Lagos Renewable Energy Investment Readiness & Go-to-Market Support

Request for Proposal (RfP) Lagos Renewable Energy Investment Readiness & Go-to-Market Support C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, Inc. 120 Park Avenue, 23rd Floor New York, NY 10017 United States of America 11 November 2026 Contents 1. C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group Inc. 2 2. Purpose, Objectives and Background of the project 2 3. Scope of Work 5 Work Package 1 – Inception, Existing Work Review & Gap Assessment 5 Work Package 2 – Implementation-Readiness Assessment of up to Three Eligible Priority Project Opportunities 6 Work Package 3 – Business Model, Ownership & Commercial Structuring 6 Work Package 4 – Investment Case & Financing Strategy 8 Work Package 5 – Go-to-Market, Delivery & Procurement Strategy 9 Work Package 6 – Institutional, Regulatory & Governance Assessment 9 Work Package 7 – Stakeholder Consultation & Market Validation 10 Work Package 8 – Final Implementation Roadmap 10 Core Scope Principle 11 Expected Outcomes 11 4. Proposal guidelines 12 5. RfP and project timelines 14 6. Proposal evaluation criteria 15 7. Project budget 18 8. C40 policies 19 9. Submissions 19 Request for Proposals: Lagos Renewable Energy Investment Readiness & Go-to-Market Support 1 1. C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group Inc. C40 is a network of nearly 100 mayors of the world’s leading cities working to deliver the urgent action needed right now to confront the climate crisis and create a future where everyone, everywhere, can thrive. Mayors of C40 cities are committed to using a science-based and people-focused approach to limit global heating in line with the Paris Agreement and build healthy, equitable and resilient communities. We work alongside a broad coalition of representatives from labour, business, the youth climate movement and civil society to support mayors to halve emissions by 2030 and help phase out fossil use while increasing urban climate resilience and equity. The current co-chairs of C40 are Mayor Sadiq Khan of London, United Kingdom, and Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr of Freetown, Sierra Leone; three-term Mayor of New York City Michael R. Bloomberg serves as President of the Board. C40’s work is made possible by our two strategic funders: Bloomberg Philanthropies and Realdania. To learn more about the work of C40 and our cities, please visit our website or follow us on X, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn. 2. Purpose, Objectives and Background of the project C40 Cities is seeking a suitably qualified consultant or consortium to provide renewable energy investment-readiness and go-to-market technical assistance in Lagos, Nigeria. The assignment will support Lagos State Government and relevant stakeholders in the Lekki area of Lagos, Nigeria, to assess an indicative pipeline of up to three priority clean-energy project opportunities emerging from existing development work and, where eligible and viable, advance selected renewable energy or renewable-energy-enabling projects toward investment and implementation readiness. The project pipeline and final technology focus will be confirmed at inception, subject to the available feasibility evidence, stakeholder demand and applicable funding eligibility. The consultant will build on existing demand assessments, pilot designs, feasibility studies and preliminary financial assessments, rather than duplicate them. Potential grant-funded or donated renewable energy equipment may also become available to support implementation of the priority projects. The consultant should therefore assess how such equipment could be incorporated into viable and sustainable project ownership, operating and financing models, including the implications for residual capital requirements, procurement, asset ownership, operations and maintenance, and private-sector participation. Project Location: Lagos, Nigeria, with substantial work expected to be undertaken remotely and one anticipated in-person technical mission / stakeholder validation workshop. Indicative consultancy period: December 2026 – April 2027, with core technical deliverables scheduled for completion by mid-March 2027. Request for Proposals: Lagos Renewable Energy Investment Readiness & Go-to-Market Support 2 Financial Proposal Requirements: Submissions must present a comprehensive, itemised budget in USD encompassing all scope elements. Bidders are required to outline professional fees per team member, specifying daily rates and allocated time commitments, alongside applicable taxes, travel, and workshop expenses. All underlying assumptions and exclusions must be explicitly documented, aligning costs with specific tasks and outputs to demonstrate value for money within the available project budget. 2.1. PURPOSE This assignment aims to transition prior renewable energy planning and design work into actionable commercialisation and deployment strategies. The appointed consultant will screen up to three priority clean-energy opportunities, subject to the confirmed pipeline and grant eligibility, and provide deeper inv