--- title: "Empowering Palestinian Institutions and Civil Society (EPICS) Technical Assistance component" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-82c07882-b908-4baf-be38-7dc88b267dda" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-82c07882-b908-4baf-be38-7dc88b267dda" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-82c07882-b908-4baf-be38-7dc88b267dda.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-82c07882-b908-4baf-be38-7dc88b267dda.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "FOREIGN COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE" published: "2023-07-27" --- # Empowering Palestinian Institutions and Civil Society (EPICS) Technical Assistance component Buyer: FOREIGN COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-82c07882-b908-4baf-be38-7dc88b267dda [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-82c07882-b908-4baf-be38-7dc88b267dda) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-82c07882-b908-4baf-be38-7dc88b267dda.json) ## Summary The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office is planning a tender titled "Empowering Palestinian Institutions and Civil Society (EPICS) Technical Assistance component" in the foreign economic-aid-related services industry. The tender, initiated as a planning stage, has key milestone engagement end date set for 31st December 2023. The organisation is seeking a supplier for delivering technical assistance to strengthen systems and capacities for various governmental processes in the OPTs. This tender presents an opportunity for SMEs and VCSEs specializing in foreign economic-aid-related services to engage with the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office on a project aimed at enhancing governance and service delivery in the OPTs. Businesses with expertise in public financial management, tax, transparency, accountability, women's empowerment, and anti-corruption may find this tender well-suited for their growth and development goals in the international market. ## Notice The Empowering Palestinian Institutions and Civil Society (EPICS) programme aims to improve the viability, legitimacy and inclusion of governance and service delivery, to protect and support civic space, and to empower women, in the OPTs. It will provide technical assistance to PA institutions across governance sectors, with a particular focus on financial viability and provision of essential services, in order to protect the fiscal viability and legitimacy of the Palestinian Authority (PA). Through improving PA viability and legitimacy it will help reduce the drivers of instability and extremism. EPICS will be managed by the British Consulate General Jerusalem. FCDO intends to engage a supplier of Technical Assistance to deliver Output 1: Strengthened systems and capacities for centre of government processes, public financial management (PFM) and tax. The TA supplier may also be requested to support Output 2: Strengthened systems, processes and capacities for transparency, accountability and inclusion. TA for PFM will include building individual capacities, systems and processes within the PA (mostly the Ministry of Finance, but also the Prime Minister's Office) to improve the PA's ability to set budgets that are based on a medium-term fiscal framework, itself based on accurate macroeconomic forecasts, which reflects the PA's agreed plans and policy priorities and which enable, to the extent possible, the equitable delivery of quality services. TA for tax will include building individual capacities, systems and processes within the Ministry of Finance to strengthen its ability to collect domestic taxes and broaden the tax base. The TA supplier may also be required to support Centre of Government functions; those that enable the PA as a whole to function across its ministries and agencies. These may include policy and legislative development and implementation, strategic planning, aid management, the PA reform agenda and coordination of cross-cutting issues such as gender, inclusion and climate change. This may include supporting the passage of legislation and policies that improve inclusion and protection for women and other marginalised groups. Other activities that the TA supplier may be required to support include: transparency and accountability, including working with the Palestinian Legislative Council if elections take place; women's empowerment and inclusion; anti-corruption; and strengthening the rule of law. Technical assistance will be provided by a mix of Palestinian and expatriate experts, engaged on long-term and short-term bases, as appropriate. They will provide training and mentoring to their PA counterparts. We are seeking a supplier able to employ a problem-driven iterative adaptation approach (PDIA), especially given the longer the normal programme duration and the security and political dynamics. Additional information: FCDO will be holding an on-line EME event on 7th Sept - to attend you will need to register at the following link. https://forms.office.com/e/BwDNXSQSLR ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7b7d8ae7-7be1-4263-8840-e0a5ecba97a6 | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 27 Jul 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 31 Dec 2023 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | FOREIGN COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South West London | | Postcode | SW1A 2AH | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London | | Local authority | Westminster | | Electoral ward | St James's | | Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 75 - Administration, defence and social security services ### Codes - 75211200 - Foreign economic-aid-related services ## Release History - 27 Jul 2023 at 13:13 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7b7d8ae7-7be1-4263-8840-e0a5ecba97a6 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7b7d8ae7-7be1-4263-8840-e0a5ecba97a6 27th July 2023 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://forms.office.com/e/BwDNXSQSLR ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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