Capacity-building expertise for Guimarães: Request for Proposals

Through the NetZeroCities City Expert Support Facility, NetZeroCities / Climate-KIC are requesting quotations for a capacity-building expertise on economic and financial modelling for innovative energy systems and nature-based solutions, Guimarães.

About the request

The subject of this service tailored to the city of Guimarães’s needs involves the provision of expert mentoring and guidance to local human resources (aimed at key experts from the Climate Transition Team including the Landscape Laboratory of Guimarães (LLG) and Municipality Staff) for the development of sustainable and effective business models aligned with public procurement processes. The service provider is expected to use design-thinking as a mindset and methodology, with a capacity-building set focusing on a practical, hands-on approach tailored to the topics of new energy and nature-based solutions.

The proposal should consider the following:

• Mentoring human resources and providing expert guidance for developing sustainable and effective business models that align with public procurement processes to achieve economic and environmental goals.
• Guidance on how to use design-thinking as a mindset and methodology, implement self-designing of business models, design activities for business model innovation projects, use design tools and approaches for business model innovation, co-create new services, products or business models and measure impact and conduct evaluation of both design thinking integrated with business model innovation

The supplier will ensure sufficient financial, economic, technical, and professional capacity to deliver the services in an efficient and effective manner.

Please find all relevant information including full scope, milestones, and all related information below.

Timeline and additional information

Interested parties are invited to submit their proposals by 27 November 2024 to Radka Reil, CESF Manager [CESF@netzerocities.eu]. Proposals should include and address all specific requirements related to the request which can be found below.