Foreign economic-aid-related services

Tender description

Since 2007 DFID has provided support to the Government of Nigeria to improve infrastructure services in Nigeria through the Nigeria Infrastructure Advisory Facility I and II. Reports by the programme Technical Review Panel (TRP) and programme annual reviews have been made avaiable. DFID now wishes to seek the services of a supplier to implement the United Kingdom Nigeria Infrastructure Advisory Facility (UKNIAF) which will consolidate and build on the achievement of NIAF I and II. The UKNIAF programme consists of five core areas; the power and roads sectors and public infrastructure finance through the budget and private infrastructure finance through Public Private Partnerships (PPPs). There will also be a separate component providing support to Borno and Yobe States in North East Nigeria. DFID will contract a supplier to establish and manage a flexible, demand-led technical assistance facility that delivers the full requirements set out in this ToR. The facility will deliver technical assistance to Government of Nigeria clients in the areas identified. The supplier will be expected to establish a physical office in Abuja from where the administration of the facility will be managed. This will allow continuous engagement between the supplier and stakeholders and act as a base for UKNIAF implemented activities in Government of Nigeria institutions. Once in place, the supplier will work closely with DFID, the Government of Nigeria and other donors to develop a contextual understanding of the relevant component areas. One of the first outputs under the inception phase will be a mapping of the sectors to gauge where demand is likely to come from and where other donors are already providing assistance. Suppliers should propose a structure for the facility in their tender. Proposals should include how the supplier will administer the facility, how learning will be captured within the facility and how the delivery of technical assistance will be managed. The supplier will be responsible for maintaining a roster of experts covering the entire scope of the programme that can be called upon to deliver technical assistance on a demand driven basis. Part of the facility’s comparative advantage amongst other donor programmes will be speed and responsiveness; therefore supplier’s proposals should specify how this would be achieved. We expect that the supplier will be able to supply the majority of technical assistance directly, however it is likely that whilst under implementation that requests will be made of the facility that the supplier will be unable to meet. It will be critical that the supplier has in place cost effective and efficient approaches for sourcing and sub-contracting external expertise and services to meet these requests when they occur. Where the supplier sub-contracts organisations to deliver part of these services proper due diligence assessments to DFID standards must be carried out to maintain the integrity of the supply chain. It is envisaged that when awarded, the contracting model utilised for this programme will be an NEC Professional Services Contract. This contracting model will provide an enhanced Contract management structure which is required for this programme’s delivery and success. DFID intends to engage further with potential Suppliers on the use of the NEC Contract model whilst the tender is under publication.