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title: "Pre-Market Engagement for the provision of OSCE Election Observation Monitors"
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# Pre-Market Engagement for the provision of OSCE Election Observation Monitors

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pre-market-engagement-for-the-provision-of-osce-election-observation-monitors-ocds-h6vhtk-0297c8). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), is carrying out a pre-market engagement exercise to understand market capability and capacity in delivering the UK Government’s contributions to the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Election Observation Missions (EOM). This pre-market engagement exercise will involve the submission of the Soft Market Testing Questionnaire - to be received by 12.00pm Noon on 19th March 2021. Participation or non-participation in this pre-market engagement exercise shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of this exercise shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/foreign-commonwealth-and-development-office-gov-d1315)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business and management consultancy and related services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0297c8`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pre-market-engagement-for-the-provision-of-osce-election-observation-monitors-ocds-h6vhtk-0297c8#tl-md)

## Description
The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), is carrying out a pre-market engagement exercise to understand market capability and capacity in delivering the UK Government’s contributions to the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Election Observation Missions (EOM).
This pre-market engagement exercise will involve the submission of the Soft Market Testing Questionnaire - to be received by 12.00pm Noon on 19th March 2021. 
The FCDO will consider the feedback received to help inform its options and further decision-making. For the avoidance of doubt, this phase of the project is not part of a formal procurement process and the FCDO is not committing, at this stage, to carrying out such a process. 
Participation or non-participation in this pre-market engagement exercise shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of this exercise shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process. 
Participation in the pre-market engagement exercise will be at each organisation's own cost. No expense in responding to this pre-market engagement exercise will be reimbursed by the FCDO.
Please refer to II.2.4) Description of the procurement below for details on how to participate and obtain the documentation.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 79400000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The FCDO is carrying out a pre-market engagement exercise to understand market capability and capacity in delivering the UK Government’s contributions to the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Election Observation Missions (EOM...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F004199-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-03-02T22:56:04.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-02T10:01:28.757Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0297c8