Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Cadmus International UK Limited
- Value
- £8,000,000
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Sector
- Public administration & defence services · Foreign economic-aid-related services (CPV 75211200)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Nov 2024
- Published6 Dec 2024Published 22 days after the contract date
Description
Following competition through an Open route to market, a successful provider has been selected and a a contract awarded to them to deliver the following programme: The FSp aims to enable greater financial resilience and economic opportunities for individuals and businesses in AMS through wider availability of useful and affordable financial services, particularly for MSMEs and women ('financial inclusion '). Financial inclusion is uneven among AMS, with some countries still having a persistently high percentage of adults without an account at a financial institution. Digitalisation of the sector is improving access to and use of financial services across ASEAN, but barriers remain, and these can be higher for women and MSMEs. Barriers in some AMS include low financial or digital literacy, lack of trust / gaps in consumer protection, shallow capital markets and limited access to international payments. The intended outcome of the FSp is that AMS adopt and implement ASEAN-led policy rec…
About the supplier
Cadmus International UK Limited: every public contract they have won.