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title: "Safeguarding Capability and Survivor-centred Approaches"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-047c0d"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "FOREIGN COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE"
published: "2024-07-09"
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# Safeguarding Capability and Survivor-centred Approaches

Buyer: FOREIGN COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-047c0d

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## Summary

The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office is planning a tender titled "Safeguarding Capability and Survivor-centred Approaches" in the services category, with a value of £15 million. The procurement process is at the planning stage with an EME event scheduled on 23 July 2024. The event aims to engage businesses in providing survivor-centred support for victims of SEAH, with a focus on developing effective reporting mechanisms and partnering with women's rights organisations.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses involved in foreign economic-aid-related services to contribute to improving survivor-centred responses to SEAH. Companies with expertise in supporting victim-survivors and developing effective reporting mechanisms are well-suited to compete. The EME event will provide insights into the planned programme and initiatives aimed at empowering survivors of SEAH, informing potential bidders on the expected outcomes and components of the project.

## Notice

Safeguarding Capability and Survivor-centred Approaches - Empowering Survivors of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Sexual Harassment (ES-SEAH)

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Empowering Survivors of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Sexual Harassment (ES-SEAH) will provide up to PS15m over 5 years across multiple countries with the aim of increasing reporting of SEAH perpetrated by aid actors and strengthening survivor-centred responses. Key priorities include: * Develop effective SEAH reporting mechanisms that are contextual and accessible. * Partner with women's rights organisations to receive and respond to SEAH reports. * Build the evidence base on 'what works' for a survivor-centred approach, informed by survivors themselves. * Support UN efforts to prevent and respond to SEAH perpetrated by UN personnel. ES-SEAH will have the following expected outcomes: i. Improved survivor-centred support for victims-survivors building on the internationally-recognised IASC Definition/Principles of a Victim/Survivor Centred Approach and UN OVRA's Victims' Rights Statement. ii. Improved evidence-base on how best to support victims-survivors. iii. Increased SEAH reporting that is accessible and appropriate to the context. There will be two components: Component 1: Engaging Women's Rights Organisations alongside action research to support prevention and response to SEAH. WROs will play a critical role in supporting victim-survivors through SEAH cases and engage aid agencies to hold perpetrators to account and provide a survivor-centred response. WROs will support awareness-raising in communities on SEAH. This will be a pilot. We will aim to test this approach in humanitarian, development and peacekeeping contexts. This will provide us with learning on how to improve SEAH reporting and response via WROs in different settings, to inform the wider safeguarding sector. Participatory action research will be undertaken concurrently to develop the best way to deliver a survivor-centred response, informed by survivors themselves. Research will also be undertaken to test 'what works' for effective reporting mechanisms, as well as SEAH prevention in communities. This is critical for the pilot to be effective and course correct as needed. Component 2: Addressing the rights and dignity of victims-survivors of SEAH committed by UN personnel through supporting survivor-centred UN mechanisms The UK has in recent years funded OVRA to play a pivotal role in improving the UN system across 35 member entities. UN mechanisms that promote survivor-centred approaches will be considered for funding. The aim of the EME event is to inform and consult the market of this programme, alongside the Building organisational capability to safeguard against sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment programme, which is also under the Safeguarding Unit's new portfolio. It follows an EME survey which closed in May 2024. ES-SEAH will start in 2024 Additional information: This is not a call to competition or tender at this time. This EME is scheduled to take place virtually on Tuesday 23 July @ 14:00 - 17:00 BST. Please register for attendance for the EME via the guidance below. How to register for this EME: If you are interested in attending this Early Market Engagement event, then please register via the form at: https://forms.office.com/e/YT91fS0qTX

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020971-2024 |
| 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 | 9 Jul 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 9 Jul 2024 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £15,000,000 |
| 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

- 9 Jul 2024 at 16:04 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020971-2024

## Notice URLs

- http://www.gov.uk/fcdo/
- https://forms.office.com/e/YT91fS0qTX

## Provenance

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