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Service Contract

CONFIDENTIAL

between

hereinafter referred to as ‘the Contractor’ -

and

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1 - 5 65760 Eschborn

Federal Republic of Germany

hereinafter referred to as ‘GIZ’ -

the following contract is herewith concluded.

Communication details (must be quoted in all correspondence and invoices) Tender number: 10034166 Contract number: project number G-018109-001 Internal order: 18109020000

Unit responsible for the budget Organisational unit: 1100 Responsible officer: E-Mail-Adresse Bearbeiter*in

Procurement and Contracting Organisational unit: E280 Responsible officer: mame.ndiaye@giz.de / MND

Financial processing of the contract Advance payments & service entry sheets (LERF) fin.processing_DE@giz.de Invoices to: invoice_DE@giz.de

Form 41-91-54-en

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Terms of Reference

The Contractor undertakes to perform the services/achieve the results listed in the Terms

of Reference (Annex 1).

Contract Term and Assignment of Experts or the Consultant

The contract shall run from 29.10.2026 to 30.06.2027.

The Contractor shall deploy the for a consulting contract: experts individual consultant listed

in the price schedule (Annex 2) in accordance with Section 2.1 of the General terms and

conditions of contract for supplying services and works on behalf of the Deutsche

Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in the version of 4 February

2026 (‘Terms and Conditions 2025’ below ‘Terms and Conditions’).

The expected periods of assignment and/or the period during which services are to be

provided are set out in the Terms of Reference (Annex 1).

Procurement of Materials and Equipment

Not applicable –

Reports/Appraisals

In accordance with Section 2.3.1 of the Terms and Conditions, the final report shall be

submitted to GIZ no later than 30.06.2027.

Remuneration and place of supply for VAT purposes

5.1 A total remuneration of up to EUR

shall be agreed for the services to be performed by the Contractor.

The corresponding individual rates and bases for settlement are listed in the price schedule

(Annex 2). Settlement will be based on time statements pursuant to Section 3.7.3 of the

Terms and Conditions.

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5.2 Place of supply for VAT purposes

The Contractor provides services to the permanent establishment of GIZ/Project

“Strengthening good governance at local level” in 7, Avenue Comité Urbain, BP 7555

Gombe/Kinshasa RDC. In accordance with Section 3a, Paragraph 2, Sentence 2 of the

German VAT Act (Umsatzsteuergesetz – UStG), the place of supply for VAT purposes is

therefore in Democratic Republic of Congo.

Payments

The remuneration agreed in Section 5 of this contract shall be paid as follows:

6.1 Advance payment – optional (if the requirements are met)

The advance payment shall be made after submission of a written request for advance

payment. The advance payment may not be requested more than 15 days after the end of

the calendar month in which the contractually agreed works were commenced. The works

must be commenced 30 days at the latest after the start of the contract (Section 2). GIZ

shall be informed in writing of the day on which works commence.

Advance payment EUR

This advance payment shall be offset in equal parts (in two instalments) against the

penultimate interim invoice and the final invoice of the contract.

6.2 Settlements and interim invoices

The Contractor shall submit an interim invoice to GIZ for services actually provided every

three months after the start of the contract (see Section 2). No further interim settlements

may be applied for outside these intervals. In addition to the final invoice, no more than 02

interim invoices are expected to be submitted for this contract.

General Terms and Conditions of Contract

7.1 The Terms and Conditions with all annexes shall constitute a component of this contract.

The Contractor hereby declares that it is familiar with the l Terms and Conditions.

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7.2 The annexes specified in Section 9 of this contract shall constitute components of this

contract.

Copies

This contract is sent electronically.

Annexes (The following documents all apply (in the order listed) to the

implementation of the contract):

Terms of reference
Price schedule (final financial bid from the Contractor dated )
Technical bid dated
General Terms and Conditions of Contract (can be downloaded from

https://www.giz.de/en/partner/contractor/services-construction-work#downloads)

Consortial declaration if agreed

Eschborn, Date:

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Full first and last name, Full first and last name, Company name or full first and

function, OU function, OU last name

Division Procurement and Division Procurement and Contractor Contracting Contracting

5_10034166 - Contract Draft.pdf

Service Contract