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title: "EXPERTISE TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC REFORM IN SIERRA LEONE"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-041e40"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "FOREIGN COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE"
published: "2023-12-01"
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# EXPERTISE TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC REFORM IN SIERRA LEONE

Buyer: FOREIGN COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-041e40

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## Summary

The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office has awarded a contract for the provision of expertise to support economic reform in Sierra Leone. The contract falls under the services category and has a total value of £2,000,000. The main goal is to design, manage, and deliver a technical assistance programme on public financial management, tax, and infrastructure investment. The procurement method used was an Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition.

This tender opportunity provides a chance for businesses specialising in banking and investment services, treasury services, and consultancy to contribute to the economic development of Sierra Leone. Companies with a focus on public financial management, tax expertise, and infrastructure investment are well-suited to compete for this contract, which includes an extension option of 12 months. Interested businesses should be prepared to deliver high-quality services to the Government of Sierra Leone to support their reform and investment initiatives.

## Notice

Contract for a service provider ("Supplier") to design, manage and deliver a new technical assistance programme on public financial management (PFM), tax and infrastructure investment. This will form the main component of the FCDO "Expertise to Support Economic Reform in Sierra Leone" programme.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

to deliver: High-quality public financial management and tax expertise to the Government of Sierra Leone to support the development and implementation of policy, regulatory and organisational reforms, leading to greater integrity, more efficiency and better control of public spending and increased tax revenue. This will help ensure GoSL needs to borrow less to achieve a given level of development impact, decreasing the fiscal deficit and in turn incentivising further investment and growth through macroeconomic stability. High-quality investment expertise to the Government of Sierra Leone to support policy and regulatory reform processes in order to reduce barriers to responsible investment and support effective prioritisation and planning of infrastructure investment deals. This will improve the investment climate and increase the number of bankable projects developed, thereby attracting higher levels of responsible investment in key areas. Where possible the programme will also support the progress of individual transactions to help them move more quickly towards financial closure.

Options: Extension Option of 12 months, +PS1,000,000

### Procurement Information

Framework Call Off with mini competition, advertised via PIN Notice. (Option not given in drop down choices)

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035451-2023 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 1 Dec 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 23 Oct 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £2,000,000 |

## 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 | 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 |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ADAM SMITH INTERNATIONAL |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 66 - Financial and insurance services

### Codes

- 66100000 - Banking and investment services
- 66600000 - Treasury services

## Release History

- 1 Dec 2023 at 11:06 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035451-2023

## Notice URLs

- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/foreign-commonwealth-development-office

## Provenance

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