Foreign economic-aid-related services

Tender description

This is a Prior Information Notice (PIN) only: Publication and Call for Competition will be Conducted once Scope of Work is fully Defined and Approved. The UK's Department for International Development (DFID) is considering procurement of a supplier to work under a new programme entitled ‘School Construction and Rehabilitation Programme (SCRP) Third Party Construction Inspection’. It is envisaged that the project implementation will commence in January 2017 and would be a 15 month contract, with review points throughout. The purpose of this programme is to undertake Third Party Construction Inspection of a sample of schools being constructed and rehabilitated by IMC in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. Third Party Construction Inspection is a type of monitoring, facilitated through an external body or consultant to undertake routine assessments of construction work. The supplier is expected to have demonstrated experience in construction supervision, engineering inspection and physical validation of education infrastructure, especially school buildings. The exact scope of work is yet to be finalised and we welcome comments from the market on this. DFID has provided a draft Terms of Reference for this Requirement. In order to access these documents, partners / suppliers are encouraged to register on the DFID Portal.