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

Conflict Research.

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)

In March 2015, DFID approved an investment of up to 6 680 000 GBP over the next four years (2017-2021) to fund new, operationally-relevant research on how donors can effectively reduce the risk and impact of violent conflict in developing countries. Research uptake will mean more evidence based — and therefore effective — development initiatives by DFID, other donors, and partners in a range of DFID priority countries. The overall objective of the programme is to deliver new, operationally-relevant evidence on understanding conflict in developing countries, and the best response to it, that supports more evidence based — and therefore effective — development initiatives by DFID and its partners in a range of DFID priority countries. The overall programme will have 2 components: 1) What Works in Addressing Violent Conflict in Developing Countries? High quality, policy relevant new evidence and methodological advances produced on a. How different interventions affect violent conflict and the risk of renewed violent conflict? b. What contextual factors affect the effectiveness of these interventions? 2) Examining the Evolution of Complex and Persistent Violent Conflicts — tracing the changes in political economy of conflict and examining the evolving incentives faced by conflict actors over time and analysing the evidence on a continuous basis for policy and programming. The CRP's overall expected outcome is: ‘Robust new knowledge and evidence on conflict and the best response to it leading to development of, and investment in, more effective development policies and programmes, by DFID, other donors and partners’. CRP's overall intended impact is: ‘a measurably improved responses to conflict, with positive impacts on service delivery, poverty reduction, safety and security, economic development, and the lives of poor people’.

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

7443

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 VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

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

VI.2)

Additional Information

Additional Information: Expressions of interest should be submitted via the DFID Portal, https://supplierportal.dfid.gov.uk/selfservice/ using the PQQ guidance available. DFID programme staff should not be contacted directly. Following assessment of expressions of interest, DFID will invite short listed applicants to submit full technical and commercial proposals and inform applicants not short listed that they are unsuccessful. The contract will be governed by English law. DFID reserves the right to annul the tendering process and not award a contract. Where circumstances require further extension beyond the original contract duration/agreed extensions, DFID will consider doing so by means of the negotiated procedure where necessary conditions can be met. DFID reserves the right to scale up or scale back this contract in response to programme requirements. The Supplier should be prepared to amend the strategy, business plans and budgets to take account of this and should be aware of the need for a contract amendment should this be the case — subject to satisfactory performance, continued need and availability of funding.

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

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Dispatch date of this Notice