# The Evidence Fund

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [FOREIGN, COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE](/buyers/foreign-commonwealth-and-development-office/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £72,000,000
- Published: 12 July 2021
- Planned start: 1 December 2021
- Planned end: 1 October 2027
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: f1cde088-d82f-4a9d-b882-52504001014c-450719
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-6da88f17-8d5f-420a-bf6b-38ddc940fd20

## Description

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office \(FCDO \) is seeking to appoint a Supplier to oversee and manage The Evidence Fund, a single coordinated, research and evidence platform that supports urgent, mid- and longer-term knowledge generation, synthesis, translation and engagement\. The Evidence Fund brings together several programmes previously delivered across RED into a single coordinated platform programme\. The primary responsibility of the Supplier will be to manage procurement competitions for research and evaluation projects, conduct due diligence assessments on prospective sub-contracted Research -Pool providers, and programme manage research projects implemented by sub-contracted research organisations\. The Supplier will also have responsibility for a number of cross-cutting activities in relation to the programme, including knowledge management and dissemination; monitoring and learning, and establishing a technical assistance facility for additional administrative and programme management support to FCDO and wider-RED activities in East Africa, South Asia, and Middle East and North Africa \(MENA\) \. The initial duration of the programme will be 34 months with an initial budget of £35,800,000 inclusive of local government taxes, but exclusive of VAT\. FCDO anticipates that the budget allocation for delivery of Core Team Portfolio Management Services does not exceed 12% \(£4,296,000\.00\) of the initial budget\. FCDO will retain options to enhance the programme budget, by up to £ 36,200,000 and extend the programme by an additional three years\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f1cde088-d82f-4a9d-b882-52504001014c-450719)