SgRFP2020-01_Accelerator Implementation Consultancy

Overview :

The UNDP Global Centre for Technology, Innovation and Sustainable Development (the ‘Global Centre’) aims to identify, co-design and share innovative and technological solutions for sustainable development.

In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and as part of the Global Centre’s work on sustainable finance, it is working to establish an Impact Venture Accelerating and Scaling Initiative which will include a Future of Healthcare Impact Venture Accelerator (IVA) and Venture Capital Fund (VCF). This dedicated UNDP IVA is being set up to support growth stage and established businesses with viable and effective solutions to be deployed across a diverse set of users and contexts globally. The initiative is focused on both innovative technology solutions and transformative business models, services and products addressing challenges related to healthcare, critical market needs, sustainable development and overall economic recovery.

Before the launch of this Initiative, the Global Centre is aiming to conduct a pre-acceleration exercise to outreach to the relevant ecosystems, assess quantitative and qualitative parameters of the ventures pipeline, test the overall model for key program activities based on on-line and remote interactions, spur the interest of potential donors  and prepare for the launch of the main Initiative. The exercise will reproduce conceptual approach for UNDP IVAs –it will be combining both business and impact acceleration curriculum which will be implemented through an advanced and extended on-line pre-acceleration programme bootcamp.

We kindly request you to submit your Proposal for SgRFP2020-01_Accelerator Implementation Consultancy.

 Please be guided by the form attached hereto as Annex 2, in preparing your Proposal.

Proposals may be submitted on or before 17 August 20205 (at 23:59 NY time) and via email to the address to procurement.sg@undp.org

Should you require any further clarification, please direct them to procurement.sg@undp.org.

We would highly appreciate if alongside with the proposals you can provide us with the evaluation of your past experience provided by the three companies you have worked with.

Thank you,

Procurement team

Overview :

The UNDP Global Centre for Technology, Innovation and Sustainable Development (the ‘Global Centre’) aims to identify, co-design and share innovative and technological solutions for sustainable development.

In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and as part of the Centre’s work on sustainable finance, it is working together with UNDP’s Finance Sector Hub, UNDP SDG Innovative Finance (UNSIF) and Private Sector Centre to establish an Impact Venture Accelerating and Scaling Initiative which will include a Future of Healthcare Impact Venture Accelerator and Venture Capital Fund.

We kindly request you to submit your Proposal for SgRFP2020-01_Accelerator Implementation Consultancy.

 Please be guided by the form attached hereto as Annex 2, in preparing your Proposal.

Proposals may be submitted on or before 13 August 2020 and via email to the address to procurement.sg@undp.org

Should you require any further clarification, please direct them to procurement.sg@undp.org.

Thank you,

Procurement team