Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Oxford Policy Management Limited
- Value
- £12,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Public administration & defence services · Foreign economic-aid-related services (CPV 75211200)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 077172-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Oct 2023
- Published13 Aug 2026Published 1018 days after the contract date
Description
This is a voluntary ex ante transparency (VEAT) notice. This notice is to indicate that the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) proposes to extend the contract with the named supplier for the South Sudan - Peacebuilding Opportunities Fund 2 (POF2). The contract will be extended by 12 months from October 2026 to October 2027 in line with the extension provisions of the contract. The contract value will be increased by £2.1m over and above its current financial head room of £9.9m to £12m. The additional time and budget enables FCDO to invest more at sub-national peacebuilding level, working with communities and national NGO’s to develop alternatives to the national level engagement. The proposed amendment will: • Consolidate community-led peace governance by strengthening existing structures, implementation of agreements, local accountability and realistic community co-contribution, so peace processes become less dependent on external facilitation. • Embed sustainability i…
About the supplier
Oxford Policy Management Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03122495).