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title: "DFID 6991 - Market Development Services Transforming the Economy through Climate Smart Agribusiness (NU-TEC) Project Amendment No 1"
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# DFID 6991 - Market Development Services Transforming the Economy through Climate Smart Agribusiness (NU-TEC) Project Amendment No 1

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8a0f3c46-7d5a-45dd-ba09-4daa60ab3c80

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## Summary

The Department for International Development (DFID) has successfully completed a contract amendment for the "DFID 6991 - Market Development Services Transforming the Economy through Climate Smart Agribusiness (NU-TEC) Project." This procurement, classified under Foreign-affairs services, involved a selective process and was carried out via a call-off from a framework agreement. The contract, which is now complete, originally started on 4th May 2015 and was amended to include new interventions, including climate-smart rice production and agroforestry investments, reflecting an increase in the financial limit to £4,502,240. The final contract period is set to conclude on 31st March 2022.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses in agriculture, environmental services, and sustainable development sectors. Companies with expertise in climate-smart agriculture, agro-processing, and the provision of extension services are particularly well-suited to compete for future contracts in this area. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) would benefit from actively engaging in such opportunities, leveraging their niche skills to contribute to advancing climate-smart initiatives and agribusiness solutions.

## Notice

These amendments relates to (i) extension to the end-date of this contract, (ii) scope of Terms of Reference to include expanding current interventions; climate-smart rice production, sustainable mechanisation and commercialisation of the village agent model (for agribusiness to provide input, offtake and extension services to farmers). New areas of investment include on-site agro-processing, horticulture, agroforestry and cassava supply chain interventions. (iii) inclusion of GDPR lines to the Terms of Reference (iv) revision to the financial limit by PS4,502,240 and (v) changes to key personnel.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c1bea8f6-e743-4d6a-88cb-b03454815083 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 15 Oct 2019 |
| Submission deadline | 8 Jan 2015 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 30 Apr 2015 |
| Contract period | 3 May 2015 - 31 Mar 2022 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £4,502,240 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £4,502,240 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| 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 |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | PALLADIUM INTERNATIONAL |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 75 - Administration, defence and social security services

### Codes

- 75211000 - Foreign-affairs services

## Release History

- 15 Oct 2019 at 17:05 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c1bea8f6-e743-4d6a-88cb-b03454815083

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c1bea8f6-e743-4d6a-88cb-b03454815083
  15th October 2019 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/e7f07223-b7ae-47e8-b37f-61ad87214bcd
  DFID 6991 - Redacted Contract Amendment No 1

## Notice URLs

- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development

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