PROJ10218 Sudan Independent Monitoring Programme

This is a prior information notice (PIN) only: Publication and a call for competition will be conducted once the scope of work is fully defined and approved. The Sudan Independent Monitoring Programme will be a new, flagship programme supporting FCDO Sudan's policy and programme portfolio to improve its effectiveness through providing timely and objective information on delivery and contextual developments. The programme will contract an independent monitoring partner to deploy thematic and contextual experts throughout Sudan to conduct in-person and/or remote monitoring and capacity building activities with three core objectives: 1. Assurance & Capacity Building: Improving confidence in results and the quality of delivery, including supporting partners to improve practice/s through bespoke technical assistance. 2. Learning & Innovation: Enabling greater portfolio experimentation by providing closer to real-time insight into progress on the ground, supporting faster course-correction and lesson learning. 3. Strategy & Analysis: Providing needs-based analysis to inform portfolio and programme decision-making, and to monitor strategic priorities. The anticipated programme budget is £7.5m over 5 years (roughly 2022-2027). FCDO Sudan’s programme portfolio in FY21/22 consists of 6 programmes forecast to spend c.£60m. Current programmes work in areas spanning humanitarian assistance, peacebuilding, governance and economic reform, water, sanitation & hygiene, and gender and social norm change. Whilst fluctuations in the number, focus and size of programmes are expected over the life of this programme, we expect to contract a supplier to provide services to a portfolio of roughly the same size. Please register interest to the FCDO Supplier Portal for this opportunity (PROJ10218) to receive all communication and updates. There will be an Early Market Engagement Event on 01/02/2022. For all information regarding times and venues please access these details within the additional information contained under the Documents tab. Note, there are 2 elements to registration which must not be confused with each other 1. Suppliers must register their interest to PROJ10218 on the FCDO Supplier Portal to ensure they receive all communications and updates (this is not registration to attend the event) . 2. Within the profile of PROJ10218 on the portal, there are attachments which contain the link to register to attend the EME event.