Stale Pre-tender

Early Market Engagement (EME) - Effective State and Democracy in Zambia (ESDZ)

Details

Buyer: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Value: £30,000,000
Topic: Foreign economic-aid-related services
Published: 4 December 2023
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) would like to invite interested parties to attend a Market Engagement (EME) Event concerning the provision of services to deliver Effective State and Democracy in Zambia (ESDZ). ESDZ aims to embed democratic values in Zambia’s institutions and practices and support an inclusive, effective state, which delivers poverty reduction and growth for all its citizens. ESDZ has budgeted approximately £30m over seven (7) years, with an anticipated start date of Q1 2024. FCDO invites interested suppliers to attend an Early Market Engagement (EME) session relating to the ESDZ programme and associated future procurements. This EME will take place 10:00-11:00am UK time on Thursday 14 December 2023 and will be online via Microsoft Teams, with representation from both the project office in Lukasa, Zambia and FCDO Commercial. This EME event is an opportunity for prospective suppliers to understand current planning for the ESDZ programme, to ask questions, and to provide feedback on the draft Concept Note (CN) for the Business Case. To attend this EME event, please register and log in to FCDO's eTendering Portal: https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk and complete PQQ_1530 before noon on 12.12.2023. The Concept Note (CN) is available for download as an attachment to the PQQ. The event will be followed by a questionnaire and attendees will be able to ask further questions. The PQQ functionality in the portal will be used as the channel of communication for this project going forward. Lot 1: ESDZ aims to embed democratic values in Zambia’s institutions and practices and support an inclusive, effective state, which delivers poverty reduction and growth for all its citizens. Provisional details of the proposed programme can be found in the Concept Note available for download on PQQ_1530. Additional information: At this stage, FCDO seeks expression of interest in participating in the EME event. To attend this EME event you have to login onto FCDO's eTendering Portal: https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk and register under PQQ_1530. The link to the meeting (MS Teams platform) will distributed via the messaging system on the FCDO eTendering portal and via email for those registered before noon on 12.12.2023.

Timeline

Completed: Pre-tender published4 December 2023
Current notice

About the buyer

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is a ministerial department that buys through its own Commercial Directorate. Every procurement runs on Jaggaer, the department's eSourcing portal, where suppliers register to bid. Opportunities and awards are published on Contracts Finder, and bids above threshold need Central Digital Platform registration. A commercial pipeline is updated every quarter. Four category teams cover programme delivery, estates and security, digital and technology, and corporate services. The department runs its own frameworks, such as the Global Development Delivery Framework, and dynamic purchasing systems for construction and global facilities management.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's contract awards have been in business services, transport equipment and construction work.

Relevant CPV codes

75211200 · Foreign economic-aid-related services

Decision makers

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