Stale Pre-tender

Third Party Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning for the Green Growth Programme in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Details

Buyer: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Topic: Foreign economic-aid-related services
Published: 16 December 2024
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender 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. 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. 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.

Timeline

Completed: Pre-tender published16 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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