Official UK procurement notice
Evaluation Quality Assurance and Learning Service III (EQUALS III)
Authority: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEQUALS III will provide FCDO with high-quality, independent evaluation and quality assurance support to strengthen the evidence base for programmes and decision-making. Building on EQUALS II, it aims to give teams timely access to specialist evaluation expertise, strengthen the quality and consistency of evaluations, and help ensure that FCDO programmes generate robust evidence on what works, supporting learning, accountability and value for money.
CPV: Foreign economic-aid-related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office buys Foreign affairs and other services (CPV 7521), and who usually turns up
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Foreign affairs and other services (CPV 7521) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in Greater London (authority’s region).
No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in the region where that award was delivered.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 104 days of the bid deadline.
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Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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1 bid23% / 7%
2–331% / 27%
4–623% / 27%
7+23% / 40%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Below estimate43% / 75%
Within ±2%57% / 25%
Above estimate0% / 0%
Assess each lot i
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 7521Published estimate£5.0m
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 47 past lots.
1 bid26%
2–334%
4–628%
7+13%
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
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Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Nov 2026, 10:57 GMT
- Last source update
- 11 Nov 2026, 10:57 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-107011- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b957Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
11 Nov 2026 → 1 Jul 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published4 days ago11 Nov 2026, 10:57 GMT
- Today15 Nov 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 78 days1 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Market engagementin 78 days1 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
A virtual Early Market Engagement event is planned for 26th November 2026, to inform the market of the upcoming EQUALS III opportunity and seek feedback. The FCDO invites all interested parties to register their attendance at:
forms.cloud.microsoft/e/AnHTvRsFkW ↗
We look forward to your participation.
The information provided in this notice is indicative only and may be subject to change. The Authority reserves the right not to proceed with any procurement or contractual arrangement.
- Contract startsin 227 days1 Jul 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published11 Nov 2026, 10:57 GMTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender