PROCUREMENT OF DUE DILIGENCE AND MARKET STUDY ASSIGNMENTS TO SUPPORT FINNFUND IN INVESTMENTS INTO DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SOLUTIONS IN AFRICA

The object of procurement is a to deliver on commercial, financial, environmental & social and technical due diligence and market study assignments to enable successful investments in digital infrastructure and solutions sphere under EFSD+ guarantee Africa Connected (the Programme) program (https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/funding-and-technical-assistance/funding-instruments/european-fund-sustainable-development-plus-efsd_en). A more detailed description of the Service is available in Annex 1.1 TOR DIS Assignments. The Framework Agreement is divided into seven (7) lots: 1. Capital raise (loan or equity) / Exit execution support assignment 2. Commercial Due Diligence assignments 3. Financial Due Diligence assignments 4. Technical Due Diligence assignments 5. Market study assignments 6. Pipeline building assignments 7. Environmental & Social Due Diligence assignments All those tenderers who meet the selection criteria and the minimum requirements for the procurement object will be included in the Framework Agreement. The procedure for awarding contracts based on the Framework Agreement, including their terms, is described in Annex 1 "Framework Agreement" and in the contracting notice, in the point "Decision-making criteria". The Framework Agreement will enter into force on 1.7.2024. The start date of the Agreement is an estimate. The Framework Agreement expires on 31.12.2029. Orders and Order Agreements may only be concluded during the term of the Framework Agreement. The Order and the Order Agreement may be valid for a maximum of six (6) months after the termination of the Framework Agreement. The terms of this Framework Agreement shall apply to the Order Agreement and Orders until the termination of the Order Agreement. The Framework Agreement does not include any obligation to buy the Service, nor does it give any exclusive right to provide the Services stipulated in the call for tenders.

The procurement authority must make this correction notice for the procurement. This is due to a technical fault in the Hilma service at the time of publication of the previous correction notice. Due to the technical fault, tenderers were able to ask questions about the procurement with the correction notice, even though this should not be possible. The procurement authority will publish the submitted questions and their answers after the publication of this correction notice. At the same time, the procurement authority has set a deadline for submitting questions and extended the tendering period. Also a new deadline for opening tenders has been set.

In section "deadlines" of the procurement notice, a new deadline for submitting tenders is 23.5.2024 12:00 AM (Finnish time).

In section "deadlines" of the procurement notice, a new deadline for opening tenders is 23.5.2024 12:01 AM (Finnish time).

In section "deadlines" of the procurement notice, a deadline for submitting questions is 13.5.2024 12:00 AM (Finnish time).