--- title: "Investment in Forests and Sustainable Land Use Phase II (IFSLUII) Component 1" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04083a" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04083a" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04083a.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04083a.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "FOREIGN COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE" published: "2023-10-05" --- # Investment in Forests and Sustainable Land Use Phase II (IFSLUII) Component 1 Buyer: FOREIGN COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04083a [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04083a) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04083a.json) ## Summary The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office is planning a tender for 'Investment in Forests and Sustainable Land Use Phase II (IFSLUII) Component 1'. This programme is part of the International Climate Finance initiative, with a total commitment of £500 million over 10 years. The tender focuses on business incubation in forest-friendly enterprises across regions like East Africa and Latin America. The event, scheduled for Monday 23rd October, aims to engage with potential delivery partners for the programme. This initiative presents a significant opportunity for businesses involved in foreign economic-aid-related services and environmental protection. Companies specialising in sustainable agriculture, forest protection, and rural development are well-suited to compete in this tender. The planned investments aim to mobilise private funding and benefit smallholder farmers and rural communities across 10 million hectares of land. The programme's focus on business development, smallholder support, and policy change creates openings for businesses to contribute to sustainable practices and social outcomes. ## Notice Investments in Forests and Sustainable Land Use - Phase 2 (IFSLU2) is a flagship programme under the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's (FCDO) International Climate Finance (ICF). IFLSU2 is a PS500 million commitment over a 10-year period, with a first tranche of PS195m starting in Financial Year (FY) 2023/24 with a planned end of 31st March 2028. This new commitment of ODA funding will build on a successful first phase of operations through Investments in Forests and Sustainable Land Use (IFSLU1) (PS140m, 2015-24). IFLSU1 worked with the private sector to develop and implement new approaches to business which balance commodity production, livelihoods and forest protection and mobilise investment in protection and sustainable use of forest resources. Results include over PS1bn in private investment mobilised into sustainable agriculture, forest protection and restoration. This has improved management across 4.5m hectares of land, benefiting over 250,000 people, mainly smallholder farmers and rural communities. IFLSU2 will be delivered through five linked components: * Component 1 - Business incubation, pipeline development, business enabling conditions and demand-side measures. Interventions oriented towards catalysing forest-friendly enterprises in forest landscapes in East Africa, West and Central Africa, Latin America and South-East Asia. * Component 2 - Enhanced support for smallholder farmers. Interventions oriented towards reaching smallholders at scale in order to support their transition to sustainable production in ways that deliver strong developmental and social outcomes. * Component 3 - Business and market development in the Congo Basin. Interventions oriented towards building the fundamental enabling conditions, capabilities, and structures to enable business-led sustainable production in Congo Basin countries. * Component 4 - Policy support to catalyse transformational change and action at scale. Interventions oriented towards building political momentum, action, collaboration, demand shifts and policy change through global and regional level collaboration. * Component 5 - Monitoring, evaluation, learning (MEL) and knowledge: Independent monitoring and evaluation to support programme-wide learning, inform management decisions, programme strategy and delivery and strengthen evidence. This is expected to mobilise PS2bn in private investment; directly benefit 0.5m people, mainly small farmers and poor rural communities; and improve management across over 10m ha of land. This Early Market Engagement (EME) will inform the market of the upcoming programme and focus on the specifics of Component 1 - business incubation. In addition, it will seek market perspectives on the management of Component 2 (smallholders). This is not a call to competition or tender at this time. ### Lot Information Lot 1 This is not a call for competition or tender at this time. This EME will inform FCDO's approach to engaging delivery partners and testing our design assumptions. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029395-2023 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 5 Oct 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 31 Mar 2024 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £101,500,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | 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 - 5 Oct 2023 at 11:50 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029395-2023 ## Notice URLs - http://www.gov.uk/fcdo/ - https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk/ - https://forms.office.com/e/phNjcGwxpp ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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