Notice for changes or additional information
Legal Basis:
Section I: Contracting authority/entity
Section II: Object
II.1)Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)Title:
PO 8104 — ASCEND — Accelerating Sustainable Control and Elimination of NTDs.
II.1.2)Main CPV code75211200 Foreign economic-aid-related services
II.1.3)Type of contractServices
II.1.4)Short description:
This is a prior information notice (PIN) to advertise an early market engagement only. Publication and call for competition will be conducted once scope of work is fully defined and approved by the UK Government.
Subject to Secretary of State approval of a Business Case, the Department for International Development (DFID) anticipates publishing a new competition opportunity in 2017 to implement the Accelerating Sustainable Control and Elimination of NTDs (ASCEND) programme across Africa and Asia. The anticipated budget range is 175 000 000 GBP to 200 000 000 GBP over 3 years. No tender documents are available at this stage.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:17/10/2017
VI.6)Original notice reference Section VII: Changes
VII.1)Information to be changed or added
VII.1.2)Text to be corrected in the original noticeSection number: II.2.4
Place of text to be modified: Description of the procurement:
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DFID will be conducting an Early Market Engagement (EME) event on 20th October 2017. This will elicit market views on the feasibility of delivery options and possible risks, challenges and opportunities. DFID is also keen to understand the key commercial factors which will further this programme's delivery.
The EME will take place in Wetminster Conference Centre, 1 Victoria Street
London, SW1H 0ET, between 13:00 and 16:00 on 20.10.2017. Parties interested in attending should register their interest by 16.10.2017. To find out how to register for the event please go to the DFID Supplier Portal at https://supplierportal.dfid.gov.uk/selfservice/ and search for the opportunity using the 4 digit reference number 8104. We request a maximum of two participants attend per organisation.
The event will include a presentation and Q&A session regarding the programme and services expectations. The aim is to engage with providers to assess market capacity, capability and appetite and seek early comments to inform the Business Case. In order to support an effective design of the event, we would be grateful for those who are attending, as well as those who are interested in the opportunity but cannot participate in the event, to complete a short survey related to the market by 9.10.2017. Direction on how to access this survey is available on our Supplier Portal.
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DFID will be conducting an Early Market Engagement (EME) event on 17.11.2017. This will elicit market views on the feasibility of delivery options and possible risks, challenges and opportunities. DFID is also keen to understand the key commercial factors which will further this programme's delivery.
The EME will take place in Wetminster Conference Centre, 1 Victoria Street London, SW1H 0ET, between 13:00 and 16:00 on 17.11.2017. Parties interested in attending should register their interest by 6.11.2017. To find out how to register for the event please go to the DFID Supplier Portal at https://supplierportal.dfid.gov.uk/selfservice/ and search for the opportunity using the 4 digit reference number 8104. We request a maximum of 2 participants attend per organisation.
The event will include a presentation and Q&A session regarding the programme and services expectations.
The aim is to engage with providers to assess market capacity, capability and appetite and seek early comments to inform the Business Case. In order to support an effective design of the event, we would be grateful for those who are attending, as well as those who are interested in the opportunity but cannot participate in the event, to complete a short survey related to the market by 6.11.2017. Direction on how to access this survey is available on our Supplier Portal.
VII.2)Other additional information:
This PIN Notice ref: 2017/S 187-382839 has been amended to update key dates following a change of the Early Market Engagement event date.
Key Date Changes are as follows:
EME Event date was 20.10.2017 is now 17.11.2017.
Registration Deadline was 16.10.2017 is now 6.11.2017.
Responses to the short survey — which is contained within the Registration Survey — are now required by 6.11.2017.