Contract award · 4 Aug 2025

Forest Governance, Markets and Climate (FGMC) Phase 2 – Technical Assistance Portfolio Manager (TAPM)

Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office awarded “Forest Governance, Markets and Climate (FGMC)…” to Palladium International Limited for £75m.

Public administration & defence servicesScotland

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Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.

Key facts

Buyer
Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
Value
£75,000,000
Procedure
Competitive procedure with negotiation
Sector
Public administration & defence services · Foreign economic-aid-related services (CPV 75211200)
Region
Scotland
Timeline
  1. Contract date4 Aug 2025
  2. Published21 Aug 2025Published 17 days after the contract date

Description

The aim of the Forest Governance, Markets and Climate (FGMC2) programme is to reduce the illegal and unsustainable use of forest resources, while benefitting poor, forest-dependent people, especially Indigenous People and Local Communities. It promotes sustainable growth in developing countries, supporting them to trade their way out of poverty by changing the way forest products are bought and sold across the globe, establishing forest stewardship to reverse forest and biodiversity decline. FGMC2 builds on a successful first phase (FGMC1: £280m, 2011-24) which provided evidence and strong foundational partnerships that drove governance reforms and improved forest stewardship. FGMC2 doubles the ambition to a £500m 10-year Business Case with an initial phase running from 2024-2029 with a total value of £220m The programme focus is on forest land stewardship establishing governance arrangements and rules-based systems (outcomes) and the changed behaviour of key actors as a result of the…

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