Foreign economic-aid-related 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. Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)seeks to establish a new Global Evaluation and Monitoring Agreement (GEMFA) to ensure the provision of efficient and effective expert services for the design and implementation of monitoring and evaluations of overseas development assistance (ODA) delivered by FCDO and Other Government Department (OGDs). It is envisaged that the framework will have a lotted structure with provision for competition between framework suppliers for higher value assignments and with a rotational round robin approach for lower value. There will be an early market engagement event held on Tuesday 8 December 2020. The purpose of the EME is to inform the market of the upcoming tender for the Global Evaluation and Monitoring Framework Agreement (GEMFA) and to gain market insight to further inform the TOR and structure of the tender. PO 7448 - Global Evaluation Framework (GEFA) which currently covers Impact and performance evaluation requirements is due to expire on 21 August 2021. PO 7930 - Independent Monitoring and Evaluation Framework (IMPERFA) which currently covers process evaluation and third party monitoring has an expiry date of 31 March 2021. Evaluation and monitoring lots for ODA spend.