Investment in Forests and Sustainable Land Use Phase II (IFSLU2) Programme - Component 1 and 2

Description

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is looking for a Supplier to deliver Component 1 and 2 of Investments in Forests and Sustainable Land Use - Phase 2 (IFSLU2) Programme.

Investments in Forests and Sustainable Land Use - Phase 2 (IFSLU2) is an umbrella International Climate Finance (ICF) programme of the FCDO. IFSLU2 is managed by the FCDO's Energy, Climate and Environment Directorate (ECED). Under the IFSLU2 umbrella programme there are five Components.

This Opportunity is for the IFSLU2 Programme's Component 1: Business incubation, pipeline development and business enabling conditions and Component 2: Enhanced support for smallholder farmers.

FCDO is looking for a supplier to undertake the management and implementation of the Component 1 and 2 of Investments in Forests and Sustainable Land Use - Phase 2 (IFSLU2) Programme.

The expected start date of the Contract is December 2024, the maximum Contract value is up to £134 million, with an option to increase its total value and duration based on continued need. The Contract value is exclusive of UK VAT but inclusive of all applicable local taxes.

The Contract length and value are as follows up to 60 months and value of up to £134 million - minus the amount already spent at Contract award point on the three FCDO grants under Component 2, the management of which will be transferred to this Contract.

The Contract may be extended and its value increased through:
- Extension Option: up to an additional 60 months and a value of up to a maximum of £239 million.
- Scale up Option (value extension only): up to £100 million over the life of the Contract (including the Extension Period).

Please note that this Opportunity is tendered using procedure defined under regulations 74 to 76 of Section 7 Social and Other Specific Services of Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes, Public Contract Regulations 2015, i.e. Light Touch Regime (LTR). 
The procedure, the Negotiation with the Preferred Supplier is based on the principles of the Open Procedure up to the selection of Preferred Supplier who will be invited to the Negotiation step prior to the award of the contract.  

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Additional information: 
The intended behavioural Intermediate Outcomes from the Contract's interventions are:
- Supply-side: Producers including businesses, social enterprises, community organisations, smallholders, and landholders adopt sustainable practices as part of profitable, inclusive and replicable business models and bankable investment opportunities;
- Demand-side: Governments, companies and value chain actors adopt mandatory or voluntary sustainable and equitable sourcing practices that incentivise sustainable practices; and aggregate and empower smallholders; and
- Enabling Conditions: Governments, companies and other actors foster positive enabling environments, reforms, standards, accessible market infrastructure and governance arrangements conducive for crowding-in investment, addressing smallholder development needs.

Over the longer-term and through interactions with other IFSLU2 Components, the Intermediate Outcomes will lead to the following systemic Outcomes:
- forest landscapes transformed into forest positive and climate-resilient systems that meet local development needs;
- increased private investment in sustainable forestry and land use;
- increased support and share of sustainable investment reaching smallholders;
- increased global market for deforestation-free agricultural commodities; and
- complementary policy actions implemented by consumer and producer countries.

These systemic Outcomes will lead to the following Impacts:
- forests and ecosystems protected and restored in forest landscapes and across relevant industries and value chains;
- finance mobilised in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and forest country Nationally-Determined Contribution (NDC) and National Adaptation Plan (NAP) implementation;
- jobs created, incomes increased, capacity strengthened and enhanced ability to adapt to the impacts of climate change (both rapid shocks and slow onset stressors) in rural economies of supported countries; and
- transformational change, aligning the land use sector with the SDGs and the Paris Agreement Targets.

Please note that the countries the list of the countries selected in the place of performance section is not prescriptive. The final list of countries will be agreed by FCDO and the Supplier during Contract Inception based on the Supplier's analysis of opportunities to deliver impact (across countries, regions and value chains) and ODA/development impact considerations. However, the following regions must be prioritised: East Africa, West Africa, Central Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America. The Supplier will be required to establish programme offices in each of these regions to deliver the programme.