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title: "PROJ - 10029 - Partnership for Learning for All in Nigeria (PLANE)"
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# PROJ - 10029 - Partnership for Learning for All in Nigeria (PLANE)

Buyer: FOREIGN, COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02db9f

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## Summary

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is seeking a service provider for the "Partnership for Learning for All in Nigeria (PLANE)" project, designed to enhance basic education for an estimated 1.5 million children in Kano, Kaduna, and Jigawa states. This procurement process is in the award stage, with the contract valued at £95 million, potentially extending to £120 million, and the contract was signed on 1st September 2021. The primary focus is on foreign economic-aid-related services within the education sector, addressing critical issues in literacy and inclusion for marginalised children.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in educational services, particularly those with expertise in technical assistance, governance reform, and inclusive educational methodologies. Companies that can provide strategic advice, capacity development, or effective communication strategies would be well-suited to compete for this contract, ensuring they align with FCDO's goals of improving teaching quality and learning outcomes, particularly for marginalised communities.

## Notice

FCDO is procuring a service provider to manage and deliver the largest component of a new flagship basic education programme in Nigeria: The ambition for PLANE is to directly support improved learning for an estimated 1.5 million children in Kano, Kaduna and Jigawa states (KKJ) and support state and non-state systems benefitting 8,000,000 children nationally. The service provider will be expected to provide appropriate technical and other expertise, goods and materials to enable - delivery of more focused teaching and learning, better managed state and non state systems and use of evidence and effective communication to deliver improved performance in state and non-state systems.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Nigeria faces a learning crisis. Literacy rates are low, and lower still for marginalised children. It has the largest number of primary-aged children out of school in the world. Public investment in education is insufficient, and millions of children are failing to learn the basics. Improving participation of marginalised children in schooling, and ensuring children learn when in school, is critical to avert a demographic crisis and meet the SDG commitments. FCDO's PLANE programme aims to improve foundational skills (reading, writing and mathematics) by enabling amore inclusive and effective educations system through 3 'windows' and a FCDO managed component. Window One (PS95m): Getting the Foundations right - a systems approach. More focused teaching and learning, improved governance (for state and non-state education delivery) and increased use of data and evidence - a large technical assistance programme to support schools and improve systems, delivered through a contracted consortium. (subject of this notice) * Window Two (PS38m): Education in Emergencies. Support to help marginalised children affected by conflict learn foundational skills, and support to recovery of systems - a bilateral agreement with USAID and non-governmental organisations. (Not in scope of this notice) * Window Three (PS20m): Community support to learning. Improving inclusion and learning for marginalised children - an accountable grant to a partnership of non-governmental organisations. (not in scope of this notice) FCDO seeks a supplier to deliver the following outcomes through Window one of the PLANE programme - i. Outcome 1: More focused teaching and learning: whereby more competent teachers teach foundational skills better in performance driven schools and colleges, to benefit marginalised children ii. Outcome 2: Better Managed Systems (state and non-state): which use resources (human, financial and other)more efficiently and effectively to support schools and teachers and enable children to learn foundational skills, including marginalised groups iii. Outcome 3: Focus on results: Whereby the use of evidence and effective communication becomes embedded in ways of working, to deliver improved performance, in state and non-state systems Please note the estimated value of this requirement is up to a maximum of PS120 million. This figure includes a Contract value of PS95 million and a possible 24 month extension at a value of PS25 million.

Options: Please note the estimated value of this requirement is up to a maximum of PS120 million. This figure includes a Contract value of PS95 million and a possible 24 month extension at a value of PS25 million.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021552-2021 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 1 Sep 2021 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 31 Aug 2021 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £95,000,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | FOREIGN, COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE |
| 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 | TLM95 South Lanarkshire |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | DAI GLOBAL |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 75 - Administration, defence and social security services

### Codes

- 75211200 - Foreign economic-aid-related services

## Release History

- 1 Sep 2021 at 08:11 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021552-2021

## Notice URLs

- https://fcdo.proactisportal.com/Account/Login
- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:454986-2019:TEXT:EN:HTML

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