Provision of Darwin Initiative & IWT Challenge Fund Grant Administration

Tender description

This Opportunity is to advertise the Supplier Engagement Session for 'Provision of Darwin Initiative and Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT) Challenge Fund Grant Administration.' The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has a requirement to procure the Provision of an administrative, monitoring and project management service commencing at the beginning of May or June 2016 (timelines may be subject to change). This service will provide a range of administrative tasks including: • To manage the administration of the Darwin Initiative and IIIegal Wildlife Trade (IWT) application process and project award processes for all current schemes; • To manage the administration relating to Darwin and IWT projects throughout the lifetime of the projects; • To oversee the financial management of Darwin and IWT projects; • To provide support to the Darwin Expert Committee (DEC) and Darwin Plus Advisory Group (DPAG); • To make Official Development Assistance (ODA) assessments of all applications which could attract DFID funding; • To provide effective monitoring and evaluation of Darwin and IWT projects and the Initiative as a whole; • To promote the Darwin and IWT Initiatives through an effective communications plan; • To plan, organise and facilitate Darwin and IWT workshops as required; • To liaise with the Authority to monitor the contract requirements and performance. For full details of the Project Description and Supplier Engagement Session, please see the Prior Information Notice advertised on Tenders Electronic Daily (TED).