Published date: 31 March 2017

Closed future opportunity - This means that a potential contract has passed its approach to market date. A buyer can choose to consider any supplier interest or convert this notice into an opportunity ready for live procurement.


Approach to market date: 7 August 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Foreign economic-aid-related services - 75211200

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0 to £5,500,000

Procurement reference

DFID0000000011

Published date

31 March 2017

Approach to market date

7 August 2017

Contract start date

5 March 2018

Contract end date

3 April 2020

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

Better Assistance in Crises. BASIC will support the development of more effective and efficient approaches of social assistance to extremely vulnerable people in protracted crises in the most fragile and conflict affect states. Current short term humanitarian efforts are not yielding the desired humanitarian or resilience outcomes. BASIC will support research, knowledge management, technical assistance and testing of different approaches in order to: deliver direct support to extremely poor and vulnerable people in the hardest to reach places; build the evidence base of what works; and build skills and ability of Governments, operational agencies and donors to implement more effective future programmes.


More information

Spend profile

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Financial year Budget
2017/2018 £5,500,000

About the buyer

Contact name

Public Enquiry Point

Address

Eaglesham Road
East Kilbride
G75 8EA
Scotland

Email

enquiry@dfid.gov.uk