| Introduction : Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) has committed to implement Agenda 2030, which has been domesticated through the Framework for Sustainable Development Goals (SDG Framework) adopted by the BIH Council of Ministers as well as by the governments of Brčko District BIH (BD BIH), Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBIH) and Republika Srpska (RS). With the purpose to support implementation of SDG Framework, BIH has prepared a joint Financing Framework for SDGs in BiH (SDG FF BiH) that provides long term strategic directions to government at state and sub-national levels for integrated sustainable development financing and introduction of the new financial modalities along the selected priority sectors. Within the proposed new SDG financial modalities, the Strategic Investment Fund (SIF) is one of the key instruments proposed to be established at the BiH entity government levels. The SIFs, once established, would gradually collect significant financial resources from public, private and other sources with the aim of crowding in financial resources for selected priorities, primarily in the areas of energy, infrastructure and digitalization. The SIFs would have a threefold objective: maximizing financial and socially acceptable returns and attracting domestic and foreign capital. The SIFs would allocate their resources as investment in shares of companies or projects or as loans. As such, the SIFs would incentivise investments in priority areas with strong catalytic (and ripple) potential for generating additional fiscal space for financing sustainable development and the achievement of other SDGs. Based on the concept proposed in SDG FF BiH, the SIF establishment would undergo two key phases. In the first phase (2024-2026), the SIF would be established as a public or mixed SIF, depending on the structure of public and/or private sources of financing. In the first phase, in addition to focusing on strengthening the operational and financial functions of the newly established SIF and initial financing of a smaller number of strategic projects, the SIF would work intensively on preparation for more complex and financially more ambitious second phase (2027-2030). In the second phase, significant new sources of financing would be intensively mobilized from private and other sources (e.g. private sector investments in the SIF, using credit lines of international financial institutions, etc.). In the second phase, the SIF would concentrate on financing more demanding development projects. Establishment of the SIF, including its structure, management and operating model, will be defined on the basis of the feasibility study that will be conducted in both entities in the country. To allow for an early preparation of entity governments in BiH for conducting of the feasibility study for SIF establishment, preparation of the SIF outline is required to guide the preparation of the feasibility study. For this purpose, one International Consultant (the Consultant) will be hired. The Consultant will be engaged under the Programme “Translating the SDG Framework in Bosnia and Herzegovina into Action” (SDG2BIH), financed by the Government of Sweden and implemented by UNDP. Proposal should be submitted directly in the portal no later than indicated deadline. Any request for clarification must be sent in writing via messaging functionality in the portal. UNDP will respond in writing including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry. Please indicate whether you intend to submit a bid by creating a draft response without submitting directly in the system. This will enable the system to send notifications in case of amendments of the tender requirements. Should you require further clarifications, kindly communicate using the messaging functionality in the system. Offers must be submitted directly in the system following this link: http://supplier.quantum.partneragencies.org using the profile you may have in the portal. In case you have never registered before, you can register a profile using the registration link shared via the procurement notice and following the instructions in guides available in UNDP website: https://www.undp.org/procurement/business/resources-for-bidders. Do not create a new profile if you already have one. Use the forgotten password feature in case you do not remember the password or the username from previous registration.
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