Foreign economic-aid-related services

Tender description

This notice is to inform on FCDO's intention to extend current expert advisory call down services framework agreement until 14 October 2022, to ensure service continuity whilst a replacement framework is scoped. This framework which was originally awarded in 2016, enabling FCDO and other government departments access to a framework of qualified pre-selected suppliers, in order to ensure the provision of products, services and call-off arrangements in cases of urgency, lack of appropriate internal capability, or the need for highly specialised expertise, as funded by ODA and delivered by FCDO and Other Government Departments (OGDs) in the development of programme design and development, business case development, independent advice/inputs into new and innovative thinking and products and rapid provision of technical advisers to fill gaps on specific assignments where there is a time-sensitive need. This framework provides rapid, quality-assured, short-term technical expertise in in order to ensure that our policies and programmes are well designed and managed, achieving maximum impact and value for money to support the development of UK aid programmes. Lot B covers strengthening resilience and response to crises which includes demand for expertise in the following areas, which can be further mainstreamed in issues such as gender, politics, value for money, monitoring, climate change and conflict. 1) Design, delivery and monitoring of risk informed development investments across key sectors (including health, nutrition, social protection, education, food security, livelihoods, private sector and infrastructure; 2) Humanitarian; 3) Informing and developing responses to the changing nature of systems and society. This framework provides rapid, quality-assured, short-term technical expertise in in order to ensure that FCDO ODA policies and programmes are well designed and managed, achieving maximum impact and value for money to support the development of UK aid programmes. Lot C covers promoting global prosperity which includes demand for expertise in the following areas, and that can be further mainstreamed in issues such as gender, politics, value for money, monitoring, climate change and conflict. 1) Applied economics; 2) Trade and FDI; 3) Private sector development instruments and approaches; 4) Inclusive growth; 5) Infrastructure for economic growth and prosperity; 6) Agriculture. This framework provides rapid, quality-assured, short-term technical expertise in in order to ensure that FCDO ODA policies and programmes are well designed and managed, achieving maximum impact and value for money to support the development of UK aid programmes. Lot D covers Tackling extreme poverty and helping the world’s most vulnerable which includes demand for expertise in the following areas, and that can be further mainstreamed in issues such as gender, politics, value for money, monitoring, climate change and conflict. 1) Tackling exclusion; 2) Cross-cutting issues: social norms and attitudinal and behaviour change and early childhood development.