Published date: 27 January 2025

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: 24 February 2025, 1pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Foreign economic-aid-related services - 75211200

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£5,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_459182/1445410

Published date

27 January 2025

Closing date

24 February 2025

Closing time

1pm

Contract start date

1 April 2025

Contract end date

31 March 2028

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

This notice is for the Occupied Palestinian Territories Independent Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (OPTIMEL) procurement.
OPTIMEL aims to provide a wide range of monitoring, research, and analysis services to support the delivery of the whole of FCDO's development and diplomatic portfolio in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. This will cover the humanitarian response to Gaza, our support to UNWRA, recovery and reconstruction, improved governance and reform and protection of rights. Independent Monitoring will verify results and projects delivered by FCDO's implementing partners, collect beneficiary feedback data and monitor compliance with FCDO's agreements and expectations. OPTIMEL will also provide ad hoc research and rapid assessments, assess whether FCDO is delivering impact, embed learning across the consulate and share with it with partners, and ensure our portfolio is coherent and optimised to deliver our country plan.

The value of the contract is £5,000,000 for a period of up to 3 years (36 months).
Subject to Supplier performance, budgets and the FCDO governance processes the contract can be extended for up to 18 months with an additional budget of up-to £2,000,000

More information

Links

Additional text

To access the tender documents, please login or register to FCDO's eTendering Portal https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk (itt_6811 - Occupied Palestinian Territories Indpendant Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (OPTIMEL))
If you have any technical issues with the Portal, please call eTendering helpdesk: +44 203 868 2859 or use the "Call me Back!" functionality (recommended, especially if contacting from outside of UK). Any issues with accessing the tender documents should be also reported to Martha. Selvaratnam@fcdo.gov.uk.
Any queries related to the subject of this tender must be sent via the messaging function for itt_6811 - Occupied Palestinian Territories Indpendant Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (OPTIMEL)
FCDO welcomes bids from across the sector, both from commercial and non-profit organisation through creation of consortia or joined ventures or sub-contracting.

About the buyer

Address

King Charles Street
London
SW1A 2AH
England

Email

tarin.jennings@fcdo.gov.uk