Published date: 19 August 2016

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: 16 September 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Foreign-affairs services - 75211000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£30,000,000 to £35,000,000

Procurement reference

DFID 7658

Published date

19 August 2016

Closing date

16 September 2016

Contract start date

9 January 2017

Contract end date

8 April 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The actual CPV code is '75211200 Foreign Economic-Aid Related Services'.

DFID is seeking to appoint a supplier to manage the implementation of UK funded support to the health sector in Sierra Leone. DFID support is through a wide ranging programme called Saving Lives in Sierra Leone (SLISL) which is aligned to the Government of Sierra Leone's (GoSL) post Ebola Presidential Recovery Priorities for health and will support priority, cost effective, interventions to improve health service delivery and save child and maternal lives.

The programme will be implemented by UN partners (World Health Organisation (WHO), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF); United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and the GoSL, through its Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS). The programme will run from 2016/17 to 2020/21.

The supplier will manage and coordinate all of the implementing partners and will be responsible for timely contracting, management and reporting of all agencies receiving support under the programme. The supplier may also implement some components of the programme.

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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

June Cairns

Address

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

Telephone

+44 (0)1355 84 3365

Email

j-cairns@dfid.gov.uk

Website

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