As an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations, the federally owned Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH supports the German Government in achieving its development-policy objectives. It provides viable, forward-looking solutions for political, economic, ecological and social development in a globalized world. GIZ promotes complex reforms and change processes. Its corporate objective is to improve people’s living conditions on a sustainable basis.

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, is announcing the following:

Call for expressions of interest

The GIZ Office in Kosovo is planning to launch a tender for “Development of the System for Licensing of Architects and Engineers” and is asking service providers to submit an expression of interest for participating in the tendering process. The objective of this tender is to procure the services of a qualified contractor to develop, implement, and support a comprehensive software solution for the Chambers of Architects and Engineers. This system will serve as a robust and secure platform that digitizes and automates the Chambers' core functions with regards to licencing of architects and engineers, including licensing, continuous education, disciplinary proceedings, insurance management, internships, and financial operations.

Interested service providers (companies) are invited to submit the following:

1) General overview or description of the organization (max 2 pages)

2) Proof of legal status (registration specifying field of services and/or certification documentation); Service provider’s details (name, postal address bank information, etc.);

3) Average annual turnover for the last three fiscal years, at least 115,000 Euros/annually. Confirmations from the Tax Administration of Kosova are required.

4) Average number of employees and managers for the past three calendar years: at least 5 people. Confirmations from the Tax Administration of Kosova are required.

5) Proven experience in software development with the Government institutions within the last 3 years (two signed reference letters) and

6) Proven experience working in different projects in Kosovo (two references/projects in the last three years)

All documents must be submitted in English language but do not need to be verified by a court translator and simple copy of documents is sufficient. All documents must be submitted in English language.

Interested companies are invited to submit their electronic application in English language. The deadline for submitting the application is 15.01.2025 until 15:00h, via email at: procurement.kosovo@giz.de , titled/labelled as “83479353 - Licensing System for Architects and Engineers.”

Please note that:

• Bids must be submitted in pdf format.
• The size of emails for quotation is limited to 20 MB. In case the quotations exceed the maximum data size, quotation documents must be sent via filetransfer.giz.de
• You should use the reference number 83479353, otherwise we cannot consider your offer

After the evaluation of received expressions of interest, the chosen companies will be contacted and invited to take part in the tender. GIZ shall not bear any costs and expenses incurred by any bidder during the tender procedure and shall retain right to accept or refuse completely any offer, annul, or repeat the procedure at any time before the execution of a contract, holding at the same time no liability towards the bidders, and shall have no responsibility to provide reasons for such decision. The tender dossier will be sent only to short listed service providers.