GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE

Climate Change and Green Growth Department (PECG)

Fund for Africa Private Sector Assistance (FAPA): Private Sector Investment Initiative for Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in Africa.

 

  1. The Climate Change and Green growth Department (PECG) has received a grant from the African Development Bank’s Fund for African Private Sector Assistance to finance the Scaling up Private Sector Capacity and Investment for Climate Change and Green Growth Projects in five pilot countries: Egypt, Morocco, Angola, Mozambique, Nigeria and South Africa ;
  1. The overall goal of the project is to enable Africa’s private sector participation into climate-related investments that support the implementation of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in Africa under the Paris Agreement.

The specific goals are to :

  • Enhance the private sector, especially SMEs, in improving the integration of climate change measures into private sector investment in Africa, with the view to translating African NDCs into bankable and viable projects and transactions by the private sector ;
  • Enhance the capacity of NDC implementing entities and the private sector to develop projects with climate co-benefits to access concessional climate financing for their investments;
  • Support the alignment of NDCs within the Bank’s private sector operations ;
  • Create an enabling environment for increased private sector investments in climate and green business in Africa; and
  • Facilitate the development, adoption and deployment of climate technologies in Africa

 

The project includes the following components :

Component 1 :

Identification of NDC investment opportunities for the private sector : this component will focus on challenges and opportunities of private sector participation in climate change initiatives and how to strengthened private sector capacity to take advantage of the abundant opportunities for green investments on the continent.

Component 2:

Scaling climate Action through Climate technology and Innovation by SMEs : The component will address key constraints faced by MSMEs operating in the clean technology sector, and design and operationalize the pilot incubation and acceleration programme.

  1. Procurement of goods and services will be in accordance with the Bank’s Rules and Procedure for the Procurement of Goods and Works. Acquisition of the services of Consultants will follow the Bank’s Rules and Procedure for the Use of Consultants. Bidding documents and/or Requests for Expression of Interests are expected to be available in June 2019 ;
  2. Interested bidders   may   obtain   further   information,  and   should   indicate   their   interest,   by      contacting:

Mr. Gerald Esambe

Project Coordinator

Climate Change and Green Growth Department

African Development Bank

Immeuble CCIA, Plateau 01

Boite Postale 1387 Abidjan 01 Côte d’Ivoire

Tel : +225 20 26 45 60

Email: g.njume@afdb.org

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