Published date: 12 July 2017

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


Closing: 5 May 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Monitoring and control services - 71700000

  • Project management consultancy services - 72224000

  • Evaluation consultancy services - 79419000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£2,000,000 to £6,000,000

Procurement reference

UKSBS PR17019/2

Published date

12 July 2017

Closing date

5 May 2017

Contract start date

1 June 2017

Contract end date

31 May 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) is a key part of
ensuring that programmes are ODA compliant and to
ensure this is carried out to a high standard UKSA
require expert third party resources to assist and
guide the UKSA, and the IPP grant recipients.
The successful supplier will support current and future
IPP grant recipients in developing and executing their
M&E plans, offering training and guidance where
necessary. They will also give support to the sector as
a whole (through workshops and other delivery
mechanisms), to upskill interested parties in the sector
until it is deemed a sufficient knowledge base on ODA
compliant M&E has been built.
The UKSA would look to the supplier for expertise to
establish a programme level M&E process that
ensures grant recipient plans are aligned to the IPP
programme strategy, and compliant with UK
Government guidance. This will enable UKSA to be
able to report the impact of the overall IPP programme
to BEIS, GCRF, DFID and others. This work has
already begun with our current M&E supplier and we
would look for the successful supplier to build on this
work.
The successful applicant will also need to ensure that
IPP grant recipients implement their M&E plans, and
continue to run them to the necessary standard
throughout the life of their projects, and this will
require support from the successful supplier to
support grant recipients and act as an independent
quality assurance function.
It should be noted that any applicants that are
involved with M&E provision and support to current
IPP projects will be excluded from the tender to
prevent conflict of interest between multiple clients.
Also, successful applicants for this tender will be
excluded from participating in any current or future
IPP projects.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

UKSBS PR17019 Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist Support for the International Partnership Programme

  • Opportunity
  • Published 24 April 2017, last edited 24 April 2017

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HOW TO APPLY

All submissions will be assessed in accordance with
the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, for
procurement values that exceed Regulation 5
(Threshold amounts)
This procurement will be managed electronically via
the Crown Commercial Service's e-Sourcing Suite.
To participate in this procurement, participants shall
first be registered on the e-Sourcing Suite.
If Bidders have not yet registered on the eSourcing
Suite, this can be done online at
https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/emptoris by
following the link 'Supplier eSourcing Registration'.
Please note that, to register, Bidders must have a
valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and
Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are
registering, who will be entering into a contract if
invited to do so. Note: registration may take some
time please ensure that you allow a sufficient amount
of time to register.
Full instructions for registration and use of the system
can be found at
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/becomea
-crown-commercial-service-supplier
Once you have registered on the eSourcing Suite, a
registered user can express an interest for a specific
procurement. This is done by emailing
ExpressionOfInterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk
Your email must clearly state:
the name and reference for the procurement you
wish to register for;
Your organisations full name as a registered supplier;
the name and contact details for the registered
individual sending the email.
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) will process the
email and then enable the Bidder to access the
procurement online via the e-Sourcing Suite.
The registered user will receive a notification email to
alert them once this has been done.
As a user of the e-Sourcing Suite you will have access
to Emptoris email messaging service which facilitates
all messages sent to you and from you in relation to
any specific RFX event.
Please note it is your responsibility to access these
emails on a regular basis to ensure you have sight of
all relevant information applicable to this opportunity.
For technical assistance on use of the e-Sourcing
Suite please contact Crown Commercial Service
(CCS) Helpdesk (Not UK SBS Ltd ) : Freephone: 0345
010 3503
email: eenablement@crowncommercial.gov.uk
Training support to respond to a requirement is
available to bidders at
http://www.uksbs.co.uk/services/procure/Pages/supplier.aspx
Responses must be received by the date in IV.3.4.
Responses received outside or concurrently using the
eSourcing process will not be accepted or considered
further for this opportunity.

Award information

Awarded date

21 June 2017

Contract start date

10 July 2017

Contract end date

9 July 2020

Total value of contract

£2,396,539.20

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Caribou Digital (UK) Limited

Address

56 Echo Barn Lane, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 4NF

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Alistair Staunton-Lambert

Address

Polaris House, North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1EU
England

Telephone

+44 1793867812

Email

Alistair.Staunton-Lambert@uksbs.co.uk