Official UK procurement notice
Peacebuilding Opportunities Fund 2 - South Sudan
Authority: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is a voluntary ex ante transparency (VEAT) notice. This notice is to indicate that the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) proposes to extend the contract with the named supplier for the South Sudan - Peacebuilding Opportunities Fund 2 (POF2).
The contract will be extended by 12 months from October 2026 to October 2027 in line with the extension provisions of the contract.
The contract value will be increased by £2.1m over and above its current financial head room of £9.9m to £12m.
The additional time and budget enables FCDO to invest more at sub-national peacebuilding level, working with communities and national NGO’s to develop alternatives to the national level engagement.
The proposed amendment will:
- Consolidate community-led peace governance by strengthening existing structures, implementation of agreements, local accountability and realistic community co-contribution, so peace processes become less dependent on external facilitation.
- Embed sustainability in national peacebuilding capacity by supporting South Sudanese partners to strengthen governance, financial resilience, business development and technical leadership, including through diversified funding and reduced reliance on POF.
- Capture, transfer and leverage learning through final MEL rounds, community reflection, strategic communications and targeted stakeholder engagement, ensuring evidence from POF informs wider practice and supports follow-on investment beyond the programme.
CPV: Foreign economic-aid-related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Aug 2026, 11:48 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Aug 2026, 11:48 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-077172- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e373Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The initial contract was awarded through a call down under a framework agreement.
This is a voluntary ex ante transparency (VEAT) notice. This notice is to indicate that the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) proposes to extend the contract with the named supplier for the South Sudan - Peacebuilding Opportunities Fund 2 (POF2).
The contract will be extended by 12 months from October 2026 to October 2027 in line with the extension provisions of the contract.
The contract value will be increased by £2.1m over and above its current financial head room of £9.9m to £12m.
The additional time and budget enables FCDO to invest more at sub-national peacebuilding level, working with communities and national NGO’s to develop alternatives to the national level engagement.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Policy Management LimitedPeacebuilding Opportunities Fund 2 (POF2)Subcontracting: declared | £12,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Peacebuilding Opportunities Fund 2 (POF2) · Oxford Policy Management Limited
- Signed
- 30 Oct 2023
- Value
- £12,000,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Oxford Policy Management LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.