Brazil Prosperity Fund Market Engagement Event

Tender description

UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) invites organisations to attend a design consultation event to be held on 21 and 22 March 2018 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Venue details and timings will be provided to registered participants. The event will focus on the development of multi-year Prosperity Fund programmes to be delivered by the FCO in Brazil in the thematic areas of Trade, Green Finance, Energy, and Future Cities. More information on the fund can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cross-government-prosperity-fund-programme/cross-government-prosperity-fund-update The event is to gather market views on aspects of design and to discuss challenges and opportunities. The purpose of the event is to: - Provide an update on the UK's Prosperity work in Brazil; - Test out the UK's thinking on aspects of programme design, including our Statements of Requirements (SoR) for the proposed programmes; - Provide an update on how we will engage with potential suppliers; - Respond to any queries and questions; and - Provide opportunities for potential suppliers to network with one another with a view to forming consortia in later call-offs. You are invited to join all or part of the design consultations. Background material will be shared ahead of the consultation to registered participants. Please note that this event is not to discuss the future procurement process but solely to focus on the above main areas of design. How to Register Places at the event are limited and will be restricted to two people per organisation to ensure a wide range of views are heard. Please register your interest in attending this event via the following email address: brazilprosperityfund@gmail.com Registration must be completed by 12 noon GMT on Friday 16 March 2018 at the latest. Please ensure when sending registration details to the email address brazilprosperityfund@gmail.com that you title it CPG/2567/ 2017 - Market Engagement event for the Prosperity Fund in Brazil with the following information also provided: Name of Organisation - Full address details Name of participant(s) - Email address(es) - Contact phone number(s). Confirmation of places and venue details will be sent out to registered participants on Monday 19 March 2018.