Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office
King Charles Street
London
SW1A 2AH
Telephone
+44 02070080932
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/foreign-commonwealth-development-office
Buyer's address
https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk
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
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Pre-Market Engagement for the provision of OSCE Election Observation Monitors
Reference number
project_6301
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), is carrying out a pre-market engagement exercise to understand market capability and capacity in delivering the UK Government’s contributions to the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Election Observation Missions (EOM).
This pre-market engagement exercise will involve the submission of the Soft Market Testing Questionnaire - to be received by 12.00pm Noon on 19th March 2021.
The FCDO will consider the feedback received to help inform its options and further decision-making. For the avoidance of doubt, this phase of the project is not part of a formal procurement process and the FCDO is not committing, at this stage, to carrying out such a process.
Participation or non-participation in this pre-market engagement exercise shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of this exercise shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process.
Participation in the pre-market engagement exercise will be at each organisation's own cost. No expense in responding to this pre-market engagement exercise will be reimbursed by the FCDO.
Please refer to II.2.4) Description of the procurement below for details on how to participate and obtain the documentation.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - UNITED KINGDOM
Main site or place of performance
OSCE Member States (https://www.osce.org/)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The FCDO is carrying out a pre-market engagement exercise to understand market capability and capacity in delivering the UK Government’s contributions to the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Election Observation Missions (EOM).
This pre-market engagement exercise will involve the submission of the Soft Market Testing Questionnaire - to be received by 12.00pm Noon on 19th March 2021.
If your organisation would like to participate in this market engagement exercise, it can do so by completing and returning the market testing questionnaire, which can be found on the FCDOs e-procurement portal Jaggaer https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk.
Participants should register as a supplier on the portal on the aforementioned link (if not already), then search for the opportunity titled “Provision of OSCE Election Observation Monitors” under Reference number: project_6301 where the Questionnaire can be obtained.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
4 May 2021
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
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
This pre-market engagement exercise will involve the submission of the Soft Market Testing questionnaire - to be received by 12.00pm Noon on 19th March 2021.
If your organisation would like to participate in this market engagement exercise, it can do so by completing and returning the market-testing questionnaire, which can be found on the FCDOs e-procurement portal Jaggaer (https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk).
Participants should register as a supplier on the portal on the aforementioned link (if not already), then search for the opportunity titled “Provision of OSCE Election Observation Monitors” under Reference number: project_6301 where the Questionnaire can be obtained.
Organisations must submit their completed Questionnaire via the FCDOs e-procurement portal https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk by the return deadline in order to participate and registration is free. Questionnaires cannot be uploaded after the return deadline.
The FCDO will not be held accountable for any errors made by an organisation in submitting their SMT Questionnaire.