Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Abercrombie House, Eaglesham Road
East Kilbride
G75 8EA
Contact
David McMullan
Telephone
+44 13558434074
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
Foundational Learning for Girls Programme (FLAG)
Reference number
PROJ10237
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.
The purpose of this programme is to work closely with the Government of Uganda to drive up a return to school and tackle the post-COVID-19 learning crisis:
FLAG will:
1. Provide community-based catch-up classes for 150,00 out-of-school children and support their return to school, as well as catch-up learning for 400,000 children at school who are falling behind and at risk of dropping out. At least 60% will be girls.
2. Engage parents and caregivers in children’s learning to ensure parents understand the benefits of education; support learning in the home; keep their children, especially girls, safe; and allow their children to return to, and stay in, school.
3. Identify, and build data and evidence on, what works, with the aim of both influencing the Government of Uganda (GoU) and others to scale up this approach to recovering lost learning, and demonstrating ways in which learning can be improved in Uganda’s primary schools.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £30,000,000
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.
Please register on the FCDO Supplier Portal for this opportunity (PROJ10237) to receive all communication and updates -https://fcdo.proactisportal.com/Account/Login
There will be an Early Market Engagement event held for this opportunity on 05 May 2022. For all information regarding times and venues please ensure to access these details within the additional information provided for PROJ10237 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 PROJ10237 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 PROJ10237 on the portal, there are attachments containing additional documents which contain the link to register for the EME event.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
10 January 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