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Technical Assistance (TA) Facility to strengthen Rwanda's Social Protection Sector: Exiting Poverty Rwanda Programme

Buyer: Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office →

BuyerForeign Commonwealth and Development Office
StatusawardUpdate
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published10 Oct 2025

What is being bought

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Delivery location

RW

Categories

Foreign economic-aid-related services 75211200

Lot details

Technical Assistance Facility to strengthen Rwanda's Social Protection Sector

The TA Facility will provide technical expertise and capacity building to the Government of Rwanda and support the effective implementation of its Social Protection Sector Strategic Plan (SP-SSP) and ultimately a strengthened national social protection system, as well as the delivery of FCDO's Exiting Poverty in Rwanda (EPR) programme which aims to eradicate extreme poverty and reduce overall poverty. The work package agreed with the supplier will: i. Sustain critical work currently being carried out by TAF and maintain support to government counterparts ii. Work to make TAF more effective, evaluating how it works to ensure effectiveness across: a. Policy support to GoR ministries b. Renew focus on sub-national support and capacity building (LODA) iii. Build sustainable capacity (as requested by the Steering Committee) in: • Systems development: IT SP systems which last • Support the training framework (to improve sub-national delivery) iv. Set the groundwork for an expanded basket fund through sustainable interventions

Contract periodFrom 3 Mar 2021 to 30 Jun 2027

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
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Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 75. The category anchor is Foreign economic-aid-related services (75211200); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 756973 median · 55.1 average (157 of 697 with a bid count)3.8 average (186 of 697 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: RW2Not published1 average (2 of 2 with named award suppliers)Not published

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Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

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Planning & early market engagement

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Planning documents0
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Related procurements

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Awards

Contracts

Technical Assistance facility to strengthen Rwanda’s Social Protection Sector as part of FCDO’s Exiting Poverty in Rwanda Programme

Statusactive
Value£7,677,885

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OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05ac53
Latest release ID064000-2025
Latest release timestampFri Oct 10 2025 08:24:39 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusNot published
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release4

Notice history

DateEventReference
10 Oct 2025awardUpdate, contractUpdate064000-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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