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. Early Market Engagement Event (EME) to be held on Thursday 24 November 2016, 14:00 to 16:30 BST at DFID, 22 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2EG. DFID will publish a tender in late 2016 seeking delivery partner(s) for a new programme to deliver the manifesto commitment to double the UK Aid Match scheme, which matches public donations to charity appeals to deliver projects to reduce poverty in developing countries. The programme, UK Aid Match II (UKAM II), builds on the current UK Aid Match scheme. UKAM II will be more modular and flexible in design, using a range of approaches to meet its objectives in a balanced portfolio approach. The current UK Aid Match programme meets the Conservative Party Manifesto 2010 commitment to ‘allow British people a direct say on aid spending’ by matching public donations to charity appeals for projects to reduce poverty in developing countries. UKAM II will increase the scope and reach of the current UK Aid Match programme by providing new ways to match public giving and diversify the organisations that are accessing matched funding, aiming to build a wider and more diverse constituency of the UK public engaged in international development and having a say in how UK aid is spent. Delivery of this programme will require the Supplier(s) to fulfil four key functions: — Explore and recommend the most appropriate mix of match funding mechanisms, as described in the UKAM lI ToRs and Business Case (to be made available at a later date), on an annual basis in order to meet the objectives of the programme. — Deliver the agreed match funding opportunities, including outreach to CSOs, management of funding rounds, assessment of applications, carrying out due diligence of potential grant holders. — Provide advice and support to CSOs on appeal implementation. — Provide grant management for CSO projects under both the UKAM and UKAM II schemes through to completion. DFID will be hosting an Early Market Engagement Event for UKAM II on Thursday 24.11.2016, 14:00 to 16:30 BST at DFID, 22 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2EG. The main objective is to elicit market views on the feasibility of the proposed outputs and delivery options and to discuss challenges and opportunities. If you would like to book to attend this early market engagement, please follow this link https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/Q9C5728 and fill out your details. Attendance is limited to one representative per organisation due to limited capacity. There will be no option to dial-in remotely. Please arrive 15 minutes prior to event start time. If you cannot make the event after registering, please let us know immediately via the DFID supplier portal. Please note: It is very important that you login (or create an account if your organisation does not have one already) on the DFID portal — https://supplierportal.dfid.gov.uk/selfservice/ — and search Contract ID 7741 and register interest, in order for you to access further information, including the EME materials, and receive all communications and updates. Please ensure you have selected ‘UK’ and ‘Procurement’ under countries on your portal account/profile. All communications regarding this opportunity will be communicated via the DFID supplier portal, including registration for the EME. Interested suppliers should check the DFID supplier portal for updates on this programme. We are happy to receive questions in advance of this event, which DFID will respond to at the event. The discussions headlines will also be published after the event on the Supplier Portal as well as names and contact details of all parties in attendance. Please note that this is a prior information notice to advertise the Early Market Engagement event. No tender document will be available at this stage.