Foreign economic-aid-related services

Tender description

DFID Market Engagement for: 1) A consortium of organisations to establish and lead a portfolio of scale-up and innovation learning partnerships to prevent violence against women and girls (VAWG) (the ‘scale and innovation consortium’). The consortium will: (i) systematically design, implement and refine a range of approaches to scaling up VAWG prevention; (ii) design, pilot and refine new theory-driven approaches to VAWG prevention; (iii) strengthen long-term capability and capacity on VAWG prevention and use evidence to influence a more effective global response to end violence (ISD managed). 2) A consortium of organisations to establish and lead a programme of world-class research (the ‘research programme consortium’ (RPC)) on the prevalence, nature and drivers of VAWG; and rigorous operational, impact and cost-effectiveness evaluations of the innovation and scale-up interventions implemented under the scale and innovation consortium (RED managed). 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. Please register interest to the DFID Supplier Portal for this opportunity (8597) to receive all communication and updates — http://supplierportal.dfid.gov.uk/selfservice/ There will be an Early Market engagement event held on 24th July online. For all information regarding times and if you wish to attend the event please ensure to access these details within the additional information provided for 8597 on the DFID Supplier Portal. Note, there are 2 elements to registration which must not be confused with each other: 1) Suppliers must register their interest to 8597 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 8597 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.