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Published 6 Aug 2021, 13:40 BST

Official UK procurement notice

PROJ10047 - Growth Gateway

Official notice

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

ServicesOpen procedure
Awarded value£28,500,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 6 Aug 2021
Awarded to The Boston Consulting Group UK LLP

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Growth Gateway will increase the volume and type of trade and investment that generates positive benefits for poor women and men. It will achieve this through (i) better signposting to increase the utilisation of HMG “offer to business” instruments serving developing country markets; and (ii) provide responsive services to global businesses and the HMG network to facilitate more trade and investment with developing markets and increase its development impact.

CPV: Foreign economic-aid-related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office is seeking partners/suppliers to…Awarded

The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office is seeking partners/suppliers to manage the delivery of services for the Growth Gateway. Full information on the requirements and services to be delivered can be found within the Terms of Reference. The successful supplier will begin delivering services under contract from a planned start date of March/April 2021 until the programme’s conclusion in March/April 2025. Additional information: A FCDO employee will be the senior responsible owner (SRO) for the Gateway except where an agreement to assign or novate the contract to an alternative HMG department is reached, in which case the role of SRO will be re-assigned to a member of staff under that HMG department. The contractual terms of assignment and novation will be covered under the the contractual terms and conditions and the contract special conditions. At the point of tender, it is anticipated that the contract may be assigned or novated to the Department for International Trade in due course

Delivery: Scotland
Extensions: FCDO will award a contract for an initial term of 48 months and for a maximum value of £28,500,000. The contract will include extension options of up to an additional 24 months. FCDO may also scale up the programme should it prove to be having a strong impact and has the potential to yield better results in line with the Terms and Conditions and as per the tender documents. Any extension and/or scale up will be for an additional maximum value of £51,500,000. This may result in a maximum contract term of 72 months, and a maximum contract value of £80,000,000. FCDO reserves the right to scale back or discontinue this programme at any point in line with the Terms and Conditions and as per the tender documents

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
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical response: 60%
  • Commercial response: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical response: 60
  • Commercial response: 40
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
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
Unspecified in notice
First published
6 Aug 2021, 13:40 BST
Last source update
6 Aug 2021, 13:40 BST
Authority reference
DN155
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-019044
Classification (CPV)
Foreign economic-aid-related services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM84)
Official registry OCID
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Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £28,500,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 4
Contracts signed 1latest 6 Aug 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
The Boston Consulting Group UK LLP£28,500,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic0——

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 subdivisionsInternational Development & Diplomacy East Kilbride, ScotlandContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.