformation (2024-2029) (NST 2). Amongst others, these documents target the creation of 250,000 decent and productive jobs annually, seek to improve technical and vocational education and training, and foster the Made in Rwanda strategy.

It is against this background that GIZ is looking for a reputed and experienced company to supply the following needed tailoring items:

Note : detailed specifications of items are provided in the annex 1.

Procedure

The assessment is divided into three stages: Eligibility check, technical assessment, and financial evaluation:

Eligibility criteria

Participating companies must meet the following eligibility criteria:

• The company must have a minimum experience of 3 years in Rwanda supplying similar equipment.  3 Letters of Reference must be provided.

• The company must possess a valid registration certificate (issued by RDB), VAT certificate (issued by RRA) and tax clearance certificate (issued by RRA).

• The company must confirm in writing that the offer is valid until at least 30 days after the submission period has ended.

Please submit the documentary evidence for the above criteria. Non-submission/Partial submission of documents mentioned above by any supplier will lead to a rejection of the entire offer.

Technical offer

Technical assessment will be based on the technical specifications provided in the table above against technical specifications of the items proposed by the supplier.

• The bidders are encouraged to include a company profile that displays they fulfil the eligibility requirements.
• For a bidder to be technical eligible, the technical specification of each item proposed must meet the minimum specifications requirements as described in the attached annex 1.
• The bidder should include pictures and clear/complete technical specifications of the items in their bid

Financial offer

• The financial evaluation will be done only in respect of those firms, which meet the eligibility criteria and the technical requirements.
• Financial offer must indicate the unit price of each item and total price as per quantities given. The offer must be in RWF and VAT exclusive, if applicable (The amount of the offer will be regarded as exclusive of VAT in the case where there is no information about VAT).

Other conditions:

• Delivery place: should be delivered as per the addresses listed by the items
• Delivery period: The contractor is expected to deliver the items within 2 weeks at the latest from the time they receive the local purchase order (LPO).
• Payment: GIZ will not issue any advance payments. After delivery and billing, payment will be made within 15 days.

 Submission of the offer

Your offer must be submitted to RW_Quotation@giz.de until latest 15.06.2025 with the subject: “91188335-Company name”.

The offers must be sent in one email with two separate files in PDF format (Financial and Technical) as attachments. The technical offer must include eligibility documents above listed and technical specifications of items proposed with pictures. The price must not be included in technical offer. 

If the emails exceed the default email size of 30MB, offers can be exceptionally submitted through https://filetransfer.giz.de/, as indicated. The subject of recipient notification must be edited with the subject “91188335-Company name”” and the notification message must include the password to access the files.

Offers submitted through any other sharing platform, as google documents or similar will not be considered.

Without the subject mentioned, your offer may not be considered

Offers submitted in hard copy will not be considered.

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