Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2019-06-18
Buyer: Department for International Development
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 75211200 | 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 200000000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Accelerating the Sustainable Control and Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (ASCEND) will be a DFID centrally managed programme to provide up to 200 000 000 GBP over the period April 2019 to March 2022. This will support the control and elimination of NeglectedTropical Diseases (NTDs) in approximately 20 high burden countries. The focus will be on 5 NTDs:
The programme split between 2 geographical lots will be delivered in Southern Asia and East Africa (100 000 000 GBP) and Western and Central Africa (100 000 000 GBP). DFID reserves the right to extend the programme for a further 18 months up to an additional 50 000 000 GBP for each lot.
Southern Asia and East Africa (Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia).
Lot 1: is for NTDs services in a number of countries (Bangladesh; Ethiopia; India; Kenya; Malawi; Mozambique;Nepal; South Sudan; Sudan; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia.)
The contract is for 36 months with the possibility of extending for a further 18 months. The programme will:
(v) contributing to the global evidence base to improve effectiveness of NTD programmes. Lot 1 value is for 100 000 000 GBP with the potential to extend for up to a further 50 000 000 GBP should additional funds be made available. This figure will include all applicable taxes. The contract will provide programme management services to coordinate project activities such as Mass Drug Administration, intensified disease management, Baseline surveys, TAS, surveillance, training, advocacy, integration, communications, treatments, operational research supporting implementation challenges and any other programme specific activities.
This contract includes an extension option for Lot 1 for an additional 18 months. The total contract duration, including option to extend, will be 54 months.
This is a flexible and adaptive programme that will depend on the context and disease burden of each of the countries in scope and may be likely to change.
Western and Central Africa (Burkina Faso, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, DRC, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, CAR, Benin, Sierra Leone).
Lot 2 is for NTDs services in a number of countries (Burkina Faso; Chad; Cote d’Ivoire; DRC; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea Bissau; Liberia; Niger; Nigeria (CAR; Benin, Sierra Leone).
The contract is for 36 months with the possibility of extending for a further 18 months. The programme will:
(v) contributing to the global evidence base to improve effectiveness of NTD programmes. Lot 2 value is for 100 000 000 GBP with the potential to extend for up to a further 50 000 000 GBP should additional funds be made available. This figure will include all applicable taxes. The contract will provide programme management services to coordinate project activities such as Mass Drug Administration, intensified disease management, baseline surveys, TAS, surveillance, training, advocacy, integration, communications, treatments, operational research supporting implementation challenges and any other programme specific activities.
This contract includes an extension option for Lot 2 for an additional 18 months. The total contract duration, including option to extend, will be 54 months.
This is a flexible and adaptive programme that will depend on the context and disease burden of each of the countries in scope and may be likely to change.
(i) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; and


Winner: Crown Agents Ltd
Award value: 200000000
Number of bids: 3