Award

Sierra Leone Secondary Education Improvement Programme (SSEIP)

  • Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-021052

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03580a

Published 2 August 2022, 10:42am



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office

Abercrombie House, Eaglesham Road,

East Kilbride

G75 8EA

Contact

Milena Bandere

Email

milena.bandere@fcdo.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 2070080932

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKM95 - South Lanarkshire

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/foreign-commonwealth-development-office

Buyer's address

https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html

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

Sierra Leone Secondary Education Improvement Programme (SSEIP)

Reference number

PO 7590

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 contract will be awarded via the negotiated procedure without prior publication as an extension of PO 7590- Sierra Leone Secondary Education Improvement Programme (SSEIP), the education programme that MottMacDonald T/A Cambridge Education are delivering.

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: £2,400,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • SL - Sierra Leone

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

1. DFID Sierra Leone is implementing a programme of support to the education sector — the Sierra Leone Secondary Education Improvement Programme (SSEIP) over the next 5 years, 2016/17 to 2020/21. The SSEIP seeks to support the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) to improve learning outcomes for boys and girls at upper primary and secondary level and to increase the enrolment, retention and well-being of girls in school.

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

Possible extension to contract end date by 6 months.

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

two.2.14) Additional information

FCDO will be extending the contract beyond the period published in the original Tender and Terms of Reference. The extension period requested is exceeding the limit set in the Terms of Reference and will now end on 31st March 2023.


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below

  • The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations

Explanation:

A contract amendment will be made to PO 7950 - Sierra Leone Secondary Education Improvement Programme(SSEIP). This procedure will increase the contract value from £43,082,802 to £45,482,802 a total of £2,400,000.00 and provide a 6 months extension from 01 October 2022 till 31 March 2023 in line with the provisions made within Regulation 72, 1 (b) for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor that have become necessary and were not included in the initial procurement, where a change of contractor—

(i) cannot be made for economic or technical reasons such as requirements of interchangeability or interoperability with existing equipment, services or installations procured under the initial procurement, or

(ii) would cause significant inconvenience or substantial duplication of costs for the contracting authority,

provided that any increase in price does not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract;

This short extension will allow sufficient time for new services to be procured through competition which consist of similar services in supporting secondary education improvements in Sierra Leone.

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: 2016/S 110-196463


Section five. Award of contract/concession

Contract No

7590

Title

Sierra Leone Secondary Education Improvement Programme (SSEIP)

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

1 August 2022

five.2.2) Information about tenders

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

Mott MacDonald T/A Cambridge Education

Cambridge

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKH12 - Cambridgeshire CC
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £2,400,000

five.2.5) Information about subcontracting

The contract/lot/concession is likely to be subcontracted


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

FCDO

Abercrombie House, Eaglesham Road,

East Kilbride

G75 8EA

Country

United Kingdom