Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office
King Charles Street
London
SW1A 2AH
Contact
Andrew Sternberg
Telephone
+44 2070080932
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
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
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Political Economy Analysis Facility for the Ukraine Governance Reform Programme
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 75211200 - Foreign economic-aid-related services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
British Embassy Kyiv is seeking a Political Economy Analysis Provider to provide regular, short- and long-term political economy analyses (PEA), particularly at the sub-national level. This will ensure the UK’s strategy, policy, and programmes are informed and influenced by up-to-date and on-the-ground analysis to drive effectiveness of UK objectives in the complex operating environment of Ukraine.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £5,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 79315000 - Social research services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UA - Ukraine
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The PEA Facility will sit within the British Embassy Ukraine’s Governance Reform Programme (GRP). GRP is a 3-year programme designed to support Ukraine’s institutional reform through support to anti-corruption, state-owned enterprise reform, rule of law, and digitalisation. It will also home this Political Economy Analyses (PEA) Facility to ensure the FCDO’s activities in Ukraine are underpinned by contextual and thorough PEA. We are looking for a Supplier to: Objective 1: Build understanding of Ukraine’s national and sub-national political economy under wartime conditions and the post-war transition. Objective 2: Build understanding of national and sub-national level political economy incentives and constraints affecting delivery of the UK’s ODA portfolio (focused on: humanitarian, economic recovery and energy, fiscal, social recovery, security and stabilisation, and reform). Objective 3: Generate demand for and deepen HMG and HMG’s partners’ understanding, uptake, and utilisation of political economy research.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
20 January 2025
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
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
FCDO will be hosting an Early Market Engagement event about the planned programme and the anticipated services required from interested parties. We would welcome those with experience in the following areas:
• Conducting Political Economy Analysis and providing expert advice (including identification of entry points) and quality assurance to the FCDO.
• Providing both quick and longer-term analysis in a variety of formats (reports, PowerPoint presentations) with expertise in delivering and facilitation political economy training, workshops and strategic dialogues to ensure that research is taken up and utilised by teams.
Suppliers wishing to register for this EME event will need to register through the attached link https://forms.office.com/e/c6sScj5qUM