Published date: 10 January 2024

Last edited date: 20 February 2024

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: 28 February 2024, 3pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Foreign economic-aid-related services - 75211200

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£24,125,000

Procurement reference

tender_359459/1294337

Published date

10 January 2024

Closing date

28 February 2024

Closing time

3pm

Contract start date

1 April 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2030

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?

No

Description

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is looking for a supplier of services to deliver Wajibika Programme in Tanzania (Wajibika).

New notice - deadline updated

Wajibika is led by the FCDO and co-designed/funded by the Swiss Development Corporation (SDC).

The anticipated Financial Limit for the Contract until 31 March 2030 is up to £24,125,000. This value is made up of £13,500,000 representing the UK funding for the programme, and of approximately £10,625,000 (CHF 11,700,000) representing the Swiss Embassy contribution. The Contract value is inclusive of all applicable taxes but exclusive of UK VAT.
Upon successful delivery and subject to funding availability, there is an option to extend by up to an additional 24 months, to March 2032.

The Wajibika Programme is made up of three Components:
· Component 1 - Inclusive and Effective Civic Space;
· Component 2 - Media Freedom Workstream; and
· Component 3 - The Governance Innovation Fund.

The Financial Limit of the Contract, irrespective of value, will be allocated to the three components in the following proportions: Component 1 - 60%, Component 2 - 20% and Component 3 - 20%.

The intended Impact of the Wajibika programme is a more open, inclusive society in Tanzania where government demonstrates greater accountability to the needs of its citizens.

Wajibika will deliver this Impact via three strategic Outcomes:
- Effective civic space and political inclusion: CSOs are effective, credible and sustainable, developing stronger connections to the public, deploying evidence to demonstrate their value to government, and challenging disproportionate regulation. Coalitions (CSOs, NGOs, media, FBOs) are strengthened to promote inclusive politics and engage citizens - particularly women - in the democratic process.
- Media freedom and access to information: media challenges disproportionate regulation, including of online space, and grows capacity for public interest journalism.
- Government service delivery: Government and key actors are supported to explore new solutions to tackle longstanding service delivery challenges.

FCDO reserves the right to scale down or discontinue this programme at any point in line with the terms and conditions of the Contract. Scaling down is at FCDO's discretion, and may occur for a number of reasons including, but not limited to, changes to the political economy or a shortage of funds.

To download the tender documents, please login or register to FCDO's eSourcing Portal https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk and access itt_6166 - Delivery of Wajibika Programme in Tanzania. Any queries related to the subject of this tender must be sent via the messaging function for itt_6166.

If you have any technical issues with the Portal, please use the "Call me Back!" functionality on main page of eSourcing Portal https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk. Any issues with accessing the tender documents should be also reported to wasonga.misumi@fcdo.gov.uk.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

WAJIBIKA Tanzania Programme

  • Future opportunity
  • Published 29 November 2023

Links

Additional text

Find a Tender Services (FTS) Publication Reference Number: 2024/S 000-000727

To download the tender documents, please login or register to FCDO's eSourcing Portal https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk and access itt_6166 - Delivery of Wajibika Programme in Tanzania. Any queries related to the subject of this tender must be sent via the messaging function for itt_6166.

About the buyer

Contact name

Wasonga Misumi

Address

King Charles Street
London
SW1A 2AH
England

Email

wasonga.misumi@fcdo.gov.uk