Call for Proposals - Innovation challenge awards to support financial intermediaries and fintech firms to develop, design, pilot, and scale up financial products and services targeting informal enterprises
Procurement Process
CP-QB-FBS - Call for Proposal – Quality Based Fixed Budget
Office
UNDP Country Office -Sierra Leone - SIERRA LEONE
Deadline
19-Apr-24
Published on
22-Mar-24
Reference Number
98238
Documents
TOR - Innovation challenge awards to support financial intermediaries and fintech firms to develop, design, pilot, and scale up financial products and services targeting informal enterprisesCall for Proposal - Innovation challenge awards to support financial intermediaries and fintech firms to develop, design, pilot, and scale up financial products and services targeting informal enterprises
Overview
Call for Proposals for Grants Innovation challenge awards to support financial intermediaries and fintech firms to develop, design, pilot, and scale up financial products and services targeting informal enterprises Deadline: 19th April 2024 UNDP in partnership with the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), and the International Labour Organization (ILO) are implementing a four-year project “Supporting Informal Enterprises Transition Towards Sustainable Growth and Formalization in the African, Caribbean and Pacific Regions” funded by the European Union. The project aims to unlock the potential of the informal economy for inclusive growth and transformation by developing and supporting the implementation of favourable regulatory conditions and relevant incentives for businesses to formalize. As part of the implementation of the project, UNDP has issued a call for proposals for Innovation Challenge Awards to support financial intermediaries and fintech firms to develop, design, pilot, and scale up financial products and services targeting informal enterprises. The objectives of this Innovation Challenge Awards are:
Who Is Eligible to Apply? All registered financial intermediaries (commercial banks, insurers, credit unions, microfinance institutions, community banks, and Financial Services Associations) and fintech operating in the country. These may include financial institutions (Banks, MFIs, SACCOS, and others); Payment Service Providers; Agent Banking Aggregators; Mobile Network Operators; technology providers; E-commerce platform providers; and FinTech companies. Applicants must meet the following requirements:
NOTE: There will be a pre-bidding meeting for all interested applicants which will be held three (3) days after the launching of the calls for proposals on the 27th March 2024 at 11;00 a.m at UNDP 4th floor conference room. Only one submission per organization is allowed. Once the application is complete and submitted, revised versions of proposal documents will not be accepted.
The deadline for applications is 5:00 pm on Friday, 19th April 2024. Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.
INTERESTED FIRMS SHOULD DOWNLOAD APPLICATION DOCUMENTS AND ADDITIONAL DETAILS FROM LINK: UNDP | Procurement Notices
FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS SENT MAIL THROUGH vendors.sle@undp.org |