Deadline: 1 June 2018
The Department for International Development (DFID) has launched the Building Resilience in Ethiopia programme (BRE), which will make investments totalling £168 million to meet urgent humanitarian needs in Ethiopia while building long term capacity within the Ethiopian government to plan, finance and manage better the frequent climate and humanitarian shocks that the country experiences.
Building Resilience in Ethiopia will seek to:
- Deliver technical assistance to the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) to lead and deliver an effective, more self-financed and accountable response to climate and humanitarian shocks;
- Deliver food and cash to people in humanitarian need in the most effective way;
- Respond to non-food emergency humanitarian needs in the most effective way;
- Monitor, evaluate and learn how to strengthen humanitarian delivery in Ethiopia in accordance with (and contributing to) global best practice.
Programme Components
Programme funds are expected to be split as follows, with the first two components (relating to the Management Agent and totalling £26m), included in this procurement:
- Management Agent, delivered Technical Assistance, primarily to the Government of Ethiopia. Level of investment: up to £23m
- Management Agent, delivered Monitoring and Evaluation of humanitarian delivery (including technical assistance on M&E to the Government of Ethiopia). Level of investment: up to £3m
- Building capacity of the GoE to deliver nutrition support through UN agencies. Level of investment: £8m
- Deliver Emergency Humanitarian Aid (food, cash and other emergency support). Level of investment: £133m
- Mid Term and Final Review of BRE programme and management agent performance. Level of investment: Up to £1m
Funding Information
- The contract shall be awarded for a period of 41 months (with a maximum available budget of £26 million), and shall comprise of a 5-month Inception Phase, an 18-month Implementation phase (which will conclude with an independent Mid-Term review), and a second 18-month Implementation phase (which will conclude with the independent Final review).
- There will be break points after both the Inception phase and after the first 18-month Implementation phase. The contract shall include the option to extend for up to 20.5 months (with a maximum indicative available budget for the extension period of £13 million), dependent upon the requirement and at DFID’s discretion.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must apply using DFID supplier portal.
For more information, please visit Building Resilience in Ethiopia.