Invitation To Tender For Strengthening The Capacity Of Cooperatives And Smes In Governance, Leadership, Financial Management And Strategic Linkages at GIZ

TENDER REFERENCE NO: 83491538

Name of Project: Sustainable Agriculture for Forest Ecosystems (SAFE)

1. Background
   The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is the German federal company for international cooperation and has been operating in Uganda since 1964 to promote sustainable development on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

2. Invitation to Bid
   GIZ Uganda through the Sustainable Agriculture for Forest Ecosystems (SAFE) project invites bids from competent and eligible firms to provide consultancy services in “Strengthening the capacity of 20 cooperatives and 50 SMEs in governance, leadership and financial management skills and link them to access credit and export markets.”

3. Requesting for Tender Documents and Terms of Reference
   Interested and eligible bidders can obtain detailed bidding documents in soft copy form only. To request the bidding documents please send an email to procurement-giz-ugandagiz.de/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(59, 130, 246); transition: box-shadow 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1); border-radius: 6.858px; border-width: 1.11111px 2.22222px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); margin-left: -3px; margin-right: -3px; text-decoration: none; position: relative;">procurement-giz-ugandagiz.de starting from the date of the first publication of this tender. Ensure that you include the tender reference number 83491538: Strengthen the capacity of cooperatives and SMEs in the subject line of your email.

4. Seeking Clarification Regarding the Bidding Documents, Tender Terms and Conditions
   All requests for clarification regarding this tendering process must be submitted in writing and addressed to GIZ Uganda via email at procurement-giz-ugandagiz.de/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(59, 130, 246); transition: box-shadow 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1); border-radius: 6.858px; border-width: 1.11111px 2.22222px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); margin-left: -3px; margin-right: -3px; text-decoration: none; position: relative;">procurement-giz-ugandagiz.de at least 5 days before the bid submission deadline. Please include the tender reference 83491538: Strengthen the capacity of cooperatives and SMEs in the subject line of your email.

5. Bid Submission Deadline
   Interested bidders should submit their bids electronically by 10.08.2025 at 4:00 PM (EAT) to UG_Quotationgiz.de/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(59, 130, 246); transition: box-shadow 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1); border-radius: 6.858px; border-width: 1.11111px 2.22222px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); margin-left: -3px; margin-right: -3px; text-decoration: none; position: relative;">UG_Quotationgiz.de. Please indicate the tender reference 83491538: Strengthen the capacity of cooperatives and SMEs in the subject line of your email.

6. Important information to Note
   a. Failure to indicate the tender reference number in the subject may disqualify your offer directly as it may fail to be received in the tender box.
   b. Late submissions will not be accepted.
   c. Only bids submitted to UG_Quotationgiz.de are acceptable.
   d. Bids submitted with GIZ staff or other GIZ emails in copy shall be rejected.
   e. Bids should only be submitted in PDF and ZIP folders to ensure compatibility with GIZ software.
   f. Do not encrypt offers since they may be incompatible with GIZ software.
   g. Use two separate emails to submit the technical and financial proposals. Submit the technical proposals including the eligibility documents in one email and the financial proposal in a separate email.
   h. Only use GIZ’s file transfer service at https://filetransfer.giz.de/ for submitting attachments that exceed the default file size of 30 MB. Using other forms of file transfer capabilities is not allowed.
   i. Should you use file transfer in (h) above, ensure you submit the password before the bid submission deadline date and time. Failure to provide the password, your offer cannot be opened and will be disqualified automatically.
   j. The financial offer should be submitted in Uganda Shillings.
   k. Failure to follow any of the above instructions may result in your offer being disqualified and/or rejected.

GIZ reserves the right to cancel this process at any stage without informing the providers and without any obligation to refund the providers who will have participated in this tender process.

Disclaimer: GIZ DOES NOT charge any kind of FEE(s) at whichever stage of the tendering process.