Published date: 22 October 2020

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Awarded contract (published 1 April 2022)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Foreign economic-aid-related services - 75211200

Location of contract

G75 8EA

Value of contract

£15,725,000

Procurement reference

2d710f45-562b-4e05-a8d8-b9e4aeb6ccfb

Published date

22 October 2020

Closing date

23 November 2020

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

1 April 2021

Contract end date

31 December 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure (above threshold)

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

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

DFID is seeking to appoint a Research Programme Consortium (RPC) to deliver new rigorous and operationally relevant research on the most effective approaches to implementing Early Childhood Development (ECD) at scale in LMIC contexts. The RPC will be required to design, manage and implement a £15.55m multi-country, interdisciplinary and multi-sectoral research programme on Early Childhood Development (ECD), and foster significant uptake of the research findings. The programme will run for five years with the potential to extend for a further three years. The RPC will bring together experts in systems thinking, implementation science, as well as specialist researchers across all the ECD domains of the Nurturing Care Framework (NCF) - and develop understanding on how to build coherent multi-sectoral ECD systems which can enable the delivery of quality ECD in a sustainable manner for all children. This programme is co-funded by DFID and New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Ross McGarry

Address

FCDO, Abercrombie House
Eaglesham Road, East Kilbride,
Glasgow
G75 8EA
UNITED KINGDOM

Telephone

07469 105904

Email

ross.mcgarry@fcdo.gov.uk