10040388-Consulting Services for Fostering a Just Transition in the Mexican Industrial Sector

The contract timeline includes several key phases and milestones:

• Planned Schedule for Procurement Procedure:
• Information to candidates about results of evaluation of requests to participate, and invitation to submit tenders to successful candidates: October 2026.
• Deadline for submitting tenders: November 2026.
• Negotiations: January 2026.
• Invitation to submit final tenders: January 2027.
• Information to tenderers about result of evaluation of tenders: February/March 2027.
• Award of contract: March 2027.
• Commencement of service delivery: March 2027.
• Tender will remain legally binding up to: 30.04.2027.
• Key Milestones and Phases Post-Contract Award:
• An inception report must be submitted four weeks after the contract start date.
• A milestone under Work Package 2 (WP2) will generate a shared analytical base to enable and inform subsequent tasks across other Work Packages.
• Invoicing occurs every three months after the start of the contract.
• The contractual term can be extended by one year or more. Price adjustments may apply from the date of contract extension or from the 25th month of the contractual term, whichever is later, if the extension is for one year or more and the contract value increases by 10% or more.

The core scope of work for this tender is to provide technical advisory services. These services are intended to support the design and implementation of socially just decarbonization processes within key industrial sectors. A particular focus is placed on industrial parks and their interaction with the energy sector.

The contractor is expected to perform services and achieve results detailed in the Terms of Reference and their own tender. The tender outlines Work Packages that serve as a guiding framework for the potential work, acknowledging that a detailed and exhaustive list of tasks and deliverables cannot be provided upfront due to GIZ's flexible response to partner requests and calls for proposals.

Key aspects of the Statement of Work include:

• Technical Advisory Services: Support the design and implementation of socially just decarbonization processes in key industrial sectors.
• Focus Areas: Industrial parks and their interaction with the energy sector.
• Milestones and Work Stages: The tenderer must describe all necessary work stages in detail and chronological order, including milestones.
• Coordination and Monitoring: The tenderer is required to describe procedures for coordinating with GIZ or the commissioning project, and how they will regularly capture and document task completion, objective achievement, results, and risks.
• Technical-Methodological Concept: The tenderer needs to reflect on the objectives and terms of reference, describe the partner system and its processes, and present a technical-methodological concept for completing tasks and achieving objectives, including the design of the project management process.
• Interpretation of Objectives: The contractor should interpret the objectives for which it is responsible, describing and interpreting the changes in the partner system that are to be directly achieved by the tender's object, and the resulting positive impact.
• Strategic Approach: Describe and justify the approach to achieve milestones, objectives, and results, outlining the strategic approach to tasks and the implementation strategy with important activities or lines of action.
• Subcontracting: A fixed budget of EUR 145,000 is allocated for subcontracting audiovisual, graphic, and editorial production services.
• Workshops: A fixed budget of EUR 6,000 is earmarked for workshops, covering electronic platforms, technical systems, moderation, and translation/interpreting services for approximately 30 meetings/workshops.
• Deliverables: While not exhaustively listed upfront, services will be delivered within approved Work Packages, with individual draw-downs contributing to agreed milestones and the overall contract objective. The specification of Work Packages provides an outline of the main lines of service that may be requested. Graphic and editorial products are expected to be delivered in editable and publication-ready formats, subject to GIZ's approval, suitable for dissemination and conveying technical information clearly.

The anticipated performance period for the contract begins in February 2027 and concludes on August 31, 2028.The core scope of work for this tender is to provide technical advisory services aimed at supporting the design and implementation of socially just decarbonization processes in key industrial sectors, with a specific focus on industrial parks and their interaction with the energy sector.

The Statement of Work summary includes:

• Objective: To deliver technical advisory services to support the design and implementation of socially just decarbonization processes in key industrial sectors, focusing on industrial parks and their energy sector interactions.
• Work Packages: The contractor is expected to deliver services specified in Work Packages, which provide a guiding framework for potential work. A detailed and exhaustive list of tasks and deliverables is not provided upfront due to the flexible nature of GIZ's response to partner requests.
• Milestones and Work Stages: The tenderer must detail all necessary work stages chronologically and include milestones.
• Coordination and Monitoring: The tenderer is required to describe procedures for coordinating with GIZ and for regularly capturing and documenting task completion, objective achievement, results, and risks.
• Technical-Methodological Concept: The tenderer must present a technical-methodological concept for completing tasks and achieving objectives, including the design of the project management process.
• Interpretation of Objectives: The contractor is responsible for interpreting the project objectives and describing the anticipated changes and positive impacts on the partner system.
• Strategic Approach: A strategic approach must be described and justified to achieve the defined milestones, objectives, and results, including an implementation strategy with important activities.
• Subcontracting: A fixed budget of EUR 145,000 is allocated for subcontracting audiovisual, graphic, and editorial production services.
• Workshops: A fixed budget of EUR 6,000 is allocated for workshops, covering electronic platforms, technical systems, moderation, and translation/interpreting services for approximately 30 meetings/workshops.
• Deliverables: Graphic and editorial products must be delivered in editable and publication-ready formats, subject to GIZ's approval, and suitable for dissemination across public and private platforms, conveying technical information clearly.
• Performance Period: The anticipated contract performance period is from February 2027 to August 31, 2028.