Certificate - The bidder or bidding consortia shall provide evidence of a quality management system by submitting a valid certificate in accordance with ISO 9001 or equivalent.
Equivalent evidence shall be accepted. In such cases, the bidder or bidding consortia bears the burden of proof and shall demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the contracting authority(GIZ), that the submitted evidence attests to a quality management system equivalent in substance to the requirements of the aforementioned standards.
Bidders or bidding corsotia that don't fulfil this requirement, are deemed unsuitable and excluded from the procedure.