Published date: 21 January 2019
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Contract summary
Industry
Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000
Location of contract
Any region
Value of contract
£60,000
Procurement reference
tender_198237/739294
Published date
21 January 2019
Closing date
5 February 2019
Contract start date
1 March 2019
Contract end date
30 June 2019
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (below threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) intend to procure technical assistance to be provided to the Greater Chennai Corporation, Coimbatore Municipal Corporation and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation in order to review and adapt their existing waste management plans with a view to move towards the principles of a Circular Waste Economy. This will include, but is not limited to, the following tasks to achieve the desired deliverables: Approach Papers / Roadmap
- Develop three (3) draft city-specific Approach Papers / Roadmaps, one for each of the cities, to guide planning on waste management and helping the cities in moving towards a circular economy by carrying out stakeholder engagements, secondary research and by factoring in international best practises as well.
- Develop an exhaustive list of international experts, including from the UK, technology providers, and innovators etc. who have expertise in the field of efficient waste management with particular focus on principles of circular waste economy. From the exhaustive list, shortlist 2 experts / expert organizations (international experts / agencies / consultants / innovators etc. including from the UK) most relevant for the three target cities in supporting them to move towards the principles of circular waste economy.
- Plan for and bring in the shortlisted 2 experts / representatives from the expert organizations (international experts / agencies / consultants / innovators etc. including from the UK) to Chennai, Coimbatore and Hyderabad and arrange for three knowledge exchange workshops, one at each of the target cities of Chennai, Coimbatore and Hyderabad. Key lessons learnt and relevant feedbacks and suggestions received from the workshops to be factored in to improve the three draft Approach Papers / Roadmap. This should lead to developing three revised draft Approach Papers / Roadmaps.
- Present and discuss the respective revised draft Approach Papers / Roadmap with the respective Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) and any other relevant stakeholder and government departments, as suggested by the ULBs, to incorporate necessary changes suggested by the ULBs and other stakeholders.
- Finalise the three Approach Papers / Roadmaps based on feedback received and submit the final three Approach Papers / Roadmaps.
- Organize two knowledge dissemination workshops, one each at Chennai and Hyderabad to discuss and share the lessons learnt from this exercise and share key aspects of the Approach Papers / Roadmaps.
More information
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& Commonwealth Office Procurement Portal, e-Bravo. Failure to do this will mean your company may not receive a Tender; no tenders will be issued via open e-mail.
Project 2099, ITT 2809 : India Programme - Technical assistance on waste management and the circular economy
How to apply in this Project:
1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once) - Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://fco.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register. - Accept the terms and conditions
and click "continue" - Enter your correct business and user details - Note the username you chose and click "Save" when complete - you will shortly receive an e-mail with your unique password (please keep
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Attachments" in the "Actions" box;
Responding to the ITT - You can choose to "Reply" or "Reject" (please give a reason if rejecting) - You can now use the 'Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek clarification - Note the
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About the buyer
Contact name
Budhaditya Mukherjee
Address
British High Commission
Shantipath, New Delhi
SW1A 2AH
England
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