Foreign economic-aid-related services

Tender description

The Global Mine Action Programme (GMAP) business case allows for the Department for International Development (DFID) to contract a supplier for land mine and explosive remnants of war (ERW) clearance and mine risk education (MRE) activities in Somalia, South Sudan, Burma and Zimbabwe as part of Phase 2 of the programme. The objective is to contribute to the overall impact of the programme — to improve physical security and livelihoods leading to poverty reduction and progress against the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In particular the supplier will contribute to the following outcomes: — Fewer mines and ERW related injuries and deaths in the target countries, leading to increased personal safety; —Target communities feel safer, leading to increased well-being; — Formerly contaminated land used productively by target communities, and increased access to markets, leading to improved livelihoods; — Target communities have increased access to basic services provided by national governments or NGOs; — Effective mine action programmes increasingly managed by national authorities with minimal outside technical or financial input; —Measurable progress towards Ottawa (Mine Ban) Treaty, Convention on Cluster Munitions and Convention on Conventional Weapons compliance.