Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office
King Charles Street
London
SW1A 2AH
Contact
LS Nagarajan
Telephone
+44 2070080932
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKM - Scotland
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/foreign-commonwealth-development-office
Buyer's 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
Third Party Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning for the Green Growth Programme in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Reference number
1432
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 British Embassy in Kinshasa is seeking a service provider to establish a Decision Support Unit (DSU) that will undertake the third-party monitoring (TPM) and other learning related activities to support its new Green Growth Programme.
The Green Growth Programme is a new five-year, £38m, International Climate Finance (ICF) programme will support the development of a climate-smart agricultural sector in DRC focusing on rural areas to deliver both climate and economic development objectives.
The TPM element is a component of this and sits within, the Green Growth programme as a whole.
This is a Prior Information Notice and not a call for competition or tender at this time.
It is an information notice to give interested suppliers the opportunity to register interest on the FCDO Supplier Portal (https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html), engage in pre-procurement dialogue and register for the virtual Early Market Engagement event being held on Friday 10th January 2025 Time: 09:00 -10:30 GMT / 13:30 - 15:00 Kinshasa. Please register to attend via https://forms.office.com/e/7GTEJDQB6N. You must register to attend via this link in order to receive the joining instructions.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £2,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 75211200 - Foreign economic-aid-related services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- CG - Congo
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The core objective of this assignment is to deliver the independent monitoring, evaluation and learning function for the Green Growth programme.
The Implementing Partner of the Green Growth Programme in collaboration with British Embassy in Kinshasa will set up the programme’s Monitoring & Evaluation and results framework. The work of the MEL provider will complement and support the development and maintenance of this framework.
The supplier will be expected to establish a DSU that will support the delivery of the Green Growth programme. As such, the DSU will :
- Facilitate and inform the strategic programme decision making through monitoring, evaluation and learning.
- Support the Green Growth programme to identify what is working and what is not working.
- Provide targeted technical advice to the Green Growth partners to ensure their reporting and M&E approaches are aligned and support the programme objectives.
- Carry out the verification of results reported by Green Growth programme partners.
two.2.14) Additional information
This is a Prior Information Notice and not a call for competition or tender at this time. We are holding a virtual Early Market Engagement on Friday 10th January 2025 Time: 09:00 -10:30 GMT / 13:30 - 15:00 Kinshasa. Please register to attend via https://forms.office.com/e/7GTEJDQB6N. You must register to attend via this link in order to receive the joining instructions.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
31 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: No
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
Register to attend the virtual EME event on Friday 10th January 2025 Time: 09:00 -10:30 GMT / 13:30 - 15:00 Kinshasa. Please register to attend via https://forms.office.com/e/7GTEJDQB6N. You must register to attend via this link in order to receive the joining instructions.