--- title: "DFID 7870 Work and Opportunities for Women (WOW)" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-75a631c8-ccec-41ab-aa89-21699934b3df" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-75a631c8-ccec-41ab-aa89-21699934b3df" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-75a631c8-ccec-41ab-aa89-21699934b3df.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-75a631c8-ccec-41ab-aa89-21699934b3df.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT" published: "2017-01-23" --- # DFID 7870 Work and Opportunities for Women (WOW) Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-75a631c8-ccec-41ab-aa89-21699934b3df [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-75a631c8-ccec-41ab-aa89-21699934b3df) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-75a631c8-ccec-41ab-aa89-21699934b3df.json) ## Summary The DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (DFID) is initiating a tender for the project titled "DFID 7870 Work and Opportunities for Women (WOW)," aimed at enhancing women's economic empowerment within the framework of the UK Aid strategy. This procurement is classified under foreign economic aid-related services and has an estimated value of £10,200,000. The tender period closes on 20th February 2017, with a contract period starting on 1st August 2017 and running until 31st July 2022. The procurement method employed is a selective procedure, and the programme will focus on improving jobs and opportunities for women, particularly in supply chains, across British Overseas Territories, the UK, and worldwide. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in economic development, gender empowerment, and supply chain management. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) would be well-suited to compete for this contract, as the programme aims to foster partnerships that enhance women's access to economic opportunities. Engaging in this contract could enable businesses to not only contribute to a socially impactful initiative but also to expand their portfolio and improve their visibility in the market by aligning with DFID's strategic objectives. ## Notice The WOW programme contributes to the Promoting Global Prosperity and Tackling Extreme Poverty pillars of the 2015 UK Aid strategy and DFID's Single Departmental Plan. It responds to the priorities identified in the Growth and Resilience Department Business Plan to deliver programming for economic transformation and inclusion, with a particular focus on improving jobs and opportunities for women across all economic development work. This new women's economic empowerment programme will work in partnership with global and British business to improve women's access to economic opportunities in supply chains, enable DFID and UK economic development investments to deliver better economic outcomes for women, and support the UK response to recommendations for action from the UN High Level Panel for Women's Economic Empowerment. The outcome level objective of WOW is that women have access to improved economic opportunities through business interventions in supply chains and economic development programmes. The indicative outcome level results for WOW proposed in the business case are: Businesses improve women's access to higher-return and higher-productivity jobs and roles in supply chains, with improving working conditions. Women's work in supply chains is made more visible, to improve global knowledge on women's economic contribution. DFID and HMG economic development programmes reach larger numbers of women beneficiaries and improve global knowledge on how to deliver results for women and girls through economic development interventions. The outcome targets will be refined and specified during the programme inception phase, but illustrative results targets are that by 2021: * 300,000 women have improved access to higher productivity and higher return jobs and roles in supply chains * Mapping of where women work, and their roles, in supply chains made available for at least three global commodities * 35 DFID economic development programmes show increases in numbers of women beneficiaries or women reached, attributable to support from WOW programme The Impact of the WOW programme will be increased numbers of women employed in higher productivity jobs and roles in supply chains, with improving working conditions. The contract will be governed by English law. DFID may, in agreement with the Supplier, extend the contract for up to 24 months beyond the end date. This will be subject to agreement through a contract amendment between DFID and the Supplier, and subject to good performance by the Supplier over the course of managing the contract. DFID reserves the right to annul the tendering process and not award the contract. From 1/4/2001 all UK development assistance has been fully untied which allows suppliers from anywhere in the world to bid for DFID contracts. Additional information: All relevant information relating to this Contract Notice can be found on the DFID Supplier Portal where suppliers can register their interest directly. If you are not already registered as a supplier on the DFID Supplier Portal please follow the guidance which can be found on the top left of the home page: https://supplierportal.dfid.gov.uk/selfservice/ ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/83d3dbff-8ca2-452b-8e66-c64311067435 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Selective | | Procurement method details | Restricted procedure | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 23 Jan 2017 | | Submission deadline | 20 Feb 2017 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Jul 2017 - 31 Jul 2022 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £10,200,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT | | Locality | EAST KILBRIDE | | Post town | Glasgow | | Postcode | G75 8EA | | Country | Scotland | | ITL 1 | TLM Scotland | | ITL 2 | TLM9 Southern Scotland | | ITL 3 | TLM95 South Lanarkshire | | Local authority | South Lanarkshire | | Electoral ward | East Kilbride West | | Westminster constituency | East Kilbride and Strathaven | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 75 - Administration, defence and social security services ### Codes - 75211200 - Foreign economic-aid-related services ## Release History - 23 Jan 2017 at 10:59 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/83d3dbff-8ca2-452b-8e66-c64311067435 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/83d3dbff-8ca2-452b-8e66-c64311067435 23rd January 2017 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/4a55ccc5-03a9-4f66-86c9-eca4d4bfbedd DFID 7870 Contract Notice - https://supplierportal.dfid.gov.uk/selfservice/pages/public/viewPublicNotice.cmd?bm90aWNlSWQ9Njg2NzA%3D DFID 7870 Contract Notice on the DFID Supplier Portal ## Notice URLs - https://supplierportal.dfid.gov.uk/selfservice/ - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-75a631c8-ccec-41ab-aa89-21699934b3df. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-75a631c8-ccec-41ab-aa89-21699934b3df.json.