Foreign economic-aid-related services

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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. DFID’s Evaluation Unit is currently designing the next phase of its Evaluation Quality Assurance and Learning Services (EQuALS) programme, which will directly replace the current programme. EQuALS 2 will deliver independent quality assurance of evaluation products and provide a range of specialist evaluation and monitoring technical advice in order to improve evaluation quality and usefulness across DFID and other government departments. The current programme provides staff from DFID and OGDs access to a panel of evaluation consultants with expertise covering the range of ODA thematic areas and evaluation methodologies. This panel provides short term technical advice across the programme cycle in response to the needs of programme staff. It is anticipated that the new programme will commence activities early in the 2021-22 financial year. The programme is expected to run for a minimum of 4 years, subject to available resources and sufficient demand for its services, among other criteria, and with the option for extension. The total budget for the programme will be approximately 4 700 000 GBP plus a potential additional 20 %. 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. Please register on the DFID Supplier Portal for this opportunity (PROJ10091) to receive all communication and updates —https://dfid.proactisportal.com/Account/Login There will be an Early market engagement event held on 24.2.2020. For all information regarding times and venues please ensure to access these details within the additional information provided for PROJ10091 on the DFID Supplier Portal. Note, there are 2 elements to registration which must not be confused with each other. 1) Suppliers must register their interest to PROJ10091 on the DFID Supplier Portal to ensure they receive all communications and updates (this is not registration to attend the event); 2) Within the profile of PROJ10091 on the portal, there are dialogues attachments containing additional documents which contain the link to register for the EME event. DFID’s Evaluation Unit is currently designing the next phase of its Evaluation Quality Assurance and Learning Services (EQuALS) programme, which will directly replace the current programme. EQuALS 2 will deliver independent quality assurance of evaluation products and provide a range of specialist evaluation and monitoring technical advice in order to improve evaluation quality and usefulness across DFID and other government departments. The current programme provides staff from DFID and OGDs access to a panel of evaluation consultants with expertise covering the range of ODA thematic areas and evaluation methodologies. This panel provides short term technical advice across the programme cycle in response to the needs of programme staff. It is anticipated that the new programme will commence activities early in the 2021-22 financial year. The programme is expected to run for a minimum of 4 years, subject to available resources and sufficient demand for its services, among other criteria, and with the option for extension. The total budget for the programme will be approximately 4 700 000 GBP plus a potential additional 20 %.