# Sierra Leone Secondary Education Improvement Project Phase 2 \(SSEIP II\)

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office](/buyers/foreign-commonwealth-and-development-office/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Mott MacDonald Ltd trading as Cambridge Education
- Award value: £19,000,000
- Tender value: £19,000,000
- Award date: 3 April 2023
- Published: 21 April 2023
- Contract start: 3 April 2023
- Contract end: 31 March 2028
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: b5ff1f37-276f-4ddc-a207-534db38da3e1-638420
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-20ed788b-7a02-46bd-9797-757da8f459d5

## Description

FCDO awarded a Secondary Education Improvement Project Phase 2 \(SSEIP II\) contract to deliver a Technical Assistance programme in Sierra Leone aiming at delivering the UK's ambition for 12 years of quality education for all\. SSEIP II will directly contribute to the global target of getting 40 million more girls in school\. The programme will contribute to education Key Performance Indicators by halving the number of adolescent out-of-school girls and improving learning conditions for 1\.6 million girls and boys in Sierra Leone\. It will also make an important contribution to reducing early marriage and increasing contraceptive use\. The SSEIP II programme will deliver three priority areas, referred to as 'pillars'\. This contract will deliver Pillar 2 - Strengthen government systems in Sierra Leone to deliver improved education for adolescent girls and children with disabilities\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b5ff1f37-276f-4ddc-a207-534db38da3e1-638420)