--- title: "Investment in Forests and Sustainable Land Use Phase 2 (IFSLU2) Component 5 (MEL)" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04d639" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04d639" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04d639.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04d639.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "FOREIGN COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE" published: "2025-01-24" --- # Investment in Forests and Sustainable Land Use Phase 2 (IFSLU2) Component 5 (MEL) Buyer: FOREIGN COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04d639 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04d639) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04d639.json) ## Summary The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is initiating the planning stage of a procurement process titled "Investment in Forests and Sustainable Land Use Phase 2 (IFSLU2) Component 5 (MEL)." This procurement falls under the industry category of foreign economic-aid-related services and is directed towards services to monitor, evaluate, and learn from the programme's broader initiatives. The Early Market Engagement (EME) event is scheduled to take place virtually on 28 February 2025, from 10:00 to 11:30 GMT. Suppliers interested in participating should register via the provided guidance and sign up on the Jaggaer Portal. The intended delivery addresses are within the UK, and future notices about this procurement are expected by 31 March 2025. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses involved in monitoring, evaluation, and knowledge dissemination, particularly those with experience in international development and climate finance projects. Companies specialising in supporting sustainable land use, forest conservation, and smallholder farming in regions such as East Africa, West and Central Africa, Latin America, and South-East Asia are well-suited to compete. Participation in this procurement can lead to strategic growth, as the IFSLU2 initiative aims to mobilise £2 billion in private investments, benefit 0.5 million people, and improve management across over 10 million hectares of land, providing substantial project scopes and impactful outcomes. ## 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/002602-2025 | | 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 | 24 Jan 2025 | | 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 - 24 Jan 2025 at 16:04 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002602-2025 ## Notice URLs - http://www.gov.uk/fcdo/ - https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk/ - https://forms.office.com/e/Ve7wPC4WHQ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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