Consultancy Services for the Provision of IT Expert Pool to Support the implementation of Digital Solutions

Job Description

The GIZ Project “Acceleration of the Digital Transformation in Africa” collaborates with the Smart Africa Secretariat on Digital policy in Africa. Both organisations are based in Kigali, Rwanda and work towards creating a Single Digital Market by 2030. In pursuing this, GIZ and SAS cooperate within the following five pillars: Development of Technical Advisory Products for SAS Member States, Strengthening Institutional Capacity of SAS, Creating Smart Africa Hips and Joint Positions, Advising on AI Policy, Formulating AI Use Cases. The Smart Africa Secretariat leads continental digital transformation initiatives, supporting Member States, coordinating multi-country programmes, and delivering digital solutions that improve connectivity, service delivery, and access to information.

As the Secretariat’s digital portfolio expands, there is growing demand for high-quality, scalable, and secure IT systems capable of serving multiple stakeholders across diverse environments. Traditional project-by-project procurement of IT services is slow and inflexible, limiting responsiveness and delaying delivery. To address this, GIZ seeks to establish a pooled contract of qualified IT experts who can be deployed on demand. This will provide rapid access to specialized skills, support agile development, enable timely piloting and scaling of solutions, ensure continuous enhancement of digital assets, and strengthen the quality, security, and sustainability of all systems—allowing the Secretariat to deliver efficient, modern, and impactful digital solutions across its initiatives.

Within the framework of cooperation, GIZ seeks to contract an experienced IT consultancy firm to provide a pool of qualified IT experts in software development and architecture, UI/UX, Web Development to deliver services as needed. The objective of this assignment is to engage a qualified IT consultancy firm, to provide on-demand technical expertise required for the implementation of digital solutions. The contractor will provide on-demand IT services through a pool of experts. The services shall cover the following expertise areas: Software Development, Web Development, UX/UI Design, M&E Systems, Support, and Capacity Building.

Under this contract, consulting services will be commissioned through individual call-offs issued by GIZ. Each call-off will define specific tasks, timelines, and deliverables based on the technical needs of GIZ and Smart Africa (e.g. Smart Africa Secretariat). For every assignment, the Contractor’s experts will work directly with GIZ. Call offs will relate to the following projects/initiatives that are implemented in parallel/sequentially: Website Redesign and Improvement, MVP for a bulk procurement platform.

Responsibilities

• At the end of each task, the Contractor shall submit a concise completion report (1–5 pages) summarizing: The key milestones completed.
• The approach, steps, and methodologies applied.
• Results and outputs achieved.
• Any next steps, recommendations, or dependencies.
• Best practices and lessons learned relevant for future assignments.

Requirements

• The Contractor’s employees or subcontractors shall not be integrated into GIZ’s work organisation and shall not be subject to any instructions from GIZ.
• The Contractor shall be solely responsible for the deployment of the employees it employs and for issuing instructions to them regarding the nature, specific timing, sequence and allocation of the work, and this responsibility shall remain with the Contractor.

Contract Details

Period of assignment: From date of contract award until 30 May 2027.

How to Apply

Please submit your self-declaration of eligibility using the designated form and your technical and financial bids by 23.04.2026 in English only to RW_Quotation@giz.de. The offer must be submitted in 2 separated emails in PFD format. The email subject line should be in the form of: 7000005613 - TECHNICAL OFFER This includes eligibility documents and technical proposal in two separate PDF files 7000005613 - FINANCIAL OFFER in the format of price schedule provided