81300292-VB-Framework contract - Acquisition of IT consulting services for all GIZ Projects in Morocco

The goal of this framework agreement is to provide GIZ Morocco with a (one) reliable partner who flexibly provides high quality expertise in different technology consulting areas. Through joint learning and collaboration, the contractor will improve its own understanding of development work and GIZ approaches while supporting the DDU to scale its advisory services to the entire portfolio of GIZ projects in Morocco. The expected benefits for the projects are: i) quick and flexible access to high quality external expertise and support ii) reducing administrative workload and time when procuring these services iii) access to service provider that understands GIZ procedures (e.g. procurement process or data protection and security regulations) and overall goals (principles for digital development, sustainable solutions owned and managed by partners) The contractor has to provide expertise in the fields of: - IT consulting (incl. project scoping, planning and implementation and project management) - IT Requirement analysis and validation / Needs assessment (incl. classic requirement gathering, early phase ideation, process analysis) - IT Architecture and delivery consulting (incl. as-is system analysis, designing and estimating future solution and integrations) - IT Security consulting The contractor has to provide expertise by either a) performing the tasks as specified in the work packages b) performing "flexible days" : performing activities not related to a predefined work package but within the requested Expertise. Those activities and their deliverables would be agreed on a case by case request but always aligned with the role descriptions . Cost estimation would be based on the daily rates of the requested experts as indicated in the Price Schedule. c) providing adequate steering and learning of the overall framework contract Any GIZ project in Morocco can request the services of the contractor. The DDU will serve as a single point of contact: It manages, administrates, prioritizes and forwards the project"s requests to the contractor and matches the needs to the standardized work packages. DDU will pre-qualify the requests and might extend or modify services or deliverables of the requested work packages. In these cases, DDU will coordinate with the contractor to ensure feasibility and clarify requirements.