Procurement of Services to deliver Climate Smart Jobs (CSJ) Programme in Uganda

Concepts

• climate smart jobs
• uganda
• foreign economic aid
• commonwealth and development office
• fcdo
• uganda climate innovation fund
• climate change
• csj
• northern uganda
• procurement of services to deliver climate smart jobs

Location

Northern Uganda

Description

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is looking for a Supplier to deliver the Climate Smart Jobs (CSJ) programme, focusing on Northern Uganda. The Supplier must deliver services to support market systems development which will aim to build resilience to climate change for at least 130,000 Ugandan households through climate smart agriculture (Component 1a) and run a challenge fund called the ‘Uganda Climate Innovation Fund’ which will aim to facilitate transformational change in Uganda’s ability to adapt to and mitigate climate change and promote sustainable land management, with at least five innovations likely to enable transformational change in the agricultural sector due to the programme intervention (Component 1b).

Total Quantity or Scope

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is looking for a Supplier to deliver the Climate Smart Jobs (CSJ) programme focusing on Northern Uganda. The expected start date of the contract is September 2022. The contract will run until the end of March 2026. It may however be extended by up to two (2) years. The contract will be composed of three phases: • Inception Phase – six months; • Implementation Phase – the period between the end of the Inception Phase and the beginning of the Exit Phase; and • Exit Phase – beginning six months before the end of CSJ programme. Contact Value excluding any extension is up to £15.5 million. The budget for the period until the end of March 2026 will be divided between the two components as follows: - up to £13.5 million for Component 1A - up to £2 million for Component 1B The maximum value of the contract, including the optional up to two-year extension is up to £23.25 million. This opportunity for contract comprises of two components, intended to grow climate smart agribusinesses to create jobs: • Component 1A will be a market systems development intervention which will aim to build resilience to climate change for at least 130,000 Ugandan households through climate smart agriculture. In the Inception Phase the supplier will design an intervention strategy by i) assessing impacts of climate change in Northern Uganda for smallholder farmers, ii) analysing the main issues which cause underperformance in the markets in which smallholders produce and sell agricultural products in Northern Uganda and the implications for climate resilience, iii) design and recommend new market system innovations (products, services, production methods or business models) which could address these issues and iv) set out the interventions which will be undertaken to encourage businesses to adopt the desired market system innovations. In the Implementation Phase, the supplier will implement this strategy. • Component 1B will run a challenge fund called the ‘Uganda Climate Innovation Fund’ which will aim to facilitate transformational change in Uganda’s ability to adapt to and mitigate climate change and promote sustainable land management, with at least five innovations likely to enable transformational change in the agricultural sector due to the programme intervention. In the first half of the Inception Phase, the supplier will undertake the preparatory activities necessary to launch the fund, including drafting a call for proposals, developing a strategy to encourage entries, and agreeing a methodology to assess which ideas are most likely to lead to transformational change. In the second half of the Inception Phase, the supplier will launch the fund, run a call for funding, assess the bids, and make recommendations on which to support. In the Implementation Phase the supplier will support successful bidders to test their idea through a proof of concept through grants and technical assistance, and support bidders which successfully test their ideas to develop plans to implement them on a large scale without further support from the innovation fund. The supplier may also run further funding rounds. To access the tender documents, please login or register to FCDO’s eTendering Portal https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk. If you have any technical issues with the Portal, please call eTendering helpdesk: +44 0203 868 2859 or use the “Call me Back!” functionality (recommended, especially if contacting from outside of UK). Any issues with accessing the tender documents should be reported to Anna.Gibson@fcdo.gov.uk. Any queries related to the subject of this tender must be sent via the messaging function for itt_4984 – DEV - Climate Smart Jobs (CSJ) Programme. Additional information: To access the tender documents, please login or register to FCDO’s eTendering Portal https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk. Any issues with accessing the tender documents should be reported to Anna.Gibson@fcdo.gov.uk. Any queries related to the subject of this tender must be sent via the messaging function for itt_4984 – DEV - Climate Smart Jobs (CSJ) Programme.

Renewal Options

up to two (2) years. The maximum value of the contract, including the optional up to two-year extension is up to £23.25 million.

CPV Codes

• 75211200 - Foreign economic-aid-related services

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are available.

Other Information

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