Financial management consultancy services

Tender description

The Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) intends to appoint a technical advisor (TA) to assist with the design, set-up and implementation of a new International climate finance programme, the Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA), which is set to be launched in 2020. The CFA will support emerging economies to translate their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) – commitments made under the Paris Agreement – into ‘climate investment plans’, which consist of a pipeline of bankable, low-carbon projects. A series of pilot activities were undertaken from 2017 until present to test the CFA concept and a Delivery Partner (DP) will be procured within the coming months to lead programme implementation. Details about this will be disclosed in due course. Under the supervision of the BEIS programme team, the TA will support BEIS to develop the specification for, and to procure, the CFA DP, and they will subsequently oversee and support programme delivery. Additional expertise is needed to support BEIS in designing the programme, accurately defining the scope of work for the DP — particularly for aspects of the programme which were not tested in pilot activities — and to support programme delivery. Appointment of the CFA TA is required prior to procurement of a DP. This will help ensure that a comprehensive tender is prepared, helping to secure maximum value for money from the DP contract. Appointment of a TA is expected to expedite programme start-up times, ensuring that once appointed, the DP can commence activities efficiently and effectively with a clear sense of priority countries and activities. The value of this contract is a maximum value as not all activities post-DP appointment are known. The contract will be managed on a ‘payment by milestone’ basis, according to the activities required to deliver its objectives.