Awarded contract

Girls in Rwanda Learn (GIRL)

Details

Value
£32,500,000
Topic
Foreign economic-aid-related services
Published
4 December 2024

Tender description

Girls in Rwanda Learn (GIRL) is a Technical Assistance flexible- adaptive and catalytic programme aiming at delivering the UK's ambition for 12 years of quality education for all. GIRL will directly contribute to the global target of getting 40 million more girls in school. The programme will test then scale cost-effective and innovative interventions to support marginalised girls in Rwanda to return to school, stay in school and learn. Lot 1: FCDO is implementing a Girls in Rwanda Learn (GIRL) programme to the education sector in Rwanda over the next years 2024 to 2030. The GIRL supplier will support the Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) and will work alongside with UNICEF to improve learning opportunities for girls and boys in Rwanda, including highly marginalised out of school children. Main objectives of the GIRL programme are 1) improving foundational learning outcomes in English and maths and 2) ensuring the most marginalised girls and children with disabilities can access education, stay in school, and learn through targeted interventions. The contract shall run for up to between 4 November 2024 and 30 June 2030 with an option to extend by up to 36 months, and up to £20 million.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date31 October 2024
  2. Completed: Award published4 December 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

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