Published date: 12 August 2024

Last edited date: 12 August 2024

This notice was replaced on 11 January 2025

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Future opportunity (published 11 January 2025, last edited 6 February 2025)

Closed early engagement


Contract summary

Industry

  • Provision of services to the community - 75200000

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

Any region

Procurement reference

tender_422720/1393780

Published date

12 August 2024

Closing date

30 August 2024

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is planning procurement for the provision of services to deliver EMPOWER - Strengthening access to Family Planning in the Private Sector, Component 3 contract with estimated value ranging between £3 - 3.5m over four and half years.

Having reviewed all available routes to market, the FCDO decided to use an Open Procedure or Light Touch Regime (LTR) - Procedure defined under Section 7 Social and Other Specific Services of Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes, Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2015.
FCDO would like to work with small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and organisations eligible to operate in Uganda and FCDO is keen to learn more about barriers to participation in tenders open to the market.

To allow FCDO to make a decision whether to organise "Familiarisation with FCDO Tender Process" session, please register / log in to FCDO e-Sourcing Portal - https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk/ and complete Qualification Envelope for PQQ_1703 by 12 noon (BST) on Friday 16 August 2024.

Please note that whist the Familiarisation with FCDO Tender Process session is planned in relation to the EMPOWER - Strengthening access to Family Planning in the Private Sector, Component 3, the event will not cover the requirements of the contract.

Background information:
Component 3 of the wider EMPOWER programme aims to contribute to creating a vibrant and self-sustaining private sector market for voluntary Family Planning (FP) services in Urban and Semi-urban areas. This will involve identifying the market segments that can pay for their services and building capacity of Private for Profit (PFP) and Private-Not-For-Profit (PNFP) outlets to provide these services affordably and sustainably.
FCDO expects the private sector to play an increasing role in contributing to Uganda's targeted modern Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (mCPR) and to increase the share of FP service delivery covered by other funding sources beyond Government of Uganda (GOU)and donors, including, for example, out of pocket and health insurance.
Potential interventions are expected to address both demand and supply factors, and the delivery partner(s) are expected to test and scale up the most appropriate interventions.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

EMPOWER - Strengthening access to Family Planning (FP) in the Private sector -- Familiarisation with the FCDO Tender Process Event

  • Early engagement
  • Published 12 August 2024

Links

Additional text

Please note that PQQ functionality is used here purely to assist in organisation of Familiarisation with FCDO Procurement Process Event and it's not a part of the procurement process.

About the buyer

Address

King Charles Street
London
SW1A 2AH
England

Email

mercy.mashem@fcdo.gov.uk

Website

https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk/