Contract Timeline

Publication Date

27th June 2024 16:02:27 PM

Tender Deadline

26th September 2024 12:00:00 PM   Expired

Contract Summary

The Climate Finance Accelerator is part of the UK's efforts to support climate action at scale by improving the quality of emerging green businesses and initiatives in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies and matches them to relevant investors. It also fosters action to address relevant policy and regulatory barriers. So far, under the current £12.4m phase of the programme, nearly 200 projects have been supported across ten countries. The first 30 of these projects have progressed to close deals worth $344m. The CFA is funded by UK Government's Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), under the International Climate Finance (ICF) portfolio, as part of the UK Government's £11.6 billion commitment to support ODA-eligible countries to respond to the challenges and opportunities of climate change. DESNZ is procuring the next phase of the programme. The second phase of CFA (CFA 2) is expected to support at least 800 projects in 16 countries. The Department is looking to commission a Global Delivery Partner for CFA 2 to manage, oversee and deliver the programme. The programme will provide technical support to minimum 800 projects across 16 countries. CFA 2 aims to increase the flow of predominantly private sector climate finance to support low-carbon climate resilient projects with sustainable development benefits and, in doing so, support the implementation of supported countries' climate mitigation efforts. To meet this objective, CFA 2 will develop a high-volume pipeline of bankable projects in EMDEs that dovetail with upstream progress to enable the investment environment. Working closely with investors, CFA 2 will increase investor interest and appetite to engage with and invest in low-carbon projects in supported countries. The elements of the Statement of Requirements are listed below: Workstream A: Global management and oversight 1) Element 1 - Establishment of global operations 2) Element 2 - Confirmation of country delivery approach 3) Element 3 - Stakeholder management 4) Element 4 - Regional and UK events 5) Element 5 - Knowledge products and sharing 6) Element 6 - Monitoring and Evaluation 7) Element 7 - Reporting 8) Element 8 - Programme management and governance Workstream B: Country delivery and project support 9) Element 9 - Landscape review and establishment of country operations 10) Element 10 - Project selection 11) Element 11 - Provision of project specific support 12) Element 12 - Sustainable embedding of the CFA markers within local financial ecosystems The initial contract term will be 5 years. The value of the 5 year initial term is £38.75m with modification options of up to £50.40m, totalling up to £89.15m for the 5 year initial term. The contract has options to extend up to 3 years or any portion of 3 years, with further modification options of up to £72.60m. With all modifications and extensions included, the maximum potential total contract value £161.75m. . Additional information: Please access the tender documents here: https://beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/go/9541816701905A48C8C4 Questions relating to this tender should be submitted via the Jaggaer portal only.

Contract Details

Open Contracting ID

ocds-b5fd17-73a5b935-8e39-49eb-a9e7-54c139f1a7b5

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Procurement Stage

Tender

Procurement Method

Open

Procurement Method Details

Open Procedure (above Threshold)

Procurement Category

Services

Tender Suitability

SME VCSE

Framework / DPS

Contract Classification

CPV Code(s)

75211200

CPV Division(s)

75 - Administration, defence and social security services

Awarding Authority

DESNZ

Buyer Name

Charlotte Finlay

Buyer Email

internationalclimateandenergy.procurement@energysecurity.gov.uk

Buyer Phone

Buyer Address

3-8 Whitehall Place

London

SW1A 2EG

England

Contract Timeline

Publication Date

10th April 2024 14:14:00 PM

Planning Deadline

29th April 2024 22:59:59 PM   Expired

Contract Summary

The Climate Finance Accelerator is part of the UK's efforts to support climate action at scale by improving the quality of emerging green businesses and initiatives in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies and matches them to relevant investors. It also fosters action to address relevant policy and regulatory barriers. So far, under the current £12.4m phase of the programme, nearly 200 projects have been supported across ten countries. The first 30 of these projects have progressed to close deals worth $344m. The CFA is funded by UK Government's Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), under the International Climate Finance (ICF) portfolio, as part of the UK Government's £11.6 billion commitment to support ODA-eligible countries to respond to the challenges and opportunities of climate change. DESNZ is procuring the next phase of the programme and will run a final market engagement event on the 29th of April 2024 at 11:00-12:45 (BST) ahead of publishing the invitation to tender, expected w/c 20 May. The link to sign up for the market engagement event is: https://forms.office.com/e/Rm3dvbbBWJ The second phase of CFA (CFA 2) is expected to support at least 800 projects in 16 countries. The contract term will be 5 + 3 (or any portion of 3 years). The value of the 5 year initial term is £38.75m with modification options of up to £50.40m, totalling up to £89.15m for the 5 year initial term. The contract will have options to extend up to 3 years, with modification options of up to £72.60m. With all modifications and extensions included, the maximum potential total contract value is up to £161.75m. Further information and documents relating to the existing CFA programme and the planned procurement for CFA 2 are available on the Department's e-procurement portal: https://beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=56485 This includes draft statements of requirements (SoR), commercial approach, previous EME slides and Q&A. The Department is welcoming feedback on the latest SoR and commercial approach up until 13:00 on 3 May 2024. To provide feedback please use this link: https://forms.office.com/e/c4MRffeiWs Additional information: The elements of the initial contract scope are listed below: Workstream A: Global management and oversight 1) Element 1 - Establishment of global operations 2) Element 2 - Establishment of country operations 3) Element 3 - Stakeholder management 4) Element 4 - Regional and UK events 5) Element 5 - Knowledge products and sharing 6) Element 6 - Monitoring and Evaluation 7) Element 7 - Reporting 8) Element 8 - Programme management and governance Workstream B: Country delivery and project support 9) Element 9 - Landscape Review 10) Element 10 - Project selection 11) Element 11 - Provision of project specific support 12) Element 12 - Sustainable embedding of the CFA markers within local financial ecosystems The possible modification options listed below provide options to support CFA's Theory of Change during contract delivery and do not represent a commitment from DESNZ. All options are subject to further governance controls, contract performance and the continuing needs of the contract. 1. 'Platform' delivery: enabling other UK government budget holders (e.g., FCDO) to secure CFA outputs in other countries where they are additional to the scope of the DESNZ business case. 2. Change in country prioritisation: flexibility to change CFA-supported countries in response to emergent threats and opportunities. 3. Contract extension to enable sustainable exit: flexibility to extend delivery in countries where embedding is likely to occur in the near future but the country does not have sufficient budget allocated. 4. Extension of CFA in existing countries: where CFA has demonstrable success, further funding could be made available to support a higher number of projects or to provide deeper capacity building support. 5. Expansion of technical assistance to financial institutions and other in-country investment vehicles: Boosting CFA's impact by expanding provision of support to relevant CFA stakeholders. 6. Technical support provided for additional sectors: Boosting CFA's impact by expanding provision of support to new sectors. 7. Enhanced direct offer to alumni projects to unlock investment opportunities: deeper support could include awarding grant funding, providing intermediation services, or supporting a deeper online presence to showcase deal opportunities. 8. Supporting time extension: extending the contract by a maximum of 36 months.

Contract Details

Open Contracting ID

ocds-b5fd17-73a5b935-8e39-49eb-a9e7-54c139f1a7b5

Publication Source

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Procurement Stage

Planning

Procurement Method

N/A

Procurement Method Details

N/A

Procurement Category

N/A

Tender Suitability

SME VCSE

Framework / DPS

Contract Classification

CPV Code(s)

75211200

CPV Division(s)

75 - Administration, defence and social security services

Awarding Authority

DESNZ

Buyer Name

Buyer Email

internationalclimateandenergy.procurement@energysecurity.gov.uk

Buyer Phone

Buyer Address

3-8 Whitehall Place

London

SW1A 3EG

England