Germany - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

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Opportunity closing date
02 June 2020
Opportunity publication date
04 May 2020
Category
79000000: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Value of contract
to be confirmed
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GIZ implements the project ‘Scaling digital agriculture innovations through start-ups’ (SAIS) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The purpose of SAIS is to increase the investor readiness of selected African start-ups in the foodtech and agritech sector that are in the post-seed phase and about to scale. For this purpose, the project provides tailor-made company development (e.g. improving business models, product development, customer relations, financial management) through an Investment Readiness Programme (IRP) and facilitates access to additional investment and business opportunities.It is anticipated that thereby start-ups will obtain access to additional capital, thus enabling them to grow faster and better scale their digital innovations. As a result, more digital innovations are to arrive in the hands of end-users in Africa and will create more income-saving or income-generating effects.It is planned to contract up to two bidders. Therefore, this tender consists of two lots (Lot 1 Contract Number 81255500 and Lot 2 Contract Number 81255501).
SAIS operates in three action areas:1) identification and selection of start-ups to be supported,2) company development programme for the selected start-ups, and3) investor and business partner relations and matchmaking.Under the guidance of the SAIS project team, the contractor is responsible for implementing the above-mentioned action area 2 for two (2) successive cohorts (or half a cohort) of start-ups, namely the ones starting in 2020 and 2021. In addition, the contractor is supposed to support the identification and selection of start-ups (action area 1) and matchmaking activities (action area 3).One cohort will consist of 12-16 African start-ups, divided into two subgroups with 6-8 start-ups each. It is planned to contract up to two bidders, which means each of the selected contractors would have to work with 6-8 start-ups. Therefore, this tender consists of two lots (Lot 1 Contract Number 81255500 and Lot 2 Contract Number 81255501), each lot being the provision of company building measures as described above for 6-8 start-ups.It is anticipated that each SAIS Investment Readiness Programme (IRP) will stretch over a span of approximately 9 months.Selection process (Action Area 1):The selection process which is guided by a set of clearly defined selection criteria starts with an open call for applications and a subsequent pre-selection of start-ups that are invited to prepare a (virtual) pitch presentation. The contractor will support the selection process as a member of the selection panel that evaluates the pitch presentations.Company development measures (Action Area 2):The selected African start-ups will receive tailor-made company development and venture building programme focusing on needed skills, know-how, operations and structures of the start-ups. The aim of the IRP is to improve the readiness of the start-ups to attract investments by Business Angels, Impact investors or Venture Capitalists and to enhance their provision of products and services to their customers or offer solutions to other GIZ projects in the field of agriculture value chains.The Investment Readiness Programme (IRP) is conceived as an intensive and continuous advisory and coaching process in which strategies and measures for innovation, product improvement, business operations, rapid growth and scaling will be developed and implemented.Main tasks are:(a) needs assessment and business development plans for selected start-ups;(b) investment readiness programme (IRP) design (how the company development is implemented over the time period);(c) IRP implementation: Provision of mentoring, coaching and training, largely virtual;(d) start-up progress tracking in collaboration with the SAIS project team;(e) coordination and the provision of additional business development services.The IRP will mainly be conducted on a virtual basis with online coaching and mentoring sessions or trainings. There are four events though within each IRP requiring the physical presence of the contractor (if circumstances permitting): the virtual pitch during the selection process, a kick-off at the beginning, a midterm check-in and a demo-day.Matchmaking with potential investment and business partners (Action Areas 3):The contractor will support this area by assessing funding needs and making contacts out of its investor database available to the start-ups. The contractor will identify possible investors and business partners relevant to the respective start-up and win investors over to participate in the demo-day.

Opportunity closing date
02 June 2020
Value of contract
to be confirmed

About the buyer

Address
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1-5 Eschborn 65760 Germany
Contact
nadine.feisel@giz.de

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