Published date: 7 June 2022

Last edited date: 24 July 2022

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: 10 August 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Foreign economic-aid-related services - 75211200

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£15,500,000

Procurement reference

tender_306633/1077113

Published date

7 June 2022

Closing date

10 August 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

19 September 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2026

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?

No

Description

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is looking for a Supplier to deliver the Climate Smart Jobs (CSJ) programme, focusing on Northern Uganda. The Supplier must deliver services to support market systems development which will aim to build resilience to climate change for at least 130,000 Ugandan households through climate smart agriculture (Component 1a) and run a challenge fund called the 'Uganda Climate Innovation Fund' which will aim to facilitate transformational change in Uganda's ability to adapt to and mitigate climate change and promote sustainable land management, with at least five innovations likely to enable transformational change in the agricultural sector due to the programme intervention (Component 1b).

The expected start date of the contract is September 2022. The contract will run until the end of March 2026. It may however be extended by up to two (2) years. The contract will be composed of three phases:
- Inception Phase - six months;
- Implementation Phase - the period between the end of the Inception Phase and the beginning of the Exit Phase; and
- Exit Phase - beginning six months before the end of CSJ programme.

Contact Value excluding any extension is up to £15.5 million. The budget for the period until the end of March 2026 will be divided between the two components as follows:
- up to £13.5 million for Component 1A
- up to £2 million for Component 1B
The maximum value of the contract, including the optional up to two-year extension is up to £23.25 million.

FTS link: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015706-2022 (Notice Reference 2022/S 000-015706)

To access the tender documents, please login or register to FCDO's eTendering Portal https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk. If you have any technical issues with the Portal, please call eTendering helpdesk: +44 0203 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 reported to Anna.Gibson@fcdo.gov.uk.
Any queries related to the subject of this tender must be sent via the messaging function for itt_4984 - DEV - Climate Smart Jobs (CSJ) Programme.

More information

Links

Additional text

To access the tender documents, please login or register to FCDO's eTendering Portal https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk. If you have any technical issues with the Portal, please call eTendering helpdesk: +44 0203 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 reported to Anna.Gibson@fcdo.gov.uk.
Any queries related to the subject of this tender must be sent via the messaging function for itt_4984 - DEV - Climate Smart Jobs (CSJ) Programme.

About the buyer

Address

King Charles Street
London
SW1A 2AH
England

Email

Anna.Gibson@fcdo.gov.uk

Website

https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk