Published date: 23 July 2018

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 27 August 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Foreign economic-aid-related services - 75211200

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£12,000,000

Procurement reference

DFID 8317 Contract Notice

Published date

23 July 2018

Closing date

27 August 2018

Contract start date

26 February 2019

Contract end date

25 February 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has huge economic potential. There are 80m hectares of uncultivated arable land, vast mineral resources and over half of Africa's water. This is countered by a very difficult business environment with very little industry. DRC ranks 184 out of 190 on the World Bank's Doing Business survey. It performs particularly badly on contract enforcement, getting electricity, paying taxes and trading across borders. Recovery of the private sector in DRC is vital; for job creation and poverty alleviation. DFID's planned ELAN 1.2 programme will support market actors, generate market insights, demonstrate innovation and build capacity to improve the functioning of markets for poor people, ultimately delivering the Expected Impact of reducing poverty in DRC by improving the income of poor women and men in selected market systems.

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All relevant information relating to this Contract Notice can be found on the DFID Supplier Portal where suppliers can register their interest directly.

If you are not already registered as a supplier on the DFID Supplier Portal please follow the guidance which can be found on the top left of the home page: https://supplierportal.dfid.gov.uk/selfservice/

About the buyer

Contact name

Andrew West

Address

Department for International Development (DFID)
Abercrombie House, Eaglesham Road
East Kilbride
G75 8EA
Scotland

Telephone

07469 122048

Email

andrew-west@dfid.gov.uk

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development/about/procurement