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PROJ10047 - Growth Gateway

FOREIGN, COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE

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06 Aug 2021 at 12:40

Summary of the contracting process

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is overseeing the public procurement process for the 'PROJ10047 - Growth Gateway' project, which falls under the industry category of foreign economic-aid-related services. The procurement method employed is an open procedure, with the process reaching the award stage. The contract, valued at £28,500,000, was awarded on 6th August 2021, and is set to start from either March or April 2021, concluding in March or April 2025. There are options for extensions, potentially increasing the contract duration up to 72 months and a maximum value of £80,000,000, contingent on performance and impact.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses looking to expand within the international development sector, particularly those experienced in delivering foreign economic aid services. Companies that excel in technical and commercial responsiveness will find themselves highly suitable for competing in this process. The ideal candidates include consultancies, service providers, and organisations that can demonstrate capability in managing trade and investment initiatives aimed at developing markets, ensuring impacts that benefit underserved populations.

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Notice Title

PROJ10047 - Growth Gateway

Notice Description

The Growth Gateway will increase the volume and type of trade and investment that generates positive benefits for poor women and men. It will achieve this through (i) better signposting to increase the utilisation of HMG "offer to business" instruments serving developing country markets; and (ii) provide responsive services to global businesses and the HMG network to facilitate more trade and investment with developing markets and increase its development impact.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office is seeking partners/suppliers to manage the delivery of services for the Growth Gateway. Full information on the requirements and services to be delivered can be found within the Terms of Reference. The successful supplier will begin delivering services under contract from a planned start date of March/April 2021 until the programme's conclusion in March/April 2025. Additional information: A FCDO employee will be the senior responsible owner (SRO) for the Gateway except where an agreement to assign or novate the contract to an alternative HMG department is reached, in which case the role of SRO will be re-assigned to a member of staff under that HMG department. The contractual terms of assignment and novation will be covered under the the contractual terms and conditions and the contract special conditions. At the point of tender, it is anticipated that the contract may be assigned or novated to the Department for International Trade in due course

Options: FCDO will award a contract for an initial term of 48 months and for a maximum value of PS28,500,000. The contract will include extension options of up to an additional 24 months. FCDO may also scale up the programme should it prove to be having a strong impact and has the potential to yield better results in line with the Terms and Conditions and as per the tender documents. Any extension and/or scale up will be for an additional maximum value of PS51,500,000. This may result in a maximum contract term of 72 months, and a maximum contract value of PS80,000,000. FCDO reserves the right to scale back or discontinue this programme at any point in line with the Terms and Conditions and as per the tender documents

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-02d1d3
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019044-2021
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

75 - Administration, defence and social security services


CPV Codes

75211200 - Foreign economic-aid-related services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£28,500,000 £10M-£100M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
6 Aug 20214 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
5 Aug 20214 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
FOREIGN, COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
paul.graham@fcdo.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
EAST KILBRIDE
Postcode
N/A
Post Town
Not specified
Country
Not specified

Major Region (ITL 1)
Not specified
Basic Region (ITL 2)
Not specified
Small Region (ITL 3)
Not specified
Delivery Location
TLM84 North Lanarkshire

Local Authority
Not specified
Electoral Ward
Not specified
Westminster Constituency
Not specified

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP

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