Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2024-02-15
Region: DEA22
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated with prior call for competition
CPV classification: 66000000 | 79000000 | 90720000
Estimated value: 458100 EUR
Submission deadline: 2026-11-30

Technical requirements: Zwingende bzw. fakultative Ausschlussgründe nach §§ 123 bis 126 GWB
According to Article 160, Section 3 of the German Act Against Restraint of Competition (GWB), application for review is not permissible insofar as
1. the applicant has identified the claimed infringement of the procurement rules before submitting the application for review and has not submitted a complaint to the contracting authority within a period of 10 calendar days; the expiry of the period pursuant to Article 134, Section 2 remains unaffected,
2. complaints of infringements of procurement rules that are evident in the tender notice are not submitted to the contracting authority at the latest by the expiry of the deadline for the application or by the deadline for the submission of bids, specified in the tender notice.
3. complaints of infringements of procurement rules that first become evident in the tender documents are not submitted to the contracting authority at the latest by the expiry of the deadline for application or by the deadline for the submission of bids,
4. more than 15 calendar days have expired since receipt of notification from the contracting authority that it is unwilling to redress the complaint.
Sentence 1 does not apply in the case of an application to determine the invalidity of the contract in accordance with Article 135, Section 1 (2). Article 134, Section 1, Sentence 2 remains unaffected.
Limiting global warming to 1.5°C will require rapid, far-reaching transformations across every sector. If we are serious about achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we will need more business and technology breakthrough innovations and we will need them at a speed, scale, and impact like never before.

Climate ventures are well placed to make a difference in delivering climate action. They can, at limited risk to the economy, demonstrate the market feasibility of innovative, low-emission technologies and business models, and inject pace and ambition into private-sector mitigation efforts. Climate ventures can provide solutions that are currently neglected by markets ("breakthrough technologies") as well as improving upon products and services that are already available ("incremental technologies"). 

It is in this context that we have developed the concept of CATALI.5°T. The CATALI.5°T Initiative will establish and implement regional technical assistance and investment grant platforms that build a portfolio of early-stage climate ventures with significant mitigation potential.

The regional technical assistance and investment grant platform consists of:

- The Community-building and ideation activities will support and encourage entrepreneurs and potential entrepreneurs to develop climate business ideas at an early stage and build a pipeline for the pre-acceleration stage.
- The pre-acceleration stage focuses on providing support to pre-seed climate ventures to enable them to develop minimum viable climate products or services. This support will take the form of Technical Assistance and Financial Assistance (grant of up to EUR 15k).
- The acceleration stage focuses on providing acceleration support to more advanced, seed-stage climate ventures to enable them to further develop or validate their products or services. This support will take the form of Technical Assistance and Financial Assistance (repayable grant of up to EUR 200k).

In addition, focused capacity building of local accelerators and investors will take place to enable them to develop climate expertise and develop more targeted offers to Climate Tech entrepreneurs. 

The CATALI.5°T Initiative will be implemented in Latin America and West Africa. The presented project refers to West Africa only.

Targeted outcomes:
- 60 pre-seed climate ventures graduate from regional CATALI.5°T pre-acceleration program equipped with high-quality, climate-validated products or services that are ready for market entry
- 30 seed-stage climate ventures graduate from each regional CATALI.5°T acceleration programme, equipped with robust, market-tested, low-emission solutions that are primed for rapid market growth. 
- 58 Mt of CO2-equivalent* avoided by project-supported climate ventures (over the lifespan of 20 years)
* Targets for CO2 reduction includes the Latin America Platform.

Scope: The West African CATALI.5°T Initiative will be open to ventures from Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d"Ivoire, Guinea, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Togo, subject to the condition that no sanctions or limitation apply for the eligible countries.

The CATALI.5°T Initiative in West Africa will be implemented by the GIZ initiative Make-IT in Africa II on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and Green Climate Fund (GCF).
1. Average annual turnover for the last three years at least 350,000.00 EUR 

2. Number of employees at least 10 persons as at 31.12 of the previous calendar year
If we receive more than 4 requests to participate, we will make a selection on the basis of the criteria laid out in the procurement documents and invite tenders only from the 4 candidates with the highest scores.

Weighted criteria for the selection of the 4 candidates:

1. Technical experience
1. Start-up development - Incubation, Acceleration Programs. Coaching, Mentoring (15%)
2. Business Development for technology startups - Market Testing, First Customer Acquisition, Business Modell Validation (20%)
3. Investor readiness - setting up long-term funding strategy (20%)
4. Track record of supported investments by Business Angel, Impact Investors, VCs (20%)
5. Climate Tech (15%)

2. Regional experience: not applicable (0%)

3. Experience of development projects (at least 50% ODA-financed) (10%)

Eligibility requirements: other


Winner: Beschaffungsamt des BMI