Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
FOREIGN, COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE
22 Whitehall
LONDON
SW1A2EG
Contact
Contracts Finder Team -
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKI32 - Westminster
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://fcdo.proactisportal.com/Account/Login
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
UK Expertise for Green Cities and Infrastructure (GCI)
Reference number
PROJ10233
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 FCDO is seeking a supplier to support the implementation of a new programme focused on FCDO's objective to accelerate climate resilient inclusive economic development in developing countries. UK Expertise for Green Cities and Infrastructure (GCI) is central to delivering the FCDO's Centre of Expertise in Green Cities and Infrastructure. GCI will provide strategic and technical advice to posts and partner governments, working in partnership with British International Investment (BII) and the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) as well as (other) multilateral development partners (e.g. Multilateral Development Banks).
Investment in green cities and resilient infrastructure is vital to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals and to build back better after the pandemic. Low- and middle-income countries need to expand infrastructure investment seven-fold (to over $1 trillion per year) just to support their transition to net zero. Investment will be driven by a range of UK stakeholders working in concert to deliver technical assistance to partner governments, addressing their infrastructure needs. High quality resilient infrastructure and well-functioning green cities are essential for economic and human development. To this end, GCI will provide high quality technical assistance to FCDO posts and partner governments to develop and implement low-carbon, resilient infrastructure projects in cities.
GCI will also play a role in unlocking investment opportunities for green infrastructure projects. UK expertise can bring prosperity to developing countries and to the UK by unlocking trade and investment and commercial opportunities for firms including UK businesses as part of the UK's wider strategic bilateral relationships.
GCI will build on a legacy of successful programmes, whilst expanding FCDO's capability to draw on the full range of HMG tools and levers including our external partnerships. The Centre of Expertise will coordinate with a number of other programmes, including UK Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions (PACT), to provide technical support and strategic policy advice to FCDO posts. It will build on the lessons from the successful cities and infrastructure programmes (Global Future Cities, Cities and Infrastructure for Growth) delivered in recent years in DFID and the Prosperity Fund.
NB: GCI is the new name for the Centre for Resilient Cities and Infrastructure (https://devtracker.fcdo.gov.uk/projects/GB-GOV-1-300566/summary). Devtracker will be updated by end of March.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £31,500,000
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.
Please register on the FCDO Supplier Portal for this opportunity (PROJ10233) to receive all communication and updates (https://fcdo.proactisportal.com/Account/Login).
There will be an Early Market Engagement event held on 29/03/2022. For all information regarding times and the platform, please ensure to access these details within the additional information provided for PROJ10233 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 PROJ10233 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 PROJ10233 on the portal, there is a questionnaire which will need to completed to register for the EME event.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
8 April 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