Awarded contract

National Maths Curriculum Reform for Malawi

Details

Buyer: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Supplier(s): Montrose International LLP
Value: £4,467,073
Duration: 2 years
Topic: Diplomatic services
Published: 25 February 2026
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

This Contract will continue the UK's supplort and close collaboration with the Malawi Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education (MoBSE) to ensure sustainability of the Maths Reform curriculum that started with the Phase one of the reform (2020-2025). The technical objectives are: 1) Deliver workbooks and teacher guides already procured, and print and deliver new workbooks/textbooks and teacher guides, 2) Print revised pre-service training curriculum materials and train all public teacher training lecturers (under the leadership of the MoBSE, the Malawi Institute of Education and the Department of Department for Teacher Education), 3) Technical assistance (TA) for maths reform sustainability and foundational learning systems strengthening.

Timeline

Completed: Award date23 February 2026
Completed: Award published25 February 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

75211100 · Diplomatic services

Decision makers

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