Planning

Empowering Women for Better Reproductive Health Outcomes (EMPOWER)

FOREIGN COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE

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Planning

13 Sep 2023 at 08:53

Planning Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is planning a tender titled "Empowering Women for Better Reproductive Health Outcomes (EMPOWER)" in the services industry category. The procurement stage is at the planning phase, with a value of £38,000,000 GBP. The tender aims to address maternal and reproductive health challenges in Uganda through various components. The event for Early Market Engagement is scheduled for October 2, 2023, and interested parties must register by September 30, 2023.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses providing foreign economic-aid-related and health services to contribute to improving maternal health outcomes in Uganda. Companies offering services related to health systems strengthening, maternal health supplies, family planning commodities, and community engagement may find this tender suitable for their expertise. The planned procurement process involves a virtual Market Engagement event to gather feedback on the draft Business Case and potential delivery options for the EMPOWER programme, providing a platform for interested parties to engage with the FCDO.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Empowering Women for Better Reproductive Health Outcomes (EMPOWER)

Notice Description

The UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) would like to invite interested parties to attend Market Engagement (EME) Event concerning the provision of services to deliver Empowering Women for Better Reproductive Health Outcomes (EMPOWER) This is a pre Business Case EME event to obtain market feedback on the draft Business Case and the potential delivery options for this programme. The EME for EMPOWER 2024-2029 will be a virtual event taking place at 11.30 am EAT on Monday 2 October 2023. If you wish to attend this Early Market Engagement, then please complete the form https://forms.office.com/e/Ba13brYurQ and register in FCDO ePortal https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk/ via PQQ_1460 by the noon on 30 September 2023.

Lot Information

Lot 1

EMPOWER will address the underlying factors that have sustained Uganda's high maternal deaths and pregnancy rates, namely: (a) weak health systems that are unable to deliver lifesaving maternal and reproductive services; (b) misinformation and myths about family planning that deter or undermine women's autonomy over their own bodies. This will be done through four components: (a) Mentorship of health workers in public health facilities across 50-70 rural and hard-to-reach districts on how to administer lifesaving maternal and reproductive services. (b) Strengthening maternal health systems, including essential supplies and medical equipment to reduce preventable maternal deaths and increase uptake of post-partum family planning. (c) Creating a vibrant and self-sustaining private sector market in urban and semi-urban areas for FP commodities through a total market approach. (d) Countering misinformation and myths around modern FP through use of community leaders, influencers, and peer engagement. This will also include addressing harmful cultural attitudes and practices that disempower women. All these components will be monitored, evaluated and decisions made through a Third-party monitoring Group (TMG). TPMG will interrogate reports, undertake field visits, collect data and monitor indicators in the results framework and conduct specific time bound in depth studies to explore specific bottlenecks or areas of learning and adaption.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03fc3a
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027026-2023
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

75 - Administration, defence and social security services

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

75211200 - Foreign economic-aid-related services

85100000 - Health services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£38,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
13 Sep 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
29 Feb 2024Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
FOREIGN COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
lydia.babinaga@fcdo.gov.uk
Contact Phone
+44 2070080932

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1A 2AH
Post Town
South West London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Further Information

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