Published date: 21 April 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: 19 May 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Foreign-affairs services - 75211000

Location of contract

G75 8EA

Value of contract

£4,000,000

Procurement reference

DFID 7554

Published date

21 April 2016

Closing date

19 May 2016

Contract start date

28 October 2016

Contract end date

27 October 2019

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

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

The UK's Department for International Development (DFID) intends to fulfil a new requirement in 2016 where we will be seeking partners/suppliers to implement a new programme to strengthen the generation and use of evidence (for example, research, evaluation and data/statistics) for informed decision making and accountability in Nepal.

DFID will be seeking partners to implement this new programme to support the government of Nepal. The programme will have a number of components that will each contribute to this overall objective.

Components are as follows :
1. Strengthening capacity of the National Statistics System in Nepal
2. Strengthening GoN capacity for evidence generation and use
3. Strengthened District level data systems and information for effective needs assessment
4. Improving access, availability and use of data in Nepal. The supplier will be responsible for delivering Component 2 and an element of Component 3 only.

Further detail on these components is detailed in the ToR. The contract will be issued for a period of 36 months with the possibility of a further 24 month extension subject to requirement and satisfactory performance of the supplier.

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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

Maureen Scott

Address

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

Telephone

+44 (0)1355 84 3946

Email

maureen-scott@dfid.gov.uk

Website

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