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Published 25 Aug 2023, 13:26 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Women's Integrated Sexual Health 2 (WISH 2)

Official notice

Authority: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Central government)

2 lotsServicesRestricted procedureMax 1 lot to bidMax 1 lot per supplier
Published estimate£136,000,000total for 2 lots
Submissions closed 25 Sept 2023
Lots 2max 1 won per supplier · max 1 to bid

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

FCDO are seeking to appoint organisations to lead the delivery of the WISH 2 Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) programme. The programme will provide support for target countries over two geographical lots on comprehensive SRHR including support for service delivery. The programme will deliver the following four outputs:

  1. Information attitudes and social norms: Individuals have increased knowledge, capacity and family/community support to make informed SRHR decisions and recognise and advocate for their SRHR.
  2. Sustainable, inclusive access to integrated SRHR services: Access to quality, voluntary Family Planning (FP) and other comprehensive Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) services, eliminating barriers for young and marginalised women, the poorest and those with disabilities, including in fragile and conflict-affected areas.
  3. SRHR policy environment: Improved policies and legal framework to support comprehensive SRHR and gender equality, effective government financing, commodity security and integrated SRHR service capacity and civil society capacity to advocate and support improvements.
  4. Evidence and learning: Evidence based innovations and practice shared globally to increase women's choice and access to SRH services and rights.

Lot 1 will include focus countries: Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal.

Lot 2 will include focus countries: Burundi, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Somalia, South Sudan, Zambia.

CPV: Foreign economic-aid-related services

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · all with a published value (£136,000,000 together) · a supplier may bid for at most 1 and win at most 1 of them
Lot #1WISH 2 Lot 1Published value£60,875,000

It is intended that the Contract will be awarded for an Initial Term of 62 months. The Programme will consist of three phases:

  1. Inception Phase - 6 months
  2. Implementation Phase - 52 months
  3. Exit/Closure Phase - 4 months

Potential extension if approved by FCDO: up to 36 months.

The total initial budget and contract value for Lot 1 is up to £60,875,000 inclusive of all applicable taxes (Note: FCDO programmes are not automatically tax exempt and therefore supplier will be liable to pay local tax in focus countries).

All funding is subject to review during UK Government Spending Reviews and other in-year internal processes.

Possible extension if approved by FCDO: Up to £30.5m Lot 1. The option to extend is at the sole discretion of FCDO.

Delivery: UK · West and Central Africa
Extensions: The Initial Contract value for Lot 1 will be no more than £60,875,000. There is the option to extend the Contract for Lot 1 by up to 36 months with additional funding of up to £30,500,000.Second stage: 3–6 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed
Lot #2WISH 2 Lot 2Published value£75,125,000

It is intended that the Contract will be awarded for an Initial Term of 62 months. The Programme will consist of three phases:

  1. Inception Phase - 6 months
  2. Implementation Phase - 52 months
  3. Exit/Closure Phase - 4 months

Potential extension if approved by FCDO: up to 36 months.

The total initial budget and contract value for Lot 2 is up to £75,125,000 inclusive of all applicable taxes (Note: FCDO programmes are not automatically tax exempt and therefore supplier will be liable to pay local tax in focus countries).

All funding is subject to review during UK Government Spending Reviews and other in-year internal processes.

Possible extension if approved by FCDO: Up to £37.5m Lot 2. The option to extend is at the sole discretion of FCDO.

Delivery: UK · East and Southern Africa
Extensions: The Initial Contract value for Lot 2 will be no more than £75,125,000. There is the option to extend the Contract for Lot 2 by up to 36 months with additional funding of up to £37,500,000.Second stage: 3–6 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
25 Aug 2023, 13:26 BST
Last source update
25 Aug 2023, 13:26 BST
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-025116
Classification (CPV)
Foreign economic-aid-related services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03f713 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
electronic ordering · electronic payment

How it was run

Official notice
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Submission deadline
25 Sept 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
270 days from the deadline
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

25 Aug 2023 → 13 Oct 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published
    25 Aug 2023, 13:26 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    25 Sept 2023, 12:00 BST
  3. Invitations to tender expected
    13 Oct 2023, 00:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsGeneral public services Abercrombie House, Eaglesham Road, East Kilbride, UK, G75 8EAContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria