Award of DCEA - Portfolio Review of Scottish Government’s International Development Fund

Tender description

The Scottish Government (SG), on behalf of Scottish Ministers, wishes to commission a portfolio review of how its International Development Fund (IDF) is being delivered in accordance with its International Development Principles in Scotland and in its partner countries (Malawi, Rwanda and Zambia and Pakistan).This portfolio review has limited scope and is expected to be mainly desk-based through a review and analysis of an appropriate sample of currently-active IDF projects (see Annex 1) across all four partner countries (Malawi, Rwanda, Zambia, and Pakistan) and in Scotland. The Supplier will also be asked to undertake a review of relevant literature relevant to the Scottish Government’s delivery of a values-based approach to Official Development Assistance (ODA). Suppliers are also asked to include a qualitative research component (likely conducted via interviews and/or focus groups involving grant recipients, downstream partners, partner country government officials and SG staff) in their methodology. We expect fieldwork will be conducted primarily through remote methods.