GDF Agents

GDF Procurement Office

• GDF Procurement agent:
  
  Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH
  www.gtz.de
  Contracted for a period of 2 years from August 2006 to 2008.
  
  GTZ is an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. It provides viable, forward-looking solutions for political, economic, ecological and social development in a globalised world. GTZ promotes complex reforms and change processes, often working under difficult conditions. Its corporate objective is to improve people’s living conditions on a sustainable basis.
  
  GTZ mainly works for the German Federal Government. The main client of GTZ is the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The company also operates on behalf of other German ministries, partner-country governments and international clients, such as the European Commission, the United Nations and the World Bank, as well as on behalf of private enterprises.
  
  Currently, GTZ is implementing some 2,300 development projects and programmes in 126 countries. They have offices in 67 of these countries. Of their circa 10,600 employees, some 1,000 people are employed at our Head Office in Eschborn near Frankfurt am Main.
  
  
• GDF Quality Control Agent:
  
  GDF chose Intertek Technical Inspections as their quality control agent for pre-shipment inspection and sampling of batches of medicines for testing by GDF quality control laboratories.
  
  Intertek Technical Inspections, part of the FTS division of Intertek Group, provides services in the specific fields of inspection, expediting and quality assurance. These activities are performed by a group of professionals supported by a coordination staff having a vast experience in dealing with different commodities, products, equipments and materials. Intertek Technical Inspections renders Third Party inspections to a wide range of customers, public and private organizations and government agencies. Intertek Technical Inspections performs surveillance activities at inspection sites, at loading and/or unloading, verifying the product conformity to the specified contractual requirements of the Client’s purchase order, specifications, codes and standards.
  
  The focal point for GDF is Technical Inspections Milan - Italy: info.milan@intertek.com or visit their website at www.intertek-ti.com.
  
  
• GDF Freight Forwarders:
  
  Geis SDV GmbH
  www.geis-group.com
  Sub-contracted by GTZ
  
  
• GDF Testing Laboratories:
  
  PROXY Laboratories
  Netherlands
  Email: info@proxylab.nl
  Website: www.proxylab.nl/index.html
  
  SGS Nederland B.V.
  Netherlands
  Email: brigitte.heiden@sgs.com
  Website: www.nl.sgs.com, Governments and Institutions
  
  SGS India Pvt. Ltd.
  India (Chennai)
  Website: www.in.sgs.com, Life Science
  
  SGS Belgium N.V.
  Belgium (Wavre)
  Website: www.be.sgs.com, Life Science