Bids are hereby invited for the following: Appointment of a professional service provider to roll-out the Sustainable Infrastructure Development and Financial Facility Programme (SIDAFF) in the Western Cape Province until 31 March 2026. Specifications: Phase 1 of the SIDAFF programme was completed which aimed to: - Create an enabling environment for Infrastructure financing through the SIDAFF programme; - Consolidate a pipeline of projects and programmes into one database; - Identify the most catalytic projects and programmes, and - Enable a process to take these prioritised projects and programmes from feasibility to bankability; Phase 2 of the SIDAFF programme is underway which entails the following deliverables: - Project management and administration (Project Management Committee, Steering Committee, Project meetings, Synergies with other provincial programmes); - Repeat phase - shortlisting/evaluations for further 20 projects; - Develop a grant framework to take projects from feasibility to bankability; - Develop alternative financing models/mechanisms for financing implementation of projects (cluster of projects); - Operationalisation of the Grant Facility by 1. Raising grant funding; 2. Managing the facility" 3. Disbursing the funds towards project preparation by appointing professional service providers to take the projects from feasibility to bankability. The main objectives of the appointment of the professional service provider is to produce a pipeline of bankable projects; produce Investor Packs to each of the beneficiary municipalities that the municipality will use to commence procurement of the capital to finance the implementation of the same projects: expand on the current financing modality, provide both project management and transaction advisory services during the setting up and operation of the municipal entity. Scope of Work: This bid comprises of the following deliverables under the roll-out of the SIDAFF programme: - Identification of more catalytic projects and/or programmes in the following sectors: 1. Water and Wastewater; 2. Solid waste management; 3. Energy: 4. Roads and stormwater; 5. Public Transport: - Operate and manage the established Grant Facility; - Operationalise the current Financing Modality; - Expand the existing Financing Modality to include smaller, poor, and rural municipalities who are creditworthy; - Develop a methodology to enable DFis to transform the non-creditworthy municipalities to become creditworthy; - Operationalise the expanded Financing Modalities. (Ausschreibung №107548682de)