REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)

The Deutsche Gesellschaft for Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. The GIZ Programme “Circular Urban Development - Kosovo4Green” is co-financed by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) Switzerland, and it is implemented by GIZ. It supports central government and municipalities in their ongoing efforts to modernize waste management and introduce circular waste management approaches in line with the Kosovo Integrated Waste Management Strategy (KIWMS) 2021-2030 and its two-year Action Plan.

As part of the Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU, Kosovo must align its laws with the EU acquis, including Chapter 27 on environment and climate change. The Kosovo4Green project supports this by improving legal, institutional, and planning frameworks for urban planning and integrated, climate-sensitive waste management at both municipal and inter-municipal levels.

Kosovo’s current legal framework provides several entry points for private sector engagement, including public procurement, public-private partnerships (PPPs), and service contracting; however, the institutional guidance on how to navigate these options is lacking. This results in underutilized opportunities for improving waste services and financing infrastructure needs. Furthermore, recent investments in Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs), landfills, and other treatment systems call for structured operational models, many of which could benefit from private sector participation.

The main objective of this assignment is to develop a comprehensive, practical, and legally sound guideline that enables Kosovo municipalities and relevant institutions to systematically and effectively contract private operators for waste management services and infrastructure projects.

The guideline shall align with the legal and institutional context in Kosovo, include clear steps for procurement, licensing, and partnership models, as well as mechanisms for monitoring, transparency, and accountability, and incorporate EU best practices and compliance with environmental and fiscal regulation.

Submission requirements:

1) A general overview or description of your organization (maximum 2 pages).
2) Average annual turnover for the last three fiscal years, at least 20,000.00 Euros/annually. Tax administration confirmation or audit reports should be submitted.
3) Evidence that your average number of employees and managers over the last three calendar years is at least 3 persons. Proven by official documents such as Tax Administration list.
4) At least three (3) references that prove experience in Municipal finances, guideline development, public procurement processes within the last 36 months.

Interested companies are invited to submit their electronic application in English language.
The deadline for submitting the application is 03.10.2025 until 15:00h, via email at: [email protected], titled/labelled as “83498842 - Development of Procurement Guideline”
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 . Please include password.
• You should use the reference number 83498842 otherwise we cannot consider your offer

The GIZ reserves the right to accept or reject any EOI and to annul the current exercise and reject all EOIs without thereby incurring any liability to any applicant or any obligation to inform applicants of the grounds of its action.