Published date: 9 November 2022

Last edited date: 18 January 2023

This notice was replaced on 11 April 2023

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Awarded contract (published 11 April 2023, last edited 11 April 2023)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Provision of services to the community - 75200000

  • Foreign economic-aid-related services - 75211200

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£5,500,000

Procurement reference

tender_315755/1140765

Published date

9 November 2022

Closing date

16 February 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2025

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

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is looking for a supplier of services to deliver the Global Mine Action Programme 3 (GMAP 3) in Afghanistan.
The expected contract value is up to £5.5m. The contract is expected to run from April 2023 to the end of March 2025 with a possible extension(s) of up to 24 months in total and potential additional value of up to £5.5m.

GMAP3 Afghanistan will contribute to the overall GMAP3 programme. The Global Mine Action Programme 3 (GMAP3) began in April 2022, and is building on the success of its predecessor (the Global Mine Action Programme 2) in tackling the threat of landmines and other explosive remnants of war.

The strategic objective for GMAP3 in Afghanistan is to release land and conduct Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE) that supports humanitarian emergency response and vulnerable communities. GMAP3 will protect the results of mine action in Afghanistan over the past two decades and provide sustainability by enhancing the national capacity of one or more local mine action IPs.
The GMAP3 contract in Afghanistan will be designed and implemented to achieve all five outcomes of the GMAP3 Theory of Change (ToC):
- Outcome 1: Measurable progress towards Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC), Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) and Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) treaty compliance and universalisation.
- Outcome 2: Responsive and equitable nationally owned mine action through improved governance and with increased local implementation. This outcome will be delivered in Afghanistan solely through working with local implementing partners (details in the Terms of Reference).
- Outcome 3: Mine action integrated or sequenced with humanitarian / development / peacebuilding or stabilisation initiatives.
- Outcome 4: Safe and productive land use improves livelihoods and basic services, improving the quality of life and the environment.
- Outcome 5: Risk of harm reduced which increases returns and the freedom of movement.

The GMAP3 contract in Afghanistan will be designed and implemented to achieve three of the four outputs of the GMAP3 ToC. Output 4, which refers to the Capacity Development (CD) of national authorities, is not applicable to GMAP3 in Afghanistan:
- Output 1: Land has been released for safe and productive use.
- Output 2: Increased awareness of the risk of harm from explosive ordnance.
- Output 3: Increased collaboration with humanitarian, peace, stabilisation, development and environmental actors.
- Output 5: Enhanced capacity of local implementers, i.e. enhanced operational and management procedures, skills and systems of local IPs, leading to increased local implementation.

FCDO welcomes bids from across the sector, both from commercial and non-profit organisation through creation of consortia or joined ventures or sub-contracting the work.

Find a Tender Services (FTS) Notice Number: 2022/S 000-031640

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Market Engagement (EME) Event for Global Mine Action Programme 3 (GMAP 3)

  • Early engagement
  • Published 16 June 2022, last edited 27 July 2022

Links

Additional text

To access the tender documents, please login or register to FCDO's eTendering Portal https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk (itt_5328 - Global Mine Action Programme 3 (GMAP3) - Afghanistan).

Any queries related to the subject of this tender must be sent via the messaging function for itt_5328 - Global Mine Action Programme 3 (GMAP3) - Afghanistan.

Please note that the originally published start date has been amended from February 2023 to April 2023, the start of the new UK financial year. The contract duration has been amended accordingly, from 26 months to 24 months with the option to extend (Corrigendum: 2022/S 000-035146). In addition, the contract value has been changed from £9.5 to £5.5 (2023/S 000-001547).
The FCDO has extended the deadline for bids to 12:00 noon GMT on 16 February 2023 to allow bidders more time to accommodate this change in their proposals.

About the buyer

Address

King Charles Street
London
SW1A 2AH
England

Email

anna.gibson@fcdo.gov.uk