Framework Agreement for Development Policy Investments and Blended Finance Opportunities

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Unit for Development Finance and Private Sector Collaboration (hereinafter referred to as “Contracting Authority” or “MFA”) requests your tenders for Development Policy Investments and Blended Finance Opportunities (hereinafter also referred to as” the Service”) as described in this Call for tenders and annexes thereto. Procurement is divided into two lots (work packages): Work package 1: Supporting Services for Development Policy Investments Work package 2: Supporting Services to Explore Blended Finance Opportunities Tenderers can offer services either for one or for both work packages. The MFA shall establish a framework agreement in which the MFA will choose one to two service providers to the work package 1 and one service provider to the work package 2. Same person can be offered to all the positions (expert, international expert, national expert) provided that the minimum requirements are fulfilled. The method of ordering services under the framework agreement is defined in the Section "Grounds for decision" of this Call for tenders and in more detail in the Annex 4 "Draft Agreement". Please refer to Annex 1 “Terms of Reference” for a more detailed description of the object and assignments of the contract.

As presented in the procurement documents (annex 1 Terms of Reference), additional information regarding initial estimated total value of the contract/lot presented in the section V.2.4): The maximum value of the contract for this assignment is 600,000 euro (excluding VAT) which cannot be exceeded. The amount covers the initial two years as well as the possible extension. The work package 1 will be approximately 300,000-400,000 euro (excluding VAT) for the duration of the contract, and the work package 2 will be maximum 200,000-300,000 euro (excluding VAT) for the duration of the contract. It is expected that the total amount will be approximately 150,000 euro per year, being divided between the two work packages.