Awarded contract

MOBILIST Product Platform

Details

Buyer: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Supplier(s): Palladium International Limited
Value: £8,960,000
Topic: Foreign economic-aid-related services
Published: 15 September 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The Product Platform aims to identify and prioritise high-impact investments for potential listing on UK or local exchanges, working closely with the broader MOBILIST initiative to guide these products through design, launch, investment, and IPO stages. The programme also deploys targeted Technical Assistance to develop financial infrastructure deemed a global public good. Lot 1: The MOBILIST platform is a flagship initiative by the UK government aimed at mobilising institutional capital to support sustainable development and the climate transition. It focuses on developing scalable and replicable financial products that align with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and aims to close the financing gap in developing countries. An FCDO policy initiative aimed at addressing barriers to capital formation in public markets for Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) financing. The Product Platform aims to identify and prioritise high-impact investments for potential listing on UK or local exchanges, working closely with the broader MOBILIST initiative to guide these products through design, launch, investment, and IPO stages. The programme also deploys targeted Technical Assistance to develop financial infrastructure deemed a global public good. Additional information: This amendment retains the right for early termination

Timeline

Completed: Award date5 May 2020
Completed: Award published15 September 2025
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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Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@foreign-commonwealth-and-development-office.gov
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