Research and development services and related consultancy services

Tender description

This is a prior information notice (PIN) only: Publication and a call for competition will be conducted once the scope of work is fully defined and approved. This multi-country research Programme intends to generate operationally-relevant evidence on how to design, fund and better support pastoralism and agriculture in recurrent and protracted crises. The Programme will build on the limited evidence on how agriculture and livestock services can better respond to recurrent and protracted crisis in a variety of contexts. This is a prior information notice (PIN) only: Publication and a call for competition will be conducted once the scope of work is fully defined and approved. This multi-country research Programme intends to generate operationally-relevant evidence on how to design, fund and better support pastoralism and agriculture in recurrent and protracted crises. The Programme will build on the limited evidence on how agriculture and livestock services can better respond to recurrent and protracted crisis in a variety of contexts Please register interest to the DFID Supplier Portal for this opportunity (8361) to receive all communication and updates – http://supplierportal.dfid.gov.uk/selfservice/ There will be an Early Market engagement event held on 19.10.2018 in London. For all information regarding times and venues and if you wish to attend the event please ensure to access these details within the additional information provided for 8361 on the DFID Supplier Portal. Note, there are two elements to registration which must not be confused with each other: 1) Suppliers must register their interest to 8361 on the DFID Supplier Portal to ensure they receive all communications and updates (this is not registration to attend the event); 2) Within the profile of 8361 on the portal, there are dialogues/clarifications and attachments/additional documents the supplier must refer to, which contain the link to register to attend the EME event.