Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Abercrombie House, Eaglesham Road
East Kilbride
G75 8EA
UK
Contact person: Ross McGarry
E-mail: ross.mcgarry@fcdo.gov.uk
NUTS: UKM95
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://fcdo.proactisportal.com/Account/Login
Address of the buyer profile: https://fcdo.proactisportal.com/Account/Login
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
PROJ - 10029 - Partnership for Learning for All in Nigeria (PLANE)
Reference number: DN56
II.1.2) Main CPV code
75211200
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
FCDO is procuring a service provider to manage and deliver the largest component of a new flagship basic education programme in Nigeria: The ambition for PLANE is to directly support improved learning for an estimated 1.5 million children in Kano, Kaduna and Jigawa states (KKJ) and support state and non-state systems benefitting 8,000,000 children nationally. The service provider will be expected to provide appropriate technical and other expertise, goods and materials to enable - delivery of more focused teaching and learning, better managed state and non state systems and use of evidence and effective communication to deliver improved performance in state and non-state systems.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
95 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM95
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Nigeria faces a learning crisis. Literacy rates are low, and lower still for marginalised children. It has the largest number of primary-aged children out of school in the world. Public investment in education is insufficient, and millions of children are failing to learn the basics. Improving participation of marginalised children in schooling, and ensuring children learn when in school, is critical to avert a demographic crisis and meet the SDG commitments.
FCDO's PLANE programme aims to improve foundational skills (reading, writing and mathematics) by enabling amore inclusive and effective educations system through 3 'windows' and a FCDO managed component.
Window One (£95m): Getting the Foundations right - a systems approach. More focused teaching and learning, improved governance (for state and non-state education delivery) and increased use of data and evidence – a large technical assistance programme to support schools and improve systems, delivered through a contracted consortium. (subject of this notice)
• Window Two (£38m): Education in Emergencies. Support to help marginalised children affected by conflict learn foundational skills, and support to recovery of systems – a bilateral agreement with USAID and non-governmental organisations. (Not in scope of this notice)
• Window Three (£20m): Community support to learning. Improving inclusion and learning for marginalised children – an accountable grant to a partnership of non-governmental organisations. (not in scope of this notice)
FCDO seeks a supplier to deliver the following outcomes through Window one of the PLANE programme -
i. Outcome 1: More focused teaching and learning: whereby more competent teachers teach foundational skills better in performance driven schools and colleges, to benefit marginalised children
ii. Outcome 2: Better Managed Systems (state and non-state): which use resources (human, financial and other)more efficiently and effectively to support schools and teachers and enable children to learn foundational skills, including marginalised groups
iii. Outcome 3: Focus on results: Whereby the use of evidence and effective communication becomes embedded in ways of working, to deliver improved performance, in state and non-state systems
Please note the estimated value of this requirement is up to a maximum of £120 million. This figure includes a Contract value of £95 million and a possible 24 month extension at a value of £25 million.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical Quality
/ Weighting: 60%
Cost criterion: Commercial Criteria
/ Weighting: 40%
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Please note the estimated value of this requirement is up to a maximum of £120 million. This figure includes a Contract value of £95 million and a possible 24 month extension at a value of £25 million.
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:
2019/S 187-454986
Section V: Award of contract
Title: PROJ - 10029 - Partnership for Learning for All in Nigeria (PLANE)
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
01/09/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
DAI Global UK
1858644
Block C, Westside, London Road
Hemel Hempstead
HP3 9TD
UK
NUTS: UKH23
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:
: 95 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Value or proportion likely to be subcontracted to third parties
Proportion: 10 %
Short description of the part of the contract to be subcontracted:
Strategic advice.
Ongoing PEA, governance reform, research
Advisory for strategic communications
Capacity development of book supply chain for teacher learning materials
Strategic advisory and implementation of disability inclusion activities
Procurement Support
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Eaglesham Road
East Kilbride
G75 8EA
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Eaglesham Road
East Kilbride
G75 8EA
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
01/09/2021