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

LIGADA Mozambique.

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

United Kingdom.

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

The Mozambique country office of the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) has launched a new gender programme, Ligada, with a 2-fold purpose: i. Economic empowerment of urban adolescent girls and young women (AG&W); and ii. Concrete improvements in policy, programming and budgets in relation to gender (including among donors, government of Mozambique and private sector). The programme aligns with DFID's central gender strategy, which aims to significantly improve and sustainably transform the lives of women and girls in developing contexts. As part of this strategy, DFID Mozambique is committed to improving key socio-economic development outcomes for girls and women to create an enabling environment for making informed decisions and reducing obstacles to economic empowerment (such as early pregnancy, high levels of violence, access to health and education). Ligada (meaning ‘connected’) takes a multidimensional approach (at programme, policy and organisational levels) to improving the situation of women and girls in Mozambique, with a particular focus on urban female economic empowerment. The programme will test a new approach in Mozambique, similar to 1 being tested in DFID DRC, for the management of multiple components. It will establish a joint project office (a ‘hub’) which will house implementing partners and the Programme Team, including a member of DFID staff who will be ‘embedded’ in the team as Programme Manager. This approach is an attempt to overcome coordination and communication issues that have arisen in other similar programmes with multiple partners and interconnected components. Interested suppliers should make it clear in their proposals how they will contribute effectively to this innovation, and what learning they could bring from other similar experiences. The Ligada Business Case was approved in December 2014, and DFID Mozambique is now seeking a supplier through an open competitive process to partner with DFID in delivering the main components of the programme. This procurement is to secure capacity to deliver the programme's four work-streams: Innovate, Broker, Learn and Brand: — Innovate: identify, fund and monitor locally-led projects/innovations, especially for poorer women and girls in the informal economy, building local organisation capacity in the process — Broker: identify and build partnerships between stakeholders, especially private sector and other actors, and support technical assistance/activities to develop, and test sustainable solutions for recruitment and retention of women at work — Learn: strategically build and disseminate the evidence base on girls and women to ensure great impact of investment; — Brand: Design and roll out a brand platform addressing gender norms related to work in urban areas, targeted at communities, including men and.

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

7053

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

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