--- title: "Contributing to Ending the Preventable Deaths of mothers, babies and children by 2030 (EPD)" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-c629f6ef-1ae8-49bb-9bd7-cfd1508530de" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-c629f6ef-1ae8-49bb-9bd7-cfd1508530de" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-c629f6ef-1ae8-49bb-9bd7-cfd1508530de.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-c629f6ef-1ae8-49bb-9bd7-cfd1508530de.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office" published: "2026-09-15" --- # Contributing to Ending the Preventable Deaths of mothers, babies and children by 2030 (EPD) Buyer: Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-b5fd17-c629f6ef-1ae8-49bb-9bd7-cfd1508530de [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-c629f6ef-1ae8-49bb-9bd7-cfd1508530de) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-c629f6ef-1ae8-49bb-9bd7-cfd1508530de.json) ## Summary The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office procured technical assistance services for its Ending Preventable Deaths of mothers, babies and children by 2030 programme. The work supports country and central government teams with policy, alignment and evidence gaps across strong health systems; women’s and girls’ human rights, gender equality and sexual and reproductive health and rights; and healthier environments, including water, sanitation and hygiene, climate and health, nutrition, and air pollution. Support may range from rapid, specific responses to longer-term technical inputs and partnerships. The programme serves 11 flagship countries and is delivered in support of UK international development and humanitarian objectives. The recorded delivery location is Scotland, United Kingdom. The procurement is for services related to foreign economic aid. This procurement is complete and was awarded through a selective call-off from a framework agreement. The tender submission deadline was 24 August 2025 at 2pm. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office awarded the contract to DAI Global UK on 24 August 2025. The awarded value is £6.3 million. The contract runs from 25 August 2025 to 25 August 2028. The wider estimated procurement value was £7 million. The requirement was evaluated as a services procurement under a framework call-off, with the stated purpose and technical assistance scope forming the basis for the selected supplier’s delivery. The opportunity was identified as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community and social enterprises. This award shows demand for flexible, multidisciplinary technical assistance supporting maternal, newborn and child health in low-income, fragile and conflict-affected settings. Suppliers seeking comparable work would need credible expertise in health-system strengthening, women’s and girls’ rights, gender equality, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and evidence or policy influencing. Relevant capability also includes water, sanitation and hygiene, climate and health, nutrition, and air-pollution work. The requirement favours organisations able to combine rapid expert responses with longer-term technical inputs and partnerships, while working across country and central government teams. Experience aligning policy, investment and evidence across several countries would strengthen credibility. Framework access and delivery arrangements suitable for SMEs or voluntary, community and social enterprises are also relevant commercial considerations. ## Notice Contributing to Ending the Preventable Deaths of mothers, babies and children by 2030 (EPD) is a UK government commitment and is a core health objective within the International Development Strategy. It is also central to FCDO's priority on women and girls and humanitarian efforts. The approach focuses on addressing the issues affecting the health and rights of women, babies and children. The burden of deaths remains huge - newborn deaths make up the greatest number of deaths from any cause in low-income countries. Women and girls' rights are at threat and increasingly politicised. The solutions are harder than ever, requiring high quality, accessible and affordable health systems, women empowered to access care and an organised approach to development diplomacy and policy influencing. Most deaths now occur in fragile and conflict affected settings and amongst the most marginalised people. The FCDO's Human Development Department leads on the delivery of EPD. The EPD campaign focuses on 11 flagship countries and aims to contribute to reducing mortality rates in these by between 5-10% by 2030. This EPD Support Programme will provide technical assistance (TA) to target country and central FCDO teams to complement UK investments that contribute to EPD across three of the four pillars within the approach paper. These are 1) strong health systems; 2) human rights, gender and equality, including sexual and reproductive health and rights; and 3) healthier environments including WASH, climate and health, nutrition and air pollution. This will be one of the essential programmes in a new EPD Centre of Expertise to provide a timely and flexible offer of support across a range of areas, adopting a cross-cutting approach and using a range of modalities. This programme focuses on specific policy, alignment or evidence gaps. It will provide a varied TA offer from quick, specific responses to longer term technical inputs and EPD partnerships. It will allow a ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a9e3c237-7461-4554-8f4a-6e9e1b94405b | | 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 Sep 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 24 Aug 2025 | | Contract period | 25 Aug 2025 - 25 Aug 2028 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £7,000,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | £6,300,000 | | 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 | Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office | | Locality | LONDON | | Postcode area | 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 | TLM Scotland | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | DAI Global UK Ltd | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 75 - Administration, defence and social security services ### Codes - 75211200 - Foreign economic-aid-related services ## Release History - 15 Sep 2026 at 15:17 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a9e3c237-7461-4554-8f4a-6e9e1b94405b ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a9e3c237-7461-4554-8f4a-6e9e1b94405b 15th September 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - http://www.gov.uk/fco ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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