Global Evaluation and Monitoring Framework Agreement 2 (GEMFA 2)

Tender description

GEMFA 2 will replace and build upon the current Global Evaluation and Monitoring Framework Agreement (GEMFA). GEMFA 2 will enable FCDO and other Government Departments (OGDs) to access Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning capacity in a cost efficient and effective manner across multiple thematic areas. It will enable FCDO/OGDs to commission multi-disciplinary teams of quality professionals to design, manage and deliver Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning services with greater agility and innovation whilst maintaining fair competition. GEMFA 2 is available for ODA funded, non-ODA funded, and ISF programmes. GEMFA 2 is split into 5 Lots: Lot 1 - Global High Value > £750K Lot 4 - Regional Lot. East Africa (all contract values) Lot 5 - Regional Lot. MENA & Afghanistan and Pakistan (all contract values) Lot 7 - Regional Lot. Western Balkans, Eastern Europe and Central Asia (all contract values) Lot 8 - Global Low Value <£750k The Framework Agreement commenced on 01 September 2025 for a period of 3 years with a one (1) year extension option subject to ongoing need. The maximum throughput of the Framework Agreement will be GBP 500 000 000 covering all lots for the lifetime of the Framework Agreement. Lot 1: Global High Value >£750K FCDO sought a Supplier to deliver a 36-month Framework Agreement of up to GBP 500 000 000 (inclusive of all extension and scale up options) from 01 September 2025 until 31 August 2028 to enable FCDO to provide high quality and internationally recognised evaluation and/or monitoring knowledge and skills to design and/or undertake evaluation and/or monitoring assignments across the organisation’s policy areas and programmes in a range of geographical locations. It will enable FCDO and other Government Departments (OGDs) to access Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning capacity in a cost efficient and effective manner across multiple thematic areas. It will enable FCDO/OGDs to commission multi-disciplinary teams of quality professionals to design, manage and deliver Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning services with greater agility and innovation whilst maintaining fair competition. GEMFA 2 is available for ODA funded, non-ODA funded, and ISF programmes. The value of each Lot (1, 4, 5, 7 and 8) is unknown at this time; however, the total estimated Framework Agreement value will be managed across all 5 Lots up to a maximum budget of GBP 500 000 000. The timeframe may be extended by up to an additional 1 x 12 months beyond the original 36 month term until 31 August 2028 and then 31 August 2029 subject to satisfactory performance of the suppliers, continuing need, availability of funding, and the agreement of the suppliers and FCDO. Please note that the estimated value above represents a maximum, and FCDO expects that competitive tenders based on the Terms of Reference (Volume 3 of the ITT Pack) will come in at a lower level. The recipients of the services will be determined in each call-down contract. Specific details of the procurement process followed were available to all suppliers in the ITT Pack via ITT_6552 on the FCDO Supplier Portal https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk An FCDO standard Framework Agreement was awarded. Additional information: Lead Framework Suppliers were eligible to bid for only one Lot as a Lead Framework Supplier. An illustration of this was provided for in Annex 6 of the Terms of Reference. Global Lots, 1 and 8, had a maximum of fifteen (15) places for Lead Framework Suppliers. Regional Lots, (2 - 7) had a maximum of five (5) places for Lead Framework Suppliers. There were no successful Lead Suppliers for Lot 2 Lot 4: Regional East Africa All Contract Values FCDO sought a Supplier to deliver a 36-month Framework Agreement of up to GBP 500 000 000 (inclusive of all extension and scale up options) from 01 September 2025 until 31 August 2028 to enable FCDO to provide high quality and internationally recognised evaluation and/or monitoring knowledge and skills to design and/or undertake evaluation and/or monitoring assignments across the organisation’s policy areas and programmes in a range of geographical locations. It will enable FCDO and other Government Departments (OGDs) to access Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning capacity in a cost efficient and effective manner across multiple thematic areas. It will enable FCDO/OGDs to commission multi-disciplinary teams of quality professionals to design, manage and deliver Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning services with greater agility and innovation whilst maintaining fair competition. GEMFA 2 is available for ODA funded, non-ODA funded, and ISF programmes. The value of each Lot (1, 4, 5, 7 and 8) is unknown at this time; however, the total estimated Framework Agreement value will be managed across all 5 Lots up to a maximum budget of GBP 500 000 000. The timeframe may be extended by up to an additional 1 x 12 months beyond the original 36 month term until 31 August 2028 and then 31 August 2029 subject to satisfactory performance of the suppliers, continuing need, availability of funding, and the agreement of the suppliers and FCDO. Please note that the estimated value above represents a maximum, and FCDO expects that competitive tenders based on the Terms of Reference (Volume 3 of the ITT Pack) will come in at a lower level. The recipients of the services will be determined in each call-down contract. Specific details of the procurement process followed were available to all suppliers in the ITT Pack via ITT_6552 on the FCDO Supplier Portal https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk An FCDO standard Framework Agreement was awarded. Additional information: Lead Framework Suppliers were eligible to bid for only one Lot as a Lead Framework Supplier. An illustration of this was provided for in Annex 6 of the Terms of Reference. Global Lots, 1 and 8, had a maximum of fifteen (15) places for Lead Framework Suppliers. Regional Lots, (2 - 7) had a maximum of five (5) places for Lead Framework Suppliers. There were no successful Lead Suppliers for Lot 2 Lot 5: Regional MENA & Afghanistan and Pakistan All Contract Values FCDO sought a Supplier to deliver a 36-month Framework Agreement of up to GBP 500 000 000 (inclusive of all extension and scale up options) from 01 September 2025 until 31 August 2028 to enable FCDO to provide high quality and internationally recognised evaluation and/or monitoring knowledge and skills to design and/or undertake evaluation and/or monitoring assignments across the organisation’s policy areas and programmes in a range of geographical locations. It will enable FCDO and other Government Departments (OGDs) to access Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning capacity in a cost efficient and effective manner across multiple thematic areas. It will enable FCDO/OGDs to commission multi-disciplinary teams of quality professionals to design, manage and deliver Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning services with greater agility and innovation whilst maintaining fair competition. GEMFA 2 is available for ODA funded, non-ODA funded, and ISF programmes. The value of each Lot (1, 4, 5, 7 and 8) is unknown at this time; however, the total estimated Framework Agreement value will be managed across all 5 Lots up to a maximum budget of GBP 500 000 000. The timeframe may be extended by up to an additional 1 x 12 months beyond the original 36 month term until 31 August 2028 and then 31 August 2029 subject to satisfactory performance of the suppliers, continuing need, availability of funding, and the agreement of the suppliers and FCDO. Please note that the estimated value above represents a maximum, and FCDO expects that competitive tenders based on the Terms of Reference (Volume 3 of the ITT Pack) will come in at a lower level. The recipients of the services will be determined in each call-down contract. Specific details of the procurement process followed were available to all suppliers in the ITT Pack via ITT_6552 on the FCDO Supplier Portal https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk An FCDO standard Framework Agreement was awarded. Additional information: Lead Framework Suppliers were eligible to bid for only one Lot as a Lead Framework Supplier. An illustration of this was provided for in Annex 6 of the Terms of Reference. Global Lots, 1 and 8, had a maximum of fifteen (15) places for Lead Framework Suppliers. Regional Lots, (2 - 7) had a maximum of five (5) places for Lead Framework Suppliers. There were no successful Lead Suppliers for Lot 2 Lot 7: Regional Western Balkans Eastern Europe and Central Asia All Contract Values FCDO sought a Supplier to deliver a 36-month Framework Agreement of up to GBP 500 000 000 (inclusive of all extension and scale up options) from 01 September 2025 until 31 August 2028 to enable FCDO to provide high quality and internationally recognised evaluation and/or monitoring knowledge and skills to design and/or undertake evaluation and/or monitoring assignments across the organisation’s policy areas and programmes in a range of geographical locations. It will enable FCDO and other Government Departments (OGDs) to access Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning capacity in a cost efficient and effective manner across multiple thematic areas. It will enable FCDO/OGDs to commission multi-disciplinary teams of quality professionals to design, manage and deliver Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning services with greater agility and innovation whilst maintaining fair competition. GEMFA 2 is available for ODA funded, non-ODA funded, and ISF programmes. The value of each Lot (1, 4, 5, 7 and 8) is unknown at this time; however, the total estimated Framework Agreement value will be managed across all 5 Lots up to a maximum budget of GBP 500 000 000. The timeframe may be extended by up to an additional 1 x 12 months beyond the original 36 month term until 31 August 2028 and then 31 August 2029 subject to satisfactory performance of the suppliers, continuing need, availability of funding, and the agreement of the suppliers and FCDO. Please note that the estimated value above represents a maximum, and FCDO expects that competitive tenders based on the Terms of Reference (Volume 3 of the ITT Pack) will come in at a lower level. The recipients of the services will be determined in each call-down contract. Specific details of the procurement process followed were available to all suppliers in the ITT Pack via ITT_6552 on the FCDO Supplier Portal https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk An FCDO standard Framework Agreement was awarded. Additional information: Lead Framework Suppliers were eligible to bid for only one Lot as a Lead Framework Supplier. An illustration of this was provided for in Annex 6 of the Terms of Reference. Global Lots, 1 and 8, had a maximum of fifteen (15) places for Lead Framework Suppliers. Regional Lots, (2 - 7) had a maximum of five (5) places for Lead Framework Suppliers. There were no successful Lead Suppliers for Lot 2 Lot 8: Global Low Value <£750K FCDO sought a Supplier to deliver a 36-month Framework Agreement of up to GBP 500 000 000 (inclusive of all extension and scale up options) from 01 September 2025 until 31 August 2028 to enable FCDO to provide high quality and internationally recognised evaluation and/or monitoring knowledge and skills to design and/or undertake evaluation and/or monitoring assignments across the organisation’s policy areas and programmes in a range of geographical locations. It will enable FCDO and other Government Departments (OGDs) to access Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning capacity in a cost efficient and effective manner across multiple thematic areas. It will enable FCDO/OGDs to commission multi-disciplinary teams of quality professionals to design, manage and deliver Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning services with greater agility and innovation whilst maintaining fair competition. GEMFA 2 is available for ODA funded, non-ODA funded, and ISF programmes. The value of each Lot (1, 4, 5, 7 and 8) is unknown at this time; however, the total estimated Framework Agreement value will be managed across all 5 Lots up to a maximum budget of GBP 500 000 000. The timeframe may be extended by up to an additional 1 x 12 months beyond the original 36 month term until 31 August 2028 and then 31 August 2029 subject to satisfactory performance of the suppliers, continuing need, availability of funding, and the agreement of the suppliers and FCDO. Please note that the estimated value above represents a maximum, and FCDO expects that competitive tenders based on the Terms of Reference (Volume 3 of the ITT Pack) will come in at a lower level. The recipients of the services will be determined in each call-down contract. Specific details of the procurement process followed were available to all suppliers in the ITT Pack via ITT_6552 on the FCDO Supplier Portal https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk An FCDO standard Framework Agreement was awarded. Additional information: Lead Framework Suppliers were eligible to bid for only one Lot as a Lead Framework Supplier. An illustration of this was provided for in Annex 6 of the Terms of Reference. Global Lots, 1 and 8, had a maximum of fifteen (15) places for Lead Framework Suppliers. Regional Lots, (2 - 7) had a maximum of five (5) places for Lead Framework Suppliers. There were no successful Lead Suppliers for Lot 2