Germany – Research and development services and related consultancy services – Rahmenvereinbarung "Systemische Beratung zu Qualitätsinfrastruktur"

The Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) supports partner countries in systematically building and expanding their quality infrastructure as part of its development cooperation (see https://www.ptb.de/cms/ptb/fachabteilungen/abt9/gruppe-93.html). Strategic consulting on quality infrastructure for sustainable economic development, competitiveness, trade, as well as environmental and climate protection, is of particular importance in this regard. The current regional focus is on Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. For the systematic consultation of quality infrastructure institutions in development cooperation, a consultant shall take on the following tasks, among others, during the performance period from 15.02.2027 to 14.02.2029: · Strategic and systematic consulting on quality infrastructure as well as cross-regional networking, in agreement and specification with the respective partner organisations and the PTB, · Support the PTB in delivering services (ad hoc consulting, environmental monitoring) to the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), particularly with regard to the fields of action of international trade and development of the quality infrastructure and others as per the description of services.