Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Department for International Development
Abercrombie House, Eaglesham Road
East Kilbride
G75 8EA
UK
Contact person: Andrew West
Telephone: +44 1355840000
E-mail: andrew-west@dfid.gov.uk
NUTS: UKM95
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development/about/procurement/
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://supplierportal.dfid.gov.uk/selfservice/
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://supplierportal.dfid.gov.uk/selfservice/
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
Other: International Development
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Extreme Poverty — Building Evidence for Effective Action
Reference number: PO 8505
II.1.2) Main CPV code
73000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Ex Pov is a 10 000 000 GBP 7-year (84 months) programme that intends to procure technical assistance to provide research and evaluation to help DFID and its partners to better understand the changing nature of global extreme poverty and use this to deliver DFID's core business, supporting more effective strategies, policies and programmes for poverty reduction in particular in fragile and conflict-affected states and situations (FCAS). There is the possibility of a 42-month extension and/or up to 5 000 000 GBP.
This requirement is not subject to the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and Directive 2014/24/EU by virtue of the applicability of Regulation 14. DFID is voluntarily publishing this requirement for publicity purposes only.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
15 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
73300000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM95
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
DFID research and evidence department is seeking a Service Provider (SP) to provide technical advisory support and programme management services including financial management and administration, due diligence and management of downstream partners. The SP will deliver research under the following three themes:
— better data and measures of extreme poverty (theme 1),
— analysis of the changing causes of poverty and structural drivers of poverty reduction (theme 2),
— impact evaluation and operational research that identifies what programming approach works best to drive poverty reduction in different contexts (theme 3).
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Technical criteria
/ Weighting: 60
Cost criterion: Commercial criteria
/ Weighting: 40
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
15 000 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 84
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Contract duration is 84 months from contract award with the provision to extend by up to 42 months and/or up to 5 000 000 GBP at the discretion of DFID, subject to satisfactory supplier performance, ongoing programme need and availability of additional funding.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
Mandatory and discretionary exclusion, economic and financial standing, technical and professional ability, modern slavery Act 2015 requirements, minimum insurance requirements, tenderers past performance, duty of care, international aid transparency initiative, acceptance of DFID terms and conditions and DFID supplier code of conduct and safeguarding measures as outlined in the procurement documents.
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
15/05/2019
Local time: 14:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Gerry O'Connor, Department for International Development
Eaglesham Road
East Kilbride
G75 8EA
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Gerry O'Connor, Department for International Development
Eaglesham Road
East Kilbride
G75 8EA
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
05/04/2019