Published date: 21 March 2016

This notice was replaced on 30 November 2016

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Awarded contract (published 30 November 2016)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Foreign-affairs services - 75211000

Location of contract

G75 8EA

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

DFID 7451

Published date

21 March 2016

Closing date

18 April 2016

Contract start date

31 August 2016

Contract end date

30 August 2020

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'.

DFID is seeking a service provider for the supply of technical assistance (TA) in nutrition as part of our package of support to the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement. This will include both short-term and long-term TA to a range of clients.

The value of tender will be announced in due course, and the funding will be for a four year period between 2016 - 2020. It is DFID's intention to run a procurement process to identify a supplier for the provision of the below services in the first quarter of 2016.

The delivery of this TA will require suppliers to have the appropriate expertise and experience to build capacity in SUN countries in the following areas:
-Enhancing the utility of country plans for scaling up nutrition programming
-Improving the efficiency of utilisation of financial resources by countries
-Increasing country access to financial resources for scaling up nutrition programming
-Strengthening the use of data by countries for improving decision-making and accountability
-Scaling up implementation of high-impact actions in nutrition at the national and sub-national levels.

Suppliers will need to ensure that they have access to highly qualified experts in different disciplines and areas, including: economists, statisticians, social scientists, and nutritionists; and specialists in public health, agriculture and food security, social protection, WASH, education, governance, gender, evaluation and resilience.

They should have access to experts fluent in English, French and Spanish at a minimum, with Russian and Arabic language skills desirable assets.

In order to ensure this breadth of TA expertise, bids from consortia of partners with diverse and differentiated expertise across nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive sectors will be welcomed.

For any further details please get in touch with Wasonga Misumi - W-Misumi@dfid.gov.uk

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About the buyer

Contact name

Wasonga Misumi

Address

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

Telephone

+44 (0)1355 84 3224

Email

w-misumi@dfid.gov.uk

Website

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