Assistance Contract for the Acceleration of the Operationalization of its operations

The CAISSE DES DÉPÔTS ET CONSIGNATIONS (CDC CI) in Cote dIvoire (Ivory Coast) from Africa region had released this tender for Tenders are invited for Assistance Contract for the Acceleration of the Operationalization of its operations in favor of SMEs - PA CDC-CI The activities to be carried out are as follows: follows: Activity 1: Design and development of a CDC-CI SME strategy document to support SME access to finance, including through capital market solutions such as private equity and debt solutions (for example, basket bonds, securitization vehicles). The SME strategy will focus on gender and climate change. CDC-CI's SME strategy document will include best practice tools such as a theory of change, key performance and impact indicators, and a roadmap and implementation plan. Activity 2 : Preparation of a feasibility study for intervention with SMEs in order to accelerate the implementation of the SME strategy document by identifying a first pilot transaction, analyzing the feasibility and options for intervention such as investing in private equity firms in a first phase and create a fund of funds in a second phase. Activity 3 : Preparation of legal, financial, environmental and social Due Diligence and valuation on three (3) potential candidate Private Equity funds and recommend preferred fund(s) for the first transactions. Activity 4 : Preparation of relevant operational documents such as an operations manual on the terms and procedures of CDC-CI intervention with SMEs, operational tools (procedures and guidelines for due diligence and evaluation of transactions ), one or more templates of transaction procedures and reports including gender and climate change impact monitoring and evaluation issues. Activity 5 : Capacity building of CDC CI staff in the areas of private equity investment, due diligence of transactions, structuring and setting up private equity funds. Activity 6: Assistance to the CDC-CI in the preparation of project monitoring and evaluation reports, progress reports as well as the project completion report under the supervision of the Project Coordination Unit and using templates approved by the Bank. [Disclaimer: The above text is machine translated. For accurate information kindly refer the original document.] with tender notice no. G-Z1-H00-SUP-003 published on 28 Jun 2023. The tender expired on 17 Jul 2023. This tender is sourced from Official Website and is eligible for suppliers interested in IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support. Interested bidders can obtain further information including complete bid documents or ways to participate by registering on Tender Impulse and referencing via Tender Impulse ID 3280078.