Prior information notice
This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office
King Charles Street
London
SW1A 2AH
UK
Contact person: LS Nagarajan
Telephone: +44 2070080932
E-mail: ls.nagarajan@fcdo.gov.uk
NUTS: UKM
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/foreign-commonwealth-development-office
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/foreign-commonwealth-development-office/about/procurement
I.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Third Party Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning for the Green Growth Programme in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Reference number: 1432
II.1.2) Main CPV code
75211200
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The British Embassy in Kinshasa is seeking a service provider to establish a Decision Support Unit (DSU) that will undertake the third-party monitoring (TPM) and other learning related activities to support its new Green Growth Programme.
The Green Growth Programme is a new five-year, £38m, International Climate Finance (ICF) programme will support the development of a climate-smart agricultural sector in DRC focusing on rural areas to deliver both climate and economic development objectives.
The TPM element is a component of this and sits within, the Green Growth programme as a whole.
This is a Prior Information Notice and not a call for competition or tender at this time.
It is an information notice to give interested suppliers the opportunity to register interest on the FCDO Supplier Portal (https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html), engage in pre-procurement dialogue and register for the virtual Early Market Engagement event being held on Friday 10th January 2025 Time: 09:00 -10:30 GMT / 13:30 - 15:00 Kinshasa. Please register to attend via https://forms.office.com/e/7GTEJDQB6N. You must register to attend via this link in order to receive the joining instructions.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
2 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
75211200
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
CG
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The core objective of this assignment is to deliver the independent monitoring, evaluation and learning function for the Green Growth programme.
The Implementing Partner of the Green Growth Programme in collaboration with British Embassy in Kinshasa will set up the programme’s Monitoring & Evaluation and results framework. The work of the MEL provider will complement and support the development and maintenance of this framework.
The supplier will be expected to establish a DSU that will support the delivery of the Green Growth programme. As such, the DSU will :
- Facilitate and inform the strategic programme decision making through monitoring, evaluation and learning.
- Support the Green Growth programme to identify what is working and what is not working.
- Provide targeted technical advice to the Green Growth partners to ensure their reporting and M&E approaches are aligned and support the programme objectives.
- Carry out the verification of results reported by Green Growth programme partners.
II.2.14) Additional information
This is a Prior Information Notice and not a call for competition or tender at this time. We are holding a virtual Early Market Engagement on Friday 10th January 2025 Time: 09:00 -10:30 GMT / 13:30 - 15:00 Kinshasa. Please register to attend via https://forms.office.com/e/7GTEJDQB6N. You must register to attend via this link in order to receive the joining instructions.
II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:
31/01/2025
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Register to attend the virtual EME event on Friday 10th January 2025 Time: 09:00 -10:30 GMT / 13:30 - 15:00 Kinshasa. Please register to attend via https://forms.office.com/e/7GTEJDQB6N. You must register to attend via this link in order to receive the joining instructions.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
16/12/2024