Award

Design, Delivery and Management of Scottish Government's International Development Equalities Programme, Women and Girls Fund

SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT

This public procurement record has 5 releases in its history.

Award

12 Mar 2024 at 11:52

TenderUpdate

06 Oct 2023 at 12:17

TenderUpdate

20 Sep 2023 at 13:44

Tender

09 Aug 2023 at 13:45

Planning

27 Jan 2023 at 13:29

Summary of the contracting process

The Scottish Government has awarded a contract for the Design, Delivery and Management of the International Development Equalities Programme Women and Girls Fund. The contract, which has a value of 5,250,000 GBP, aims to support women and girls in Malawi, Zambia, and Rwanda. The procurement process has been completed, and the contract was signed on 6th March 2024. The buying organisation is the Scottish Government, located in Glasgow, United Kingdom. The procurement stage is in the award phase. The industry category is business and management consultancy services.

This tender offers business growth opportunities for service providers with expertise in gender equality, international development, and programme management. Companies specialising in consultancy services, community development, and equal opportunities are well-suited to compete. The contract period is for an initial four years with potential extensions, providing stability for service providers to establish long-term partnerships. Interested businesses should ensure compliance with the award criteria focused on understanding the requirement, quality of personnel, design and methodology, and fund management.

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Notice Title

Design, Delivery and Management of Scottish Government's International Development Equalities Programme, Women and Girls Fund

Notice Description

The Scottish Government has awarded a contract to allow for a suitably qualified and experienced Service Provider to undertake the design, delivery and management of a Women and Girls Fund. This will be a new Fund that will form part of the Scottish Government's International Development Fund's (IDF) new Equalities Programme. The term of a contract is for an initial four year period with options to extend for a further three years. The value of the fund is inclusive of the design and management costs.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Scottish Government has awarded a contract allowing for a suitably qualified and experienced Service Provider to undertake the design, development and delivery of a Women and Girls Fund. The overall aim of the fund is to provide appropriately targeted direct funding to support women and girls in Malawi, Zambia and Rwanda, with the advancement of gender equality and the rights of women and girls as a principal objective. The fund will likely focus on advocacy and/or capacity/core strengthening of women's organisations and/or movements within our international development Sub-Saharan African partner countries. In line with the Scottish Government's International Development Principles, and commitments to 'do no harm', and to be global south-led, the design and delivery of the WaGF will be taking a participatory approach in partner countries i order to develop and deliver interventions that tackle inequalities experienced by women and girls and/or support organisations and that advocate for their rights. The programme design and decision making processes will involve meaningful participation and consultation of a diverse range of local women and girls and relevant associated marginalised groups (e.g. participants from a range of different: ages, sexual orientations, socio-economic backgrounds, religions rural and urban areas, those living with disabilities), as experts by experience and/or women's rights and gender equality civil society advocates, in the relevant partner country. Funding awarded through this contract will be administered directly to local organisations based in Malawi, Zambia and Rwanda. Additional information: The budget for the initial four year period is up to a maximum of 3,000,000 GBP ex vat which is inclusive of design management, and fund for disbursement. The budget for the optional 3 year extension will be up to an additional maximum of 2,250,000 GBP ex VAT and will be subject to agreement between the two parties.

Renewal: The initial contract is for a period of four years with a value of GBP 3 000 000. An optional extension period may be utilised for up to a further three year period with an additional value of up to GBP 2 250 000.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-039b72
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007825-2024
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning 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

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

98 - Other community, social and personal services


CPV Codes

72224000 - Project management consultancy services

73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services

79420000 - Management-related services

98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

98200000 - Equal opportunities consultancy services

98900000 - Services provided by extra-territorial organisations and bodies

98910000 - Services specific to international organisations and bodies

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£5,250,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£5,250,000 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
12 Mar 20241 years ago
Submission Deadline
29 Sep 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
5 Apr 2023Expired
Award Date
6 Mar 20241 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
SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT
Contact Name
Jan.gillon@gov.scot
Contact Email
jan.gillon@gov.scot
Contact Phone
+44 1412420133

Buyer Location

Locality
GLASGOW
Postcode
G2 8EA
Post Town
Glasgow
Country
Scotland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM3 West Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM32 Glasgow City
Delivery Location
TLM Scotland

Local Authority
Glasgow City
Electoral Ward
Anderston/City/Yorkhill
Westminster Constituency
Glasgow North

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

ECORYS

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