Published date: 11 July 2023

Last edited date: 14 August 2023

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: 6 September 2023, 2pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Foreign economic-aid-related services - 75211200

Location of contract

SW1A 2AH

Value of contract

£54,500,000

Procurement reference

tender_361423/1230644

Published date

11 July 2023

Closing date

6 September 2023

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

1 April 2024

Contract end date

31 December 2030

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.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

FCDO are seeking to procure a service provider to manage delivery of the new Land Facility programme (Main Component Lot 1) and Decision Support Unit (Lot 2).

The Land Facility programme will run for an initial period of approx 81 months - April 24 - Dec 30.

Lot 1 - Land Facility - Main Component, aims to work with governments and other actors in Africa, South East Asia and Latin America and, if required, in other regions, to help build basic capacity and systems and mobilise the necessary political support, so governments can implement and resource sustained land governance reform. in line with international standards. The focus of the programme is therefore on central land administration policy and systems and the political process to implement and sustain reforms. The Land Facility is the main component of the FCDO's Global Land Governance Programme and is an integral part of the Green and Inclusive Growth Centre of Expertise.

A contract with an initial contract value of up to £50m will be awarded. A further £30m may become available during the initial contract period, subject to further approvals.

An additional £30m and 3 year scale up option (cost and/or time extension) may also be available.

Lot 2 - Decision Support Unit will operate as delivery support function and as a 'critical friend' to the Lead Supplier or consortium implementing the main Land Facility component.  Specifically, FCDO wishes to procure the services of the DSU supplier to support evidence-based, outcome-oriented and VfM-driven decision-making by FCDO and the supplier of the main LF component, the 'LF Lead Supplier', throughout implementation of the LF, as well as developing and disseminating programme learnings.

A contract with an initial contract value of up to £4.5m will be awarded. A further £1.5m may become available during the initial contract period, subject to further approvals.

An additional £2m and 3 year scale up option (cost and/or time extension) may also be available.

Key characteristics and skills we are seeking in a Supplier will be detailed in the Terms of Reference (ToR) along with full details of the requirements. FCDO would welcome the participation of both national and international organisations.

More information

Links

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To access the tender documents, please login or register to FCDO's eTendering Portal https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk. If you have any technical issues with the Portal, please call the eTendering helpdesk: +44 0203 868 2859 or use the "Call me Back!" functionality (recommended, especially if contacting from outside of UK). Any issues with accessing the tender documents should also be reported to fiona.crawford@fcdo.gov.uk. Any queries related to the subject of this tender must be sent via the messaging function for itt_5789 Land Facility (Lot 1) and itt_5799 Decision Support Unit (Lot 2)

About the buyer

Contact name

Fiona Crawford

Address

Abercrombie House
East Kilbride
G75 8EA
Scotland

Email

fiona.crawford@fcdo.gov.uk

Website

www.gov.uk/fcdo/