Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Department for International Development
Abercrombie House, Eaglesham Road
East Kilbride
G75 8EA
UK
Contact person: Fiona Crawford
Telephone: +44 1355843877
E-mail: F-Crawford@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.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.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
9 872 003.00
GBP
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 sought 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 3 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
Quality criterion: Technical criteria
/ Weighting: 60
Cost criterion: Commercial criteria
/ Weighting: 40
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 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.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 070-165598
Section V: Award of contract
Title: Extreme Poverty — Building Evidence for Effective Action
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
18/02/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Oxford Policy Management Ltd
52 Cornmarket Street
Oxford
OX1 3HJ
UK
E-mail: bidding@opml.co.uk
NUTS: UKJ14
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 9 872 003.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Value or proportion likely to be subcontracted to third parties
Value excluding VAT: 5 900 000.00 GBP
Proportion: 60 %
Short description of the part of the contract to be subcontracted:
Undertake the specialist research required to achieve the outcomes of this programme
Section VI: Complementary information
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
26/02/2020