Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Abercrombie House
East Kilbride
G75 8EA
Contact
Ben Donnelly
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKM95 - South Lanarkshire
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://fcdo.proactisportal.com/Account/Login
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
one.5) Main activity
Other activity
International Development
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
PROJ10218 Sudan Independent Monitoring Programme
Reference number
PROJ10218
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 75211200 - Foreign economic-aid-related services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
This is a prior information notice (PIN) only: Publication and a call for competition will be conducted once the scope of work is fully defined and approved.
The Sudan Independent Monitoring Programme will be a new, flagship programme supporting FCDO Sudan's policy and programme portfolio to improve its effectiveness through providing timely and objective information on delivery and contextual developments.
The programme will contract an independent monitoring partner to deploy thematic and contextual experts throughout Sudan to conduct in-person and/or remote monitoring and capacity building activities with three core objectives:
1. Assurance & Capacity Building: Improving confidence in results and the quality of delivery, including supporting partners to improve practice/s through bespoke technical assistance.
2. Learning & Innovation: Enabling greater portfolio experimentation by providing closer to real-time insight into progress on the ground, supporting faster course-correction and lesson learning.
3. Strategy & Analysis: Providing needs-based analysis to inform portfolio and programme decision-making, and to monitor strategic priorities.
The anticipated programme budget is £7.5m over 5 years (roughly 2022-2027). FCDO Sudan’s programme portfolio in FY21/22 consists of 6 programmes forecast to spend c.£60m. Current programmes work in areas spanning humanitarian assistance, peacebuilding, governance and economic reform, water, sanitation & hygiene, and gender and social norm change. Whilst fluctuations in the number, focus and size of programmes are expected over the life of this programme, we expect to contract a supplier to provide services to a portfolio of roughly the same size.
Please register interest to the FCDO Supplier Portal for this opportunity (PROJ10218) to receive all communication and updates.
There will be an Early Market Engagement Event on 01/02/2022. For all information regarding times and venues please access these details within the additional information contained under the Documents tab.
Note, there are 2 elements to registration which must not be confused with each other
1. Suppliers must register their interest to PROJ10218 on the FCDO Supplier Portal to ensure they receive all communications and updates (this is not registration to attend the event) .
2. Within the profile of PROJ10218 on the portal, there are attachments which contain the link to register to attend the EME event.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £9,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKM95 - South Lanarkshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This is a prior information notice (PIN) only: Publication and a call for competition will be conducted once the scope of work is fully defined and approved.
The Sudan Independent Monitoring Programme will be a new, flagship programme supporting FCDO Sudan's policy and programme portfolio to improve its effectiveness through providing timely and objective information on delivery and contextual developments.
The programme will contract an independent monitoring partner to deploy thematic and contextual experts throughout Sudan to conduct in-person and/or remote monitoring and capacity building activities with three core objectives:
1. Assurance & Capacity Building: Improving confidence in results and the quality of delivery, including supporting partners to improve practice/s through bespoke technical assistance.
2. Learning & Innovation: Enabling greater portfolio experimentation by providing closer to real-time insight into progress on the ground, supporting faster course-correction and lesson learning.
3. Strategy & Analysis: Providing needs-based analysis to inform portfolio and programme decision-making, and to monitor strategic priorities.
The anticipated programme budget is £7.5m over 5 years (roughly 2022-2027). FCDO Sudan’s programme portfolio in FY21/22 consists of 6 programmes forecast to spend c.£60m. Current programmes work in areas spanning humanitarian assistance, peacebuilding, governance and economic reform, water, sanitation & hygiene, and gender and social norm change. Whilst fluctuations in the number, focus and size of programmes are expected over the life of this programme, we expect to contract a supplier to provide services to a portfolio of roughly the same size.
Please register interest to the FCDO Supplier Portal for this opportunity (PROJ10218) to receive all communication and updates.
There will be an Early Market Engagement Event on 01/02/2022. For all information regarding times and venues please access these details within the additional information contained under the Documents tab.
Note, there are 2 elements to registration which must not be confused with each other
1. Suppliers must register their interest to PROJ10218 on the FCDO Supplier Portal to ensure they receive all communications and updates (this is not registration to attend the event) .
2. Within the profile of PROJ10218 on the portal, there are attachments which contain the link to register to attend the EME event.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
1 September 2022
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes