Awarded contract

Tackling Deadly Diseases Africa Programme – 2 (TDDAP 2)

Details

Buyer: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Supplier(s): Palladium International Limited
Value: £14,145,592.57
Duration: 4 years
Topic: Foreign economic-aid-related services
Published: 9 October 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Lot 1: Tackling Deadly Diseases Africa Programme – 2 (TDDAP 2) Following the modification, the contract will continue to provide national and community-level technical assistance to strengthen public health and emergency capability and improve the prevention, detection and response to infectious disease threats. Delivery will operate through a phased close-out and reprioritised model. Core TDDAP2 activities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana and Kenya concluded in March 2026. Targeted antimicrobial resistance activity will continue in Ghana and Kenya. Delivery in Uganda and Malawi will continue through a defined transition and close-out period, with completion by 31 March 2027. The modified contract includes additional, targeted and time-limited antimicrobial resistance transition services in Zambia until 31 March 2027. These services focus on: protecting and consolidating antimicrobial resistance surveillance and laboratory capabilities; supporting laboratory and diagnostic systems; improving surveillance-data integration and use; supporting antimicrobial stewardship; strengthening One Health coordination; maintaining workforce capability; and supporting transition towards sustainable domestic financing. The contractor may also provide targeted and demand-led technical assistance for outbreak preparedness and response, including Ebola preparedness and response support, where requested by FCDO and agreed within the resources and health security objectives of the contract. The programme outputs concern: progress towards operationalising National Action Plan for Health Security priorities; health security workforce strategy and capability; surveillance, data integration and laboratory capability; and community and civil society participation in health security governance and surveillance.

Timeline

Completed: Award date12 September 2024
Completed: Award published9 October 2026
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2028in 18 months

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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