CALL FOR TENDER
PREQUALIFICATION
- GENERAL CONDITIONS
- Requester: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), Office Tirana, Rr. Asim Zeneli, Nd.6/10, 1000, Tirana, Albania
- Profile (Background of the Call):
This Prequalification Call represents a crucial step in Albania’s ongoing journey towards EU integration. Since the early 2000s, Albania has diligently pursued EU membership and achieved candidate status in 2014 after signing the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) in 2006. The efforts to align with the EU acquis led to formal accession negotiations beginning in 2022, guided by the revised EU Enlargement Methodology that organizes negotiation chapters thematically.
This assignment forms part of the GIZ-supported project “Support to Albania for fulfilling selected EU Accession Closing Benchmarks in Cluster 2 – Internal market”, which delivers targeted technical assistance to meet the requirements for closing benchmarks (CBs) set forth by EU Commission (EC).
This project provides support exactly for fulfilling selected measures of CBs across Cluster 2` Chapters, with the aim of creating premises for potential closure of selected chapters.
- SUBJECT
This call aim to pre-qualify bidders to carry out the assignment: Alignment with EU legislation on Tobacco (Tobacco package)
The assignment includes:
- Regulatory and Legal Analysis: Thoroughly analyse the EU Tobacco package to identify alignment gaps and challenges and institutional implications.
- Transposition Strategy: Plan strategies for precise integration while respecting EU and local nuances.
- Accurate Regulation: Draft texts reflecting EU rules and Albanian specifics.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Engage with government entities for unified goals.
- Comprehensive Services: Offer legal consulting, analysis, and policy harmonization to enhance integration efforts.
- ELIGIBILITY
Eligibility for this call is extended to consulting companies established in Albania.
To participate, entities must fulfil the following criteria:
Established Legal Presence: Entities should possess a well-founded and active legal presence within Albania.
Financial Capability: Interested parties must demonstrate an average annual turnover of at least 50,000 EUR over the last three financial years.
Workforce Capacity: Companies must maintain a consistent workforce of an average of at least 3 employees over the preceding three financial years.
Proven Expertise: Showcase a robust portfolio of a minimum of 3 reference projects exemplifying alignment with EU acquis. Notably, 1 of these projects should have been executed within Albania.
Collaborative Proficiency: This call welcomes both individual entities and consortium/grouping entities, highlighting the aptitude for fostering constructive collaborations.
- DEADLINE
All legal entities interested in the application process should ask for the Expression of Interest ref. no. 7000002020 to the address: [email protected], latest by 16.03.2026.
The due date for submitting the application is 17.03.2026.
The documents should be submitted in pdf format via e-mail to [email protected] with subject “7000002020 EoI Tobacco Package”.
After the due date for submitting the application, the process of prequalification will follow. The submitted applications will be evaluated, and only prequalified candidates will be invited to answer the bid. All written communication for this procedure and the following successful ones must be in English.
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