PROJ 10061 Pathways to Prosperity for Extremely Poor People

Tender description

Extremely poor households in Bangladesh find it difficult to get jobs and to access basic services such as health and education. This programme will support extremely poor people (primarily targeting women) to connect to mainstream economic growth and jobs. It will also build the national systems that are needed to support public and private investment in extreme poverty programmes and basic services like health and education. The overall programme is made up of 6 main thematic components; i. Livelihoods, ii. Market System Development, iii. Nutrition, iv. Community Mobilisation, v. Extreme Poverty and Governance Facility, vi. Life Cycle Grants. and 3 cross-cutting themes; i. Disaster and climate resilience, ii. Disability, iii. Gender Equality. The Supplier will manage, and part implement the first 5-year phase of a 9-year (multi partner programme ). As at this time only the first 5 years has received Ministerial approval and part of the role of the successful supplier will be to support the clarification of needs for Phase 2 to support Phase 2 approval and the programme's eventual graduation to Government of Bangladesh. Phase 2 approval, 4 years extension, will be sought from Ministers. The Supplier will provide the following requirements; a) Expert overall programme management through a Programme Management Unit (PMU). This will manage and co-ordinate all programme activities and delivery performance in direct support to DFID across our multi-implementation partner Pathways to Prosperity for Extremely Poor People (PPEPP) in Bangladesh programme. This role will also include provision of specific technical and corporate capability development for PKSF, one of the main implementing partners; b) Provision of direct technical assistance to DFID to deliver a market systems component; c) Provision of direct technical assistance to DFID to lead an extreme poverty policy and governance facility; and; d) Provision of direct technical assistance to design and manage a pilot life cycle grant (design to be used to secure Ministerial approval to proceed to implementation of the grant scheme). The Supplier will require to ring fence funds for the life-cycle grant scheme.