Foreign economic-aid-related services

Tender description

UK Aid Match (UKAM) is DFID's fund for match-funding UK public donations to charity appeals. The first phase of the scheme was launched in 7.2013 with a budget of GBP 120 000 000. The aim of the programme was to achieve “an informed UK public directing a portion of UK aid money, enabling NGOs to deliver more development results”. The scheme was open to any UK based CSOs to apply and funds could be used for interventions to reduce poverty in 26 DFID priority countries. Following on from the successful of UKAM, UK Aid Match II (UKAM II) will be of higher value and will have an increase in the scope and reach of the previous programme by providing new ways to match public giving and diversify the organisations that are accessing matched funding. The procurement for UK Aid Match II (UKAM II) is one for a fund manager service. DFID have GBP 117 600 000 to finance high-quality civil society projects aimed at poverty reduction in developing countries. The Department for International Development (DFID) are seeking to appoint a Fund Manager who will be responsible for rapidly exploring and recommending the most appropriate mix of match funding mechanisms (e.g. CSO challenge funding rounds; schools fundraising; fundraising platforms) to meet the objectives of the UK Aid Match 2017-2020 programme. This will include recommendations on the phasing in of new match funding opportunities as appropriate. DFID will retain final approval of the match funding opportunities to be delivered. The fund manager will be required to: — explore and recommend the appropriate mix of match-funding opportunities to meet the objectives of the programme, with DFID providing final decisions, — work with DFID to promote the scheme; assess proposals; and undertake necessary due diligence assessments, — manage projects through scale up, inception, delivery and closure phase, — manage the portfolio of approximately 48 ongoing grants from the first phase of the UK Aid Match scheme to completion, as well as new grants awarded under the new phase of the scheme, — be innovative — explore options for widening the fund, for example by use of school fundraising or crowdfunding platforms. DFID will: — monitor key components of the Aid Match programme but at a strategic level, — retain a policy and strategy role for the programme ensuring that the programme meets and adapts to our key policies and objectives. There will be regular programme monitoring and planning meetings between the DFID SRO, Communications Team and Deputy Programme Managers and the Fund Manager to ensure that the quality of Programme Management, Comms/publicity work, Technical Advisory appraisal and Financial and Due Diligence Management is consistent with DFID standards agreed in the log frame. The Management fund will be GBP 117 600 000. Existing Grant value: GBP 84 000 000. Supplier cost: between GBP 8 000 000 — GBP 12 000 000.