The EU-EAC DEEP Project (EU-EAC Digital Economy, E-Commerce, E-Payments and E-Public Services Programme) is a 4 year project that started in June 2025. It is co-financed by the European Commission, the BMZ, France and Estonia, and implemented by GIZ, EstDev and Expertise France. The implementation is led by the GIZ EAC office in Arusha, Tanzania, but the project has team members in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda as well.
The overarching goal of the EU-EAC DEEP is to accelerate a secure, interoperable, and inclusive regional digital market within the East African Community (EAC). By advancing digital trade and e-governance at continental, regional, and national levels, the initiative aims to deepen regional integration, scale up the EAC Common Market, and support the implementation of the AfCFTA Digital Trade Protocol.
The programme is structured around five Specific Objectives (SOs) defining its core thematic focus:
- SO1: Digital Transformation Strategy & Bankable Projects: Supporting the implementation of the overarching EAC Digital Transformation Strategy (DTS) with a focus on digital public infrastructure. A primary focus is bridging the gap between available financing and the lack of structured digital infrastructure proposals by designing "bankable" digital projects to attract public, private, and blended investments.
- SO2: Cross-Border E-Commerce: Strengthening the implementation of the EAC E-Commerce Strategy. This theme addresses expanding digital trade platforms, reducing cross-border trade barriers, and promoting inclusive market access for businesses.
- SO3: Interoperable Cross-Border E-Payments: Supporting the EAC Cross-Border Payment Systems Master Plan. Thematic activities focus on harmonizing national payment systems and building regional infrastructure to promote efficient, secure, and affordable cross-border retail transactions, mobile money interoperability, and instant payment networks.
- SO4: E-Government Services & Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI): Enhancing legal, institutional, and technical environments for e-governance. This targets the creation of cross-border DPI focusing on high-impact use-cases.
- SO5: Cybersecurity Cooperation: Strengthening regional cooperation, capacity building, and harmonized protective frameworks on cybersecurity.
The SOs are mutually interlinked and support each other. GIZ is the coordinating organisation and is implementing SOs 1-3. This service contract will be the core of the implementation of SO1; development of bankable projects for DPI.
The EUD Uganda added a dedicated funding window to SO1 in Uganda, therefore a large share of the work will be taking place in Uganda, supporting the Ugandan Ministry of ICT and National Guidance in the development of a sovereign loan package on DPI.
Finally, the Digital Transformation Centre (DTC) Kenya has also added funding in the service contract to develop a bankable DPI project for Kenya, as part of their "DTC 2" project which is working with the Kenyan government to develop a roadmap on DPI and start its implementation.
•Economic and financial standing (Mit dem Teilnahmeantrag
•Mittels Eigenerklärung): Average annual turnover for the last three years (last-but-four financial year can be included in case of tenders held within 6 months of end of last financial year), at least: 1,500,000.00 EUR (net).
EN-A1
•Principles for the execution of orders (Mit dem Teilnahmeantrag
•Mittels Eigenerklärung): The eligbility criteria are not from the same category as stipulated above, as there is no suitable category.
•1. Self-declaration: name of company and address, tax ID, registration and commercial register number or equivalent register in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of origin.
•2. No grounds for exclusion pursuant to § 123, § 124 GWB, § 22 LkSG, EU-Russia sanctions
•3. Declaration of bidding consortium and/or declaration of subcontractors (if applicable)
EN-A2
•Conditions for the reduction of candidates (Mit dem Teilnahmeantrag
•Mittels Eigenerklärung): If we receive more than 5 requests to participate, we will make a selection on the basis of the criteria laid out in the procurement documents and invite tenders only from the 5 candidates with the highest scores. We reserve the right to cancel the procurement procedure if we receive fewer than 2 requests to participate.
•Weighted criteria for the selection of candidates:
•1. Technical experience (50%)
•a. Development of DPI projects from idea stage to bankable concept (feasibility, business case, specifications) (7%)
•b. Finalization of required documents and hand over to financing institutions with positive financing decision (5%)
•c. Technical specification of software-based DPI projects (architecture, specifications, interoperability, roll out plans) (10%)
•d. Technical specification and design of digital hardware projects such as data centres, fiber optic projects (8%)
•e. Design of financial architecture and structuring for blended finance including international and local capital (10%)
•f. Advisory on PPP models, operation and maintenance structures for public infrastructure projects (10%)
•2. Regional experience (in Africa) (30%)
•3. Experience of development projects (at least 50% ODA-financed) (20%)
EN-C2
•Economic and financial standing (Mit dem Teilnahmeantrag
•Mittels Eigenerklärung): Average number of employees and managers in the last three calendar years, at least 10 persons.
EN-B1
•Technical and professional ability (Mit dem Teilnahmeantrag
•Mittels Eigenerklärung): 1. The technical assessment is only based on reference projects with a minimum commission value of 150,000.00 EUR (net).
•2. At least 5 reference projects in the technical field "Preparing a project to be investment ready for development finance institutions" in the last 36 months (reference date: date of publication of this tender)
•- of which at least 3 reference projects in the specific technical field of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), and
•- of which at least 3 reference projects from Sub Saharan Africa (in accordance with UN DESA Statistics Division).
Assessment of technical eligibility / weighted criteria for the selection of candidates - Weighted criteria for the selection of candidates
•1. Technical experience (50%)
•a. Development of DPI projects from idea stage to bankable concept (feasibility, business case, specifications) (7%)
•b. Finalization of required documents and hand over to financing institutions with positive financing decision (5%)
•c. Technical specification of software-based DPI projects (architecture, specifications, interoperability, roll out plans) (10%)
•d. Technical specification and design of digital hardware projects such as data centres, fiber optic projects (8%)
•e. Design of financial architecture and structuring for blended finance including international and local capital (10%)
•f. Advisory on PPP models, operation and maintenance structures for public infrastructure projects (10%)
•2. Regional experience (in Africa) (30%)
•3. Experience of development projects (at least 50% ODA-financed) (20%)
Zuschlagskriterien
Price: Price criteria for "Bestangebots-Quotienten-Methode"
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Erreichte Gesamtpunktzahl nach fachlicher Wertung (inkl. Mindbed.): Zur Ermittlung des wirtschaftlichsten Bieters wird hier von der Vergabestelle die erreichte Gesamtpunktzahl nach fachlicher Wertung eingetragen. Es werden nur Angebote mit einer fachlichen Bewertung von mindestens 500 Punkten gewertet. Fachliche Angebote mit weniger Punkten scheiden als fachlich ungeeignet aus.
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