Official UK procurement notice
(Climate Finance Accelerator) CFA/CFA2 Advisor 2024
Authority: DESNZ & DSIT Group Commercial·Consortium: 2 public authorities
The Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) 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. The length of the contract is expected to be an initial 18 months with an option to extend for an additional 18 months. The programme is supported by an independent advisor whose primary responsibilities are to:
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) 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.
We intend to launch a tendering process to source an Independent Advisor who will collaborate with DESNZ to deliver CFA.
The procurement will be sourced via an Open Procedure, and interested suppliers are advised to register to our e-sourcing platform Jaggaer to participate in the tender.
The length of the contract is expected to be an initial 18 months with an option to extend for an additional 18 months.
CPV: Research and development services and related consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The CFA is funded by UK Government’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero…RenewalPublished value£166,667
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.
Since November 2020, under the current £12.4m phase of the programme, the CFA has supported around 200 projects across ten countries. Thirty of these projects have since progressed to close deals worth $344m, with more deals expected in the coming months.
DESNZ is currently procuring a second phase of the programme to support at least 800 projects across 16 countries (Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, South Africa, Thailand, Türkiye, and Viet Nam) until December 2029.
The programme is supported by an independent advisor whose primary responsibilities are to:
- Provide expert advice on market maturity for CFA countries, availability of bankable projects, and suitability of the enabling environment
to inform country selection process.
- Provide strategic guidance to in-country processes and wider programme implementation.
- Facilitate links to relevant financiers, helping secure participation at events.
- Participate and facilitation in CFA workshops, as required.
- Participate in the CFA Advisory Board.
- Support the CFA embedding process.
- Proactively identify opportunities and threats to the CFA and to propose solution where relevant.
- Ad-hoc advice on matters relating to the successful delivery of the CFA programme as needed.
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 20 May 2024, 15:46 BST
- Last source update
- 22 May 2024, 14:33 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 20 Jun 2024 – …
- Authority reference
2024/S 000-015882- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-016187- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0468f6Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/go/42573594018F9661D8F4 ↗
- Submission deadline
- 20 Jun 2024, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 20 Jun 2024, 13:00 BST
Timeline
22 May 2024 → 20 Jun 2024 · 3 dates- Notice published22 May 2024, 14:33 BST
- Submission deadline20 Jun 2024, 13:00 BST
- Bids opened20 Jun 2024, 13:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Buyer details updated22 May 2024, 14:33 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | ClassificationII.1.2) Main CPV code · II | — | — | |
| — | TextI.1) Name and addresses (please identify all contracting authorities responsible for the procedure) · I | Official name: DESNZ & DSIT Group Commercial | Official name: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | |
| — | TextII.1.4) Short description · II | The Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) 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. We intend to launch a tendering process to source an Independent Advi… | The Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) 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. This tendering exercise is for an Independent Advisor who will collab… | |
| — | TextII.2.4) Description of the procurement · II | 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. Since November 2020, under the current £12.4m phase of the programme, the CFA has supported aroun… | 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. Since November 2020, under the current £12.4m phase of the programme, the CFA has supported aroun… | |
| — | DeadlineIV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of expressions of interest · IV | 20 Jun 2024 | 21 Jun 2024 | +1 d |
| — | Bid openingIV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders · IV | 20 Jun 2024 | 21 Jun 2024 | +1 d |
| — | TextVI.4.1) Review body · VI | Official name: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) Postal address: 3-8 Whitehall Place Town: London Postal code: SW1A 2EG Country: United Kingdom E-mail: [email protected] | Official name: Public Procurement Review Service Postal address: N/A Town: N/A Postal code: N/A Country: United Kingdom E-mail: [email protected] |
1 amendment published without a description.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria