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
PROJ10231 What Works Hub for Global Education (WWH)
Reference number
PROJ10231
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.
Programme Objective:
The What Works Hub for Global Education will deliver a new platform to support governments who want to transform their education systems in a sustainable way, maximising the impact of education evidence to inform cost effective reforms to benefit all children. The What Works Hub for Global Education will:
• Synthesise and curate the best evidence in ways that governments and practitioners need and commissioning new research that tracks cost-effective interventions to scale.
• Strengthen education and finance ministries’ capability to use and contextualise data and evidence, for example through establishing policy labs within Ministries of Education.
• Create a new field in implementation science that produces evidence and supports our partner governments to use a ‘diagnose, test, learn and adapt’ cycle to take education reform to scale.
‘Please register on the FCDO Supplier Portal for this opportunity (PROJ10231) to receive all communication and updates -https://fcdo.proactisportal.com/Account/Login
There will be an Early Market Engagement event held on 30th & 31st March 2022. For all information regarding times and venues please ensure to access these details within the additional information provided for PROJ10231 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 PROJ10231 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 PROJ10231 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: £55,000,000
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.
Programme Objective:
The What Works Hub for Global Education will deliver a new platform to support governments who want to transform their education systems in a sustainable way, maximising the impact of education evidence to inform cost effective reforms to benefit all children. The What Works Hub for Global Education will:
• Synthesise and curate the best evidence in ways that governments and practitioners need and commissioning new research that tracks cost-effective interventions to scale.
• Strengthen education and finance ministries’ capability to use and contextualise data and evidence, for example through establishing policy labs within Ministries of Education.
• Create a new field in implementation science that produces evidence and supports our partner governments to use a ‘diagnose, test, learn and adapt’ cycle to take education reform to scale.
‘Please register on the FCDO Supplier Portal for this opportunity (PROJ10231) to receive all communication and updates -https://fcdo.proactisportal.com/Account/Login
There will be an Early Market Engagement event held on 30th & 31st March 2022. For all information regarding times and venues please ensure to access these details within the additional information provided for PROJ10231 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 PROJ10231 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 PROJ10231 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: £55,000,000
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
1 March 2023
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