--- title: "Early Market Engagement for UK-India Global Innovation Partnership (GIP) Programme" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-e755ee9b-4464-40f0-918b-493dade804a0" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-e755ee9b-4464-40f0-918b-493dade804a0" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-e755ee9b-4464-40f0-918b-493dade804a0.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-e755ee9b-4464-40f0-918b-493dade804a0.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "FOREIGN COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE" published: "2022-09-26" --- # Early Market Engagement for UK-India Global Innovation Partnership (GIP) Programme Buyer: FOREIGN COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-e755ee9b-4464-40f0-918b-493dade804a0 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-e755ee9b-4464-40f0-918b-493dade804a0) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-e755ee9b-4464-40f0-918b-493dade804a0.json) ## Summary The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office is currently undertaking the "Early Market Engagement for UK-India Global Innovation Partnership (GIP) Programme" procurement process, which falls under the Research and experimental development services industry category. The process is currently in the planning stage with an engagement end date set for October 25, 2022. The objective of this procurement is to identify and engage with prospective suppliers to establish and manage the Grant component, TA component, and Impact Assessment Facility. The program seeks to transfer and scale up climate-smart innovations from India to third countries with a focus on economic development, SDGs, and improving the lives of vulnerable populations. This tender opportunity presents a chance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise organisations (VCSEs) to participate in the UK-India Global Innovation Partnership Programme. Businesses with experience in research and experimental development services, as well as research and development consultancy services, would be well-suited to compete for this opportunity. Prospective suppliers are invited to engage with the FCDO by completing the EME Registration Form and expressing their interest in managing different components of the programme. The initiative aims to foster collaboration between the UK and India to drive innovation transfer and support sustainability goals over a period of 14 years, making it a substantial opportunity for businesses looking to contribute to global innovation efforts. ## Notice The Global Innovation Partnership (GIP) is a joint initiative by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), India and the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), UK. The governing structure of GIP is derived from the two MoUs signed between India and the UK which may be seen here http://www.mea.gov.in/TreatyDetail.htm?3743 and http://www.mea.gov.in/TreatyDetail.htm?3850). Implementation of GIP is overseen by a Joint Steering Committee comprising members from both governments. GIP will foster, transfer and scale up demonstrated and sustainable, climate-smart innovations from India to third countries to promote and improve the economic development, accelerate the implementation of SDGs and primarily improve the lives and livelihoods of poor populations in the recipient countries. A focus of the programme will be on women, people with disabilities, and those with climate and health vulnerabilities. The programme will run for a period of 14 years between July 2022-June 2036. GIP builds on ex-DFID India's programme on innovation transfer (Global INVENT). The programme has 4 distinct components: Grants (PS10m), Investments (PS50m), Technical Assistance (TA - PS11.5m) and Impact Assessment (M&E - PS3.5m). The transfer of innovations will be done through two different components - Grants and Investments. The TA will be overarching and support the enterprises across Grants and Investments as well as facilitate the transfer by enabling /strengthening the ecosystem in the specific regions. The Impact Assessment component will provide continuous monitoring and evaluation for learning and adaptation. The Investment component will provide risk capital to support the transfer of private sector enterprises and will have a separate Investment Manager. The management of the investment component is outside the scope of this EME. The objective of the EME (Tuesday 18th October : 11:00 -13:00 BST / 15:30 -17:30 India Time) is to identify and engage with prospective suppliers to establish and manage the Grant component, TA component and the Impact Assessment Facility. Through this EME, commercial suppliers are being explored who can manage the TA and Grant components and if possible, the Impact Assessment Facility. We are open to considering a single supplier for both the TA and Grants components with the requisite experience, knowledge and skills to successfully deliver both under one contract, or two different suppliers. Owing to inherent conflict of interest the supplier bidding for TA and Grants shall not be able to bid for the Impact Assessment Facility and vice versa. Prospective suppliers are invited to complete the survey via EME Registration Form (https://bit.ly/3qWyAOi), which also can be used to send written questions to he FCDO. It will also be possible to ask questions at the event, however, receiving questions in advance will help FCDO to prepare the responses in advance. Further details concerning the event will be provided in due course. Additional information: At this stage, FCDO seeks expression of interest in participating in the EME event. Non-participation in this event will not be taken into account in any future procurement. The purpose of this notice is to explore the market, inform the specifications and help us to decide on the best procurement route and strategy. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a54a14bb-eb07-4cf3-8c82-29391f69ffdd | | 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 | 26 Sep 2022 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 25 Oct 2022 | | 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 - 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services ### Codes - 73100000 - Research and experimental development services - 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services ## Release History - 26 Sep 2022 at 11:00 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a54a14bb-eb07-4cf3-8c82-29391f69ffdd ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a54a14bb-eb07-4cf3-8c82-29391f69ffdd 26th September 2022 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk To attend this event, please login via the link below: - https://bit.ly/3qWyAOi To register the attendees, please complete the EME Registration Form (see the link below): ## Notice URLs - http://www.mea.gov.in/TreatyDetail.htm?3743 - http://www.mea.gov.in/TreatyDetail.htm?3850 ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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