Published date: 12 October 2017

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: 8 November 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Foreign economic-aid-related services - 75211200

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£2,700,000

Procurement reference

DFID 8114 Contract Notice

Published date

12 October 2017

Closing date

8 November 2017

Contract start date

22 December 2017

Contract end date

21 August 2021

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

DFID Tanzania wishes to contract the services of a "Data Verification Service Provider" (DVSP) to undertakeindependent data verification for DFID's Payment by Results scheme in Tanzania's rural water sub-sector.In Tanzania, the UK has committed up to £150 million to improving rural water supply and sanitation. Approximately £70 million is allocated to a Payment by Result scheme, which aims to incentivize LocalGovernment Authorities (LGAs) to focus on effective monitoring and maintenance of their water infrastructures.When participating in the PbR scheme, LGAs will report the functionality status of Water Points (WPs) in theirrespective jurisdictions. These results will be checked and cleaned by the Central Data Management Team(CDMT) at the Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MoWI) before being provided to the DVSP. The DVSP will verifythis data which DFID will use as the basis for calculating the magnitude of results-based incentive payments to be made to each LGA.

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

Telephone

+44 (0)1355 84 3449

Email

andrew-west@dfid.gov.uk

Website

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