CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

Investments in Forests and Sustainable Land Use (IFSLU): Evaluation Manager.

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

South Lanarkshire.

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

DFID is seeking to notify the market of an upcoming evaluation tender opportunity, and to request responses from interested suppliers to a set of questions (below), to assist with definition of the final scope of work before tender launch. Responses should be emailed to A-McGowan@dfid.gov.uk by close of business (17:00 UK time) on Friday 29.1.2016. Programme information DFID is seeking a Supplier to serve as Evaluation Manager under its programme for Investments in Forests and Sustainable Land Use (IFSLU). The Supplier will coordinate a process of evaluation and learning from programme interventions throughout the duration of the contract. Investments in Forests and Sustainable Land Use is a new centrally-managed programme with the broad aim of catalysing increased private investment in sustainable forestry and ‘zero-deforestation’ agriculture. DFID has committed funding of 60 000 000 GBP to an initial phase of the programme, funded from the UK Government's International Climate Fund (ICF). A technical assistance facility led by Palladium International has been established to manage the programme, offering grants and technical assistance to develop and support public-private partnerships over a five year period (November 2015-November 2020). DFID is now seeking an Evaluation Manager to develop and implement an evaluation strategy for Investments in Forests and Sustainable Land Use, focused primarily on the outcome level of the programme and on learning across programme activities. The services will commence in August 2016 and run for a period of 48 months, at a maximum budget of 1 500 000 GBP. Questions for the market DFID has made a draft Terms of Reference for this evaluation available on the DFID Supplier Portal. These Terms of Reference and scope of work may change before launch of the tender, subject to internal Quality Assurance review. DFID would value supplier views in response to the following questions, to assist with definition of final scope of work. Please email your responses to A-McGowan@dfid.gov.uk by close of business (17:00 UK time) on Friday 29.1.2016. 1) Would you be interested in bidding for this evaluation tender? 2) Do you envisage any risks, issues or challenges with the current proposed scope of work? If so, please provide details on these, including any proposed mitigation strategies. 3) Do you have any other comments or views on the proposed evaluation and approach?

II.1.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s)

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s)

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction has been used

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds?

VI.2)

Additional Information

VI.3)

Procedures for appeal

VI.3.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.3.2)

Lodging of appeals

VI.3.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.4)

Dispatch date of this Notice