PA23 UK4 - Tender notice new
A Tender Notice
by FOREIGN, COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Contract (Services)
- Duration
- 21.5 month
- Value
- £9M
- Sector
- DEFENCE
- Published
- 02 Apr 2026
- Delivery
- 22 Jun 2026 to 31 Mar 2028
- Deadline
- 30 Apr 2026 13:00
Related Terms
Location
1 buyer
Description
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) are seeking proposals to deliver a Technical Assistance contract for Nairobi Railway City Technical Assistance Project (NRC TA) in Kenya. The contract will require the supplier to provide expertise to support Kenya Railways to fully develop and unlock the economic potential of the Railway City Project in Nairobi, Kenya. The Supplier will provide the strategic oversight of the Railway City Project, leadership, stakeholder management to ensure the effective delivery of day-to-day operations of the Contract. This will also include identification, development and delivery of Technical Assistance activities, oversight and management of the Technical Assistance expertise commissioned. The NRC TA contract will contribute to broader national objectives, including stimulating economic growth, generating employment opportunities, expanding future transport capacity, and delivering a mixed used climate resilient project that includes affordable housing in its scope. Related Previous Published Notices: - UK2: Preliminary Market Engagement Notice (Notice ID: 2025/S 000-076996, Published 25 November 2025) - UK3: Planned Procurement Notice (Notice ID: 2025/S 000-056944, Published 16 September 2025) Both notices provisionally stated the Competitive Flexible Procedure as the expected route to market, with a caveat that the procedure was subject to change.
Renewal Options
The initial contract value is up to £5 million. The Contract will include an option for FCDO to extend the term of the contract by a maximum of 24 months, and up to £4 million. This option will be exercised at the sole discretion of FCDO.
Award Criteria
| Technical Criteria | T1 - Quality of Core Team Structure 10% T2a- Quality of Programme Leadership and Management 10% T2b- Quality of Technical experts 10% T3 Approach and Methodology to service delivery 25% T4 Approach to Partnership, Collaboration, Stakeholder Engagement 15% T5 Approach to Monitoring, Innovation, Evidence & Learning 10% T6 Risk Management Approach 10% T7 Innovation for Process Efficiency 10% Total Technical: 100% To mitigate the risk of low-quality bids, a minimum acceptance threshold has been set at a 65% (260 points out of maximum 400 points) for technical score, in line with the PPQP approach. Bidders must achieve a minimum technical score of 260 and above. |
| Commercial evaluation | PPQP assesses the quality of price of each bid on its own merit. It assesses the quantitative relationship between the bidder’s quality score and price. The lowest Price Per Quality Point score wins. The PPQP price will be calculated as: PPQP Cost = Core Team Cost (A) + Modelled Call Down Cost (B) A Tiebreaker is incorporated into the evaluation methodology should two or more bidders score the same. The highest technical score wins. If there is a tiebreaker on technical scores, then the highest score T3 wins. |
CPV Codes
- 75211200 - Foreign economic-aid-related services
Indicators
- Renewals are available.
Other Information
** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. **
Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-067b78
- FTS 030719-2026