Published date: 20 August 2025

Last edited date: 20 August 2025

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 29 November 2024, 1pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Foreign economic-aid-related services - 75211200

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£17,500,000

Procurement reference

tender_462585/1509802

Published date

20 August 2025

Closing date

29 November 2024

Closing time

1pm

Contract start date

30 June 2025

Contract end date

31 December 2028

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) of the United Kingdom has awarded the Call Down Contract under Lot 4 - Economic Development and Trade of Global Development Delivery Framework (GDD) for delivery of Ethiopia Investment Facility 2 to Cowater International Inc.

The work will entail providing flexible, demand-led, support to GoE priorities through the provision of draw down technical assistance (TA) and embedded advisory services.

This package is intended to support the Government of Ethiopia's Home-Grown Economic Reforms, and the implementation of the IMF and World Bank programmes that were approved in July 2024.

The start date of the Contract is 30 June 2025, the Call Down Contract value is up to £17,500,00, with an option to increase its total value by £8,000,000 and for an additional 24 months. The Contract value is exclusive of taxes.
The end of the Call Down Contract is 31st December 2028. The Call Down Contract has an Extension Option for up to a further 24 months and an increase in additional value of up to a maximum of £8 million.
Therefore, the value of the Call Down Contract may be increased to an overall total of up to £25,500,00 million and it may run until 2030, if extended.

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Award information

Awarded date

30 June 2025

Contract start date

30 June 2025

Contract end date

31 December 2028

Total value of contract

£17,500,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Cowater International Inc

Address

4-109 Murray St 2nd Fl, Ottawa, K1N 5M5, CANADA

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

King Charles Street
London
SW1A 2AH
England

Email

kevin.mcgrath@fcdo.gov.uk

Website

https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk/