Stale Pre-tender

Transforming Education in Ethiopia (TREE) - Technical Assistance Component

Details

Buyer: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Value: £20,000,000
Topic: Foreign economic-aid-related services
Published: 10 May 2024
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

This programme will help Ethiopia protect education gains to date, and level up regions with poor education outcomes, through a focus on equity, including girls, other marginalised groups and developing regions. The programme will build the long-term capability of Ethiopia’s education system, by working through government systems to improve foundational learning. The programme will continue to champion UK expertise on girls’ education. This will support the UK to remain one of the most influential bilateral education donors in Ethiopia and developing UK soft power and diplomatic relationships. This notice is regarding the Technical Assistance component of this programme. This component will provide strategic technical advice and reform and will deliver direct support at the local level to schools and regions. An Early Market Engagement (EME) event will be held on Thursday 23rd May 09:30 - 11:00 UK Time. Please see below for joining details. This event will cover the Technical Assistance component of this programme only. It will be used as an opportunity for the market to feedback on elements of the Technical Assistance component of the programme specifically, ahead of procurement. Draft slides and ToR will be published ahead of the event. This is not a call to competition or tender at this time. Lot 1: This is not a call for competition or tender at this time. Early Market Engagement will inform FCDO’s approach to engaging delivery partners and testing our design assumptions. This is not a call to competition or tender at this time.

Timeline

Completed: Pre-tender published10 May 2024
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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