Foreign economic-aid-related services

Tender description

DFID's aim, through this programme, is to contribute towards the economic transformation needed in Africa to create more and better jobs and to set countries on a trajectory out of poverty. The programme will support increased foreign direct investment (FDI) into manufacturing which in turn will boost productivity by introducing new technology and management capabilities, increase the capabilities of the workforce and diffuse these improvements into the wider economy. The aim of Invest Africa is to generate formal employment, which in turn creates social stability. The recipients of this service will be the Governments of targeted African countries and the beneficiaries of those services. DFID intends to award a contract for an initial term of 7 years with a budget range of £50m — £70m (inclusive of VAT and all applicable government taxes). DFID may extend the duration up to an additional 2 years with a maximum total contract value of £130m (inclusive of VAT and all applicable taxes). DFID will contract one supplier, or lead consortium member, who will be responsible for delivering the contract. The contract will consist of two phases (i) Inception and (ii) Implementation. The Inception phase will last for 4 months; the implementation phase is planned to start immediately upon satisfactory completion of the Inception phase and will last for 80 months. The supplier will be directly responsible for the delivery of two main programme components: 1) Transaction facilitation services to existing and potential investors. The supplier will need to take an active role in seeking out and supporting investments with the highest additionality and development impact in line with the Payment by Results Document; 2) Technical assistance (TA) to government (regulation, capacity, strategy, etc.) and the private sector (weak or missing markets for key inputs, services, etc.). Activities in each country will have a combination of both to the extent essential to support additional FDI in manufacturing sectors. Invest Africa is not a broad investment climate programme, rather it is designed to focus on deals and transactions. Rather than addressing broad investment constraints, Invest Africa will work to systematically address the constraints faced by specific foreign investors in order to facilitate their new investment or expand their existing ones. It will also support the development of backward linkages to domestic firms from FDI investors who play a key supporting role in the supply/value chain and the strengthening of those firms’ capacity for their participation in the multinational investor supply chain by the investors.