Published date: 27 November 2018

Last edited date: 27 November 2018

Closed future opportunity - This means that a potential contract has passed its approach to market date. A buyer can choose to consider any supplier interest or convert this notice into an opportunity ready for live procurement.


Approach to market date: 1 February 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

  • Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 79000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0 to £7,000,000

Procurement reference

PF18 - China - Infrastructure & RoLB

Published date

27 November 2018

Approach to market date

1 February 2019

Contract start date

1 April 2019

Contract end date

31 March 2022

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?

No

Description

The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) invites interested organisations to attend a market engagement event to be held on the afternoon of 3 December 2018 in Beijing, China. Venue details and timings will be provided to registered participants.
The event will focus on the planned procurement of the Standards strands of the Rule of Law for Business and Infrastructure Programmes under the China Prosperity Fund Portfolio. The event is to elicit market views on aspects of procurement and to discuss challenges and opportunities.

More information

Spend profile

This table displays the spend profile of the notice
Financial year Budget
2019/2020 £2,000,000

Attachments

Additional text

Please register your interest in attending this event sending an email to pfgeneralqueries@fco.gov.uk to with the following information:
• name of organisation
• full address details
• name and position of participant(s)
• email address(es)
• contact phone number(s).
If you have any questions please send to pfgeneralqueries@fco.gov.uk.
Registration must be completed by 12 noon Beijing Time on Thursday 29 November 2018 at the latest.
Confirmation of places and venue details will be sent out to registered participants.

About the buyer

Contact name

Andrew Scripture

Address

King Charles Street
LONDON
SW1A2AH
England

Email

pfgeneralqueries@fco.gov.uk