--- title: "Investment in Forests and Sustainable Land Use Phase 2 (IFSLU2) Component 5 (MEL)" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04c9a6" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04c9a6" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04c9a6.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04c9a6.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "FOREIGN COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE" published: "2024-12-19" --- # Investment in Forests and Sustainable Land Use Phase 2 (IFSLU2) Component 5 (MEL) Buyer: FOREIGN COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04c9a6 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04c9a6) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04c9a6.json) ## Summary The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is preparing for the procurement of the "Investment in Forests and Sustainable Land Use Phase 2 (IFSLU2) Component 5 (MEL)", scheduled to run until 31st March 2028 with a budget of £195 million in its first tranche. This initiative, part of the FCDO's International Climate Finance (ICF) portfolio, focuses on foreign economic-aid-related services under CPV code 75211200. The procurement is currently at the Early Market Engagement (EME) stage to inform and consult the market, with a virtual meeting set for 21st January 2024 from 14:00 to 15:30 GMT. The aim is to prepare for a full tender process expected to start on 31st March 2025. The EME event will be hosted online, and interested suppliers are encouraged to register for the event through the specified portals and forms provided by the FCDO. The IFSLU2 Component 5 (MEL) tender presents substantial growth opportunities for businesses, particularly those experienced in monitoring, evaluation, and learning services. Businesses that specialise in environmental protection, international aid, and sustainable land use practices are well-suited to compete. This project aims to mobilise £2 billion in private investment, benefiting smallholder farmers and rural communities by improving land management across 10 million hectares. Companies with expertise in business incubation, policy support, market development, and capacity building in East Africa, West and Central Africa, Latin America, South-East Asia, and the Congo Basin will find this an advantageous opportunity to partner with the FCDO and influence global sustainable development projects. ## Notice IFSLU2 is a flagship programme under the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's (FCDO) International Climate Finance (ICF) portfolio. 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. The aim of this Early Market Engagement (EME) event is to inform and consult the market of the upcoming IFSLU2Components 5 (MEL) procurement. 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 for IFSLU2 Component 5. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041004-2024 | | 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, Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 19 Dec 2024 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 30 Mar 2025 | | 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 | 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 - 19 Dec 2024 at 14:52 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041004-2024 - 19 Dec 2024 at 14:29 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/040995-2024 ## Notice URLs - http://www.gov.uk/fcdo/ - https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk/ - https://forms.office.com/e/ecNr0Atuf3 ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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