Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
King Charles Street
London
SW1A 2AH
Telephone
+44 2070080932
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk
Buyer's address
https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk/
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
one.5) Main activity
Other activity
Development and Diplomacy
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Investment in Forests and Sustainable Land Use Phase II (IFSLU2) Programme - Component 1 and 2
Reference number
ecm_7167 (Contract for ITT 6531)
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 75211200 - Foreign economic-aid-related services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (“FCDO”) has awarded the Contract for delivery of Component 1 and 2 of Investments in Forests and Sustainable Land Use - Phase 2 (IFSLU2 C1 and C2) Programme to Palladium International Ltd.
Investments in Forests and Sustainable Land Use - Phase 2 (IFSLU2) is an umbrella International Climate Finance (ICF) programme consisting of 5 components. IFSLU2 is managed by the FCDO's Energy, Climate and Environment Directorate (ECED).
This Contract is for the IFSLU2 Programme's Component 1: Business Incubation, Pipeline Development and Business Enabling Conditions and Component 2: Enhanced Support for Smallholder Farmers.
The Supplier must undertake the management and implementation of the Component 1 and 2 of Investments in Forests and Sustainable Land Use - Phase 2 (IFSLU2) Programme.
The start date of the Contract is 1st February 2025, the Contract value is up to £129,744,000, with an option to increase its total value and duration based on continued need. The Contract value is exclusive of UK VAT but inclusive of all applicable local taxes. The end of the Contract is 31st January 2030. The Contract has an Extension Option for up to a further 60 months and an increase in additional value of up to a maximum of £239 million. There is a Scale up Option (value extension only) up to an additional £100 million over the life of the Contract (including the Extension Period). Therefore, the Contract value may be increased to an overall total of £469 million and the Contract may run until 2035, if extended.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £129,744,000
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 75200000 - Provision of services to the community
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- BR - Brazil
- CD - Congo (Democratic Republic)
- CG - Congo
- CI - Ivory Coast
- CM - Cameroon
- CO - Colombia
- ET - Ethiopia
- GA - Gabon
- GH - Ghana
- ID - Indonesia
- KE - Kenya
- LR - Liberia
- MY - Malaysia
- NG - Nigeria
- PE - Peru
- SL - Sierra Leone
- TZ - Tanzania
- UG - Uganda
Main site or place of performance
The selection is not a prescriptive list, however, the following regions must be prioritised: East Africa, West Africa, Central Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America with an office in each.
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Investments in Forests and Sustainable Land Use - Phase 2 (IFSLU2) is an umbrella International Climate Finance (ICF) programme consisting of 5 components. IFSLU2 is managed by the FCDO's Energy, Climate and Environment Directorate (ECED).
This Contract is for the IFSLU2 Programme's Component 1: Business Incubation, Pipeline Development and Business Enabling Conditions and Component 2: Enhanced Support for Smallholder Farmers.
The Supplier must undertake the management and implementation of the Component 1 and 2 of Investments in Forests and Sustainable Land Use - Phase 2 (IFSLU2) Programme.
The intended behavioural Intermediate Outcomes from the FSLU2 C1 and C2 Contract's interventions are:
• Supply-side: Producers including businesses, social enterprises, community organisations, smallholders, and landholders adopt sustainable practices as part of profitable, inclusive and replicable business models and bankable investment opportunities;
• Demand-side: Governments, companies and value chain actors adopt mandatory or voluntary sustainable and equitable sourcing practices that incentivise sustainable practices; and aggregate and empower smallholders; and
• Enabling Conditions: Governments, companies and other actors foster positive enabling environments, reforms, standards, accessible market infrastructure and governance arrangements conducive for crowding-in investment, addressing smallholder development needs.
Over the longer-term and through interactions with other IFSLU2 Components, the Intermediate Outcomes will lead to the following systemic Outcomes:
• forest landscapes transformed into forest positive and climate-resilient systems that meet local development needs;
• increased private investment in sustainable forestry and land use;
• increased support and share of sustainable investment reaching smallholders;
• increased global market for deforestation-free agricultural commodities; and
• complementary policy actions implemented by consumer and producer countries.
These systemic Outcomes will lead to the following Impacts:
• forests and ecosystems protected and restored in forest landscapes and across relevant industries and value chains;
• finance mobilised in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and forest country Nationally-Determined Contribution (NDC) and National Adaptation Plan (NAP) implementation;
• jobs created, incomes increased, capacity strengthened and enhanced ability to adapt to the impacts of climate change (both rapid shocks and slow onset stressors) in rural economies of supported countries; and
• transformational change, aligning the land use sector with the SDGs and the Paris Agreement Targets.
Please note that the list of the countries selected in the place of performance section is not prescriptive. The final list of countries will be agreed by FCDO and the Supplier during Contract Inception based on the Supplier's analysis of opportunities to deliver impact (across countries, regions and value chains) and ODA/development impact considerations. However, the following regions must be prioritised: East Africa, West Africa, Central Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America. The Supplier will be required to establish programme offices in each of these regions to deliver the programme.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: Price Per Quality Point (PPQP)
Cost criterion - Name: Total price of evaluated elements / Weighting: Price Per Quality Point (PPQP)
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The Contract has an Extension Option for up to a further 60 months and an increase in additional value of up to a maximum of £239 million. There is a Scale up Option (value extension only) up to an additional £100 million over the life of the Contract (including the Extension Period).
Therefore, the Contract value may be increased to an overall total of £469 million and the Contract may run until 2035, if extended.
• Extension Option: up to an additional 60 months and a value of up to a maximum of £239 million.
• Scale up Option (value extension only): up to £100 million over the life of the Contract (including the Extension Period).
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2024/S 000-022375
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
ecm_7167
Title
Investment in Forests and Sustainable Land Use Phase II (IFSLU2) Programme - Component 1 and 2
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
29 January 2025
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Palladium International Ltd
16th Floor, Hylo, 105 Bunhill Row
London
EC1Y 8LZ
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
National registration number
02394229
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £129,744,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
Please note that this Contract was awarded under Light Touch Regime, however this FTS Notice does not allow for the selection of the correct procedure type. Procedure defined under regulations 74 to 76 of Section 7 Social and Other Specific Services of Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes, Public Contract Regulations 2015 (Light Touch Regime) therefore the Open procedure has been selected.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
King Charles Street
London
SW1A 2AH
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
King Charles Street
London
SW1A 2AH
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
King Charles Street
London
SW1A 2AH
Country
United Kingdom