Published date: 1 February 2024

Last edited date: 6 February 2024

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: 12 February 2024, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

Location of contract

Sierra Leone

Value of contract

£25,000 to £45,000

Procurement reference

MMSL/SSEIP/1088.28

Published date

1 February 2024

Closing date

12 February 2024

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

1 March 2024

Contract end date

24 May 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)

Anyone may ask to participate, but only those who are pre-selected will be invited to submit initial tenders and to negotiate.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Please note £25k is the minimum value, tenders should provided a detailed budget

1 - Background
Mott MacDonald trading as 'Cambridge Education' has been appointed by the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), to deliver the Sierra Leone Secondary Education Improvement Programme (SSEIP 2). SSEIP2 are looking to work with an organisation with knowledge and skills in Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) to develop a strategy and action plan for effecting social and behaviour change, and to support its implementation.

2 - Scope of work
1. Develop a shared understanding of the programme priority objectives and outcomes, key audiences,
key behaviours, and key geographies.
2. Establish knowledge gaps for each key audience identified in the programme's theory of change and on that basis, prioritise audiences whose behaviour change the core team considers will have the
greatest impact on the overall programme objectives.
3. Develop a research plan to gain insights into the priority audience(s) - to include primary research and a rapid literature review of relevant documentation about work in Sierra Leone and elsewhere.
4. Conduct the planned research. Leh Wi Lan will support this task with introductions to schools and communities and other stakeholders where required.
5. Present key findings to Leh Wi Lan, the MBSSE and other stakeholders in a validation workshop.
6. Leverage the insights gained from the research to develop and prioritise strategies for changing target audiences' behaviours.
7. Develop a comprehensive action plan describing how these strategies will be implemented and by who, a timeline for implementation.
8. Develop a budget with Leh Wi Lan to implement the action plan, based on the action plan and agreed roles.

3 - Responses
Submissions must include:
- Technical proposal
- Financial proposal
- Company Profile outlining experience of conducting similar assignments
- Valid business registration certificate.
- Valid NASSIT clearance certificate (if based in Sierra Leone).
- Valid tax clearance certificate (if based in Sierra Leone).
- Proposed Terms and Conditions of Business.
- Any relevant accreditations or quality certificate(s) such as ISO standards, etc.
- Any other relevant information such as ethics policy, anti-slavery policy, safeguarding policy, etc.
- References indicating the Tenderer's experience and capacity to deliver similar products to reputable organisations (private companies, INGOs, Government).

All submissions to be sent to Victoria.Barber-Richards@mottmac.com

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About the buyer

Contact name

Victoria Barber-Richards

Address

Mott Macdonald House,8-10 Sydenham Road
CROYDON
CR02EE
England

Email

Victoria.Barber-Richards@mottmac.com