Occupied Palestinian Territories Independent Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (OPTIMEL)

Description

British Consulate General Jerusalem (BCGJ) is seeking to appoint a supplier to deliver the Occupied Palestinian Territories Independent Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (OPTIMEL) programme. OPTIMEL will provide independent monitoring, evaluation, research and learning activities across BCGJ’s Country Plan Goals and programme portfolio. It will enhance the assurance, efficiency and effectiveness of the UK’s support to the OPTs by helping mitigate risks, validating what works, better understanding the context, and promoting learning and connectivity across the Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) programme portfolio and diplomatic activities. OPTIMEL will be delivered across three flexible and adaptive workstreams so that activities can be prioritised as portfolio needs change or to respond to contextual changes. The contract will deliver against four outcomes: Greater Accountability, Increased Coherence and Alignment, Increased Impact and Influence, and Value for Money. The value of the contract is £5,000,000 for a period of up to 3 years (36 months). Subject to Supplier performance, budgets and the FCDO governance processes the contract can be extended for up to 18 months with an additional budget of up-to £2,000,000. Lot 1: The primary goal of the OPTIMEL contract is to enable better UK support to OPTs and the people affected by the current crisis and long-term occupation. It will inform, provide verification and assurance that our investments deliver impact to the intended beneficiaries, are strategically aligned, offer VfM and are informed by Palestinian voices. OPTIMEL will also support the BCGJ’s decision making and risk management within its ODA portfolio. OPTIMEL will support BCGJ holistically across Country Business Plan (CBP) Goals, with both diplomatic and development activities. It will contribute to an evidence base for effective approaches in the OPTs and similar contexts. Aligned to the three workstreams detailed in Section 2 (OPTIMEL Workstreams) OPTIMEL has four core outcomes: 1. Greater Accountability (Verification and Assurance): BCGJ has confidence in results and the quality of delivery of programmatic and non-programmatic activities and has sufficient information to assess and mitigate risks. 2. Increased Coherence and Alignment: BCGJ diplomatic and development activities are connected and strategically aligned. 3. Increased Impact and Influence: BCGJ has quality information and insight to influence others, inform timely decision-making and enable responsive adaptions to our programmatic and diplomatic activities. 4. Value for Money: BCGJ activities and investments offer demonstrable VfM against the 4 Es (Economy, Effectiveness, Efficiency, Equity). Additional information: 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: +44 203 868 2859 or use the "Call me Back!" functionality (recommended, especially if contacting from outside of UK).