Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Abercrombie House
East Kilbride
G75 8EA
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
PROJ10223 Somalia Girls First Programme (S-GIFT)
Reference number
PROJ10223
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.
S-GIFT is a proposed £15 million successor programme to SNaP spread across 3 years to address the harmful social norms that impact on adolescent girls. It is explicitly designed as Phase 1 of a longer-term programme, with the intention that Phase 2 will be designed based on the emerging lessons and evidence after the three-year period (acknowledging that social norms change is only realised over the longer term).
The programme will aim to improve the lives and life-chances of young and adolescent girls. It will help deliver the UK’s leadership and commitment to end FGM, reduce early marriage and counter violence against girls, in a way that opens opportunities for them to access and extend their education and provide Somalia with the foundation of an educated and healthy female workforce. From a situation where we currently witness extremely high rates of FGM, child/early marriage with resultant low education achievement, high maternal mortality and great exposure to humanitarian and security risk, the programme will endeavour to accelerate the move away from the most harmful practices against girls. This will be achieved by:
• Community-level work to tackle harmful social norms affecting adolescent girls and provide support to advocacy of women’s rights organisations.
• Innovation funding to pilot, test and research what really works to shift harmful social norms in Somalia and how to take these to scale, building up the evidence base and bringing new actors into this space.
‘Please register on the FCDO Supplier Portal for this opportunity (PROJ10223) to receive all communication and updates -https://fcdo.proactisportal.com/Account/Login
There will be an Early Market Engagement event held on 16/02/2022. For all information regarding times and venues please ensure to access these details within the additional information provided for PROJ10223 on the FCDO Supplier Portal.
Note, there are 2 elements to registration which must not be confused with each other.
1. Suppliers must register their interest to PROJ10223 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 PROJ10223 on the portal, there are attachments containing additional documents which contain the link to register for the EME event.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £15,000,000
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.
S-GIFT is a proposed £15 million successor programme to SNaP spread across 3 years to address the harmful social norms that impact on adolescent girls. It is explicitly designed as Phase 1 of a longer-term programme, with the intention that Phase 2 will be designed based on the emerging lessons and evidence after the three-year period (acknowledging that social norms change is only realised over the longer term).
The programme will aim to improve the lives and life-chances of young and adolescent girls. It will help deliver the UK’s leadership and commitment to end FGM, reduce early marriage and counter violence against girls, in a way that opens opportunities for them to access and extend their education and provide Somalia with the foundation of an educated and healthy female workforce. From a situation where we currently witness extremely high rates of FGM, child/early marriage with resultant low education achievement, high maternal mortality and great exposure to humanitarian and security risk, the programme will endeavour to accelerate the move away from the most harmful practices against girls. This will be achieved by:
• Community-level work to tackle harmful social norms affecting adolescent girls and provide support to advocacy of women’s rights organisations.
• Innovation funding to pilot, test and research what really works to shift harmful social norms in Somalia and how to take these to scale, building up the evidence base and bringing new actors into this space.
‘Please register on the FCDO Supplier Portal for this opportunity (PROJ10223) to receive all communication and updates -https://fcdo.proactisportal.com/Account/Login
There will be an Early Market Engagement event held on 16/02/2022. For all information regarding times and venues please ensure to access these details within the additional information provided for PROJ10223 on the FCDO Supplier Portal.
Note, there are 2 elements to registration which must not be confused with each other.
1. Suppliers must register their interest to PROJ10223 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 PROJ10223 on the portal, there are attachments containing additional documents which contain the link to register for the EME event.
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £15,000,000
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
1 July 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