Published date: 8 January 2019

Last edited date: 8 January 2019

This notice was replaced on 26 March 2019

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 26 March 2019)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Evaluation consultancy services - 79419000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£305,000

Procurement reference

BC/00687

Published date

8 January 2019

Closing date

22 January 2019

Contract start date

11 February 2019

Contract end date

31 March 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.

This is an accelerated procedure.

Justification

Tender already undertaken using BC Framework BC/00401 - Monitoring and Evaluation Services. There were no bids.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

The British Council seeks to procure the services of supplier/s to design, plan and conduct a baseline study and a final impact evaluation of the 21st Century Schools Programme. It is expected that the baseline study will be designed, planned and conducted in such a way as to facilitate the impact measurement at the end of the programme phase. Within the LOT 1 the supplier will also be required to support the Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Programme Officer in defining and setting up of a monitoring system in order to facilitate the implementation of the baseline study and the final impact evaluation.

Lot 1 - Design baseline/end line study, final evaluation and internal monitoring systems and tools for the 21st century school programme in the Western Balkan. The work will take between February 2019 and April/May 2019.

Lot 2 - Conduct baseline/end line study and final evaluation for the 21st century school programme in the Western Balkan. The work will take between February 2019 and March 2021.

Suppliers can Bid for One or Both Lots


More information

Additional text

Suppliers who wish to express an interest and take part in the tender process will be required to register on our e-Tendering portal In-Tend hosted at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/britishcouncil. Once registered, bidders must log-in to the website where they can view the project and access the bidders pack and submit their return. Bidders will also be required to demonstrate their capability and `means of proof` will be required. These conditions are outlined in the ITT.


About the buyer

Contact name

British Council

Address

Bridgewater House, 58 Whitworth Street
Manchester
M1 6BB
England

Email

global.procurement@britishcouncil.org