Additional information
Legal Services to the GIZ Office Kigali/Rwanda
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- Introduction
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a federally owned international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development and international education work with worldwide operations. The GIZ has worked in Rwanda for over 30 years. The primary objectives between the Government of Rwanda and the Federal Republic of Germany are poverty reduction and promotion of sustainable development. To achieve these objectives, the GIZ Rwanda is active in the sectors of Decentralization and Good Governance, Economic Development and Employment Promotion, Energy and ICT (Information and Communications Technology).
The GIZ Offices are the central element of GIZ’s field structure. They ensure consistent overall representation of the company and its successful positioning as a service provider in the international cooperation market.
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- Background and Rationale
As part of the implementation of its objectives in Rwanda, the GIZ is in partnership with various personalities and entities (government organizations, private businesses, civil society actors and research institutions), collaborating with national and international staff. The number of its employees, as well as its partners, continues to increase, and this requires adequate legal structure and assessment towards minimizing the risk of disputes or conflicts.
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- Objectives
The objectives of this service being:
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- Ensuring that the GIZ complies with a national regulatory and legislative framework in the implementation of its activities;
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- Anticipating or dealing with any risk of dispute or conflicts resulting from a contract, agreement or memorandum of understanding made or negotiated by the GIZ;
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- Accompanying the GIZ in conducting negotiations with its stakeholders to ensure the outcome is respectful of the law;
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- Advising, supporting and representing the GIZ in Rwanda with regard to different institutions towards ensuring the law is respected and the GIZ interests are protected;
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- Tasks to be performed
The GIZ wishes to use the expertise and advice of a Lawyer/Law Firm specializing in private, and public law to support, on request, the implementation of the GIZ activities in Rwanda.
Without being exhaustive, the services and expertise of the lawyer/Law Firm will consist of:
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- Ensure the search, collection, and availability of national legal and regulatory texts and any other information relating to the legal field applying to the GIZ activities, as far as necessary;
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- Update all legal and regulatory texts in time to the GIZ;
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- Provide legal advice on the application and interpretation of the texts in force in the elaboration, drafting and/or application of any document of legal nature and/or contractual value that the GIZ will have to produce;
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- Validate the documents corresponding to the adopted legal forms (statutes, rules of procedure, agreement, lease contracts, etc.) and assist the beneficiaries in the implementation/application process;
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- Provide advice on the rights and obligations of the Project in contentious situations;
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- Provide advice on Labor (employer/employee) relations matters;
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- Represent the GIZ before the judicial and other state organs in case of an individual or collective labor conflicts;
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- Represent the GIZ in all the legal matters as appropriate;
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- Process, Duration and Remuneration considerations
On request of the GIZ Office, the Lawyer/Law Firm will punctually intervene in various missions.
For each mission requested, the GIZ will provide a corresponding letter or e-mail summarizing inter alia, the context, purpose, scope, organization, duration (if applicable), and expected results.
The estimated duration of this service agreement is 12 months renewable by tacit agreement for next 12 months during which the Lawyer/ Law Firm will provide general legal advisory services, courts and alternatives disputes resolutions assistance/representation.
In light of the above, the Lawyer/Law Firm shall provide to the GIZ offices the offer indicating fee (without any Tax/VAT) quote including the following options in a separate closed document:
Fully case by case hourly / daily rates;
Retainer plus case by case rates (lump sum plus case by case);
Fully retainer rates (lump sum including all standard cases).
Upon reception of the offer, the GIZ will assess and agree with the Lawyer/ Law Firm on the most suitable remuneration option before signing the service contract.
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- Profile of the Lawyer/ Law Firm
The Lawyer/ Law Firm shall have:
Specialization in private and public law including but not limited to Company Law, Labor Law, Civil, and Criminal law;
At least 10 years of legal professional experiences in Rwanda;
3-5 years experience with an international organization in the field of advocacy, tax law, the law of obligations, labor law, etc.;
Very good organizational skills, management of complex issues and negotiation skills;
Strong interpersonal, oral and written communication skills;
Excellent command of English and Kinyarwanda. French and German languages will be an additional asset.
7. Application/Submission of EoI
Qualified and interested Lawyer/ Law Firm are hereby requested to submit the EoI. The EoI should contain the following:
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- The Technical Proposal should also contain key staff CV(s) indicating education background/professional qualifications, all past experience, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the experts.
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- Information about legal status (copy of RDB certificate, RRA certificate, etc.)
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- Financial Proposal for different options as mention above that indicates fee per hour, day, per month and per case treated. The cost must be in RWF and VAT excluded.
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- Please submit your offers documents in separated envelopes (1 for technical offer and 1 for a financial offer) clearly marked for “Legal Services to the GIZ Office Kigali/Rwanda” until latest Friday, 26 July 2019 at 4:00 pm, at the front desk of GIZ Office as below!
GIZ Office Kigali/Rwanda
KN 41 St. / Nr.17, Kiyovu
P.O. Box 59, Kigali,
Rwanda
