Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Department for International Development
Abercrombie House, Eaglesham Road
East Kilbride
G758EA
UK
Contact person: Tony McCluskey
E-mail: a-mccluskey@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
Independent Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Provider for the Good Governance Fund
II.1.2) Main CPV code
75211200
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Good Governance Fund (GGF) is a highly responsive, adaptive, demand-led fund, largely focused on the provision of technical assistance in support of governance and economic reform in Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Established in 2015, the GGF has funding approved until March 2021. The Joint Unit for the GGF is aiming to have an M and E provider in place in the 2018/19 financial year to support monitoring of GGF programming (in particular to support the adaptive programming approach), help facilitate learning across the GGF (within and across countries), and to conduct a mid-line and end-line evaluation of the portfolio.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
3 248 135.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM95
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Joint Unit for the GGF is aiming to have an M and E provider in place in the 2018/19 financial year to support monitoring of GGF programming (in particular to support the adaptive programming approach), help facilitate learning across the GGF (within and across countries), and to conduct a mid-line and end-line evaluation of the portfolio. A Monitoring and Evaluation (M and E) provider will be contracted to support:
i) tracking of progress towards achieving outcomes (including leveraging wider resource and political commitment to reform areas, and influencing government and donor policy);
ii) monitoring changes in the context, assumptions, risks, constraints and opportunities;
iii) the GGF to identify and use this evidence and learning to inform decision making;
iv) to test the overall GGF theory of change and the key hypotheses within this with mid-line and end-line evaluations.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: The most economically advantageous tender in terms of Technical weighting
/ Weighting: 60 %
Cost criterion: The most economically advantageous tender in terms of Commercial weighting
/ Weighting: 40 %
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Description of these options: Beyond the possibility for scale-up to the contract as referred to in the ToR, the 2 most likely options for contract extension relate to:
i) extending the contract beyond March, 2021, to cover the period of the implementation of the end-line evaluation; and
ii) extension of the MEL contract to cover the possible extension of the GGF beyond March 2021 (additional budget would be made available in this eventuality). Under scenario (i) a limited additional budget will be made available to cover the extension of this period but these should cover costs that are fixed in nature and end-line evaluation should be fully costed within submitted bid. Under scenario (ii) any extension is likely to be up to 24 months.
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
Open 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:
2017/S 118-238424
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: PO 7975
Title: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) provider for the Good Governance Fund
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
01/06/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Ecorys UK Ltd
Albert House, Quay Place, 92-93 Edward Street
Birmingham
B1 2RA
UK
NUTS: UKG31
Internet address(es)
URL: https://uk.ecorys.com/
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 3 248 135.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
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
04/06/2018