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Provision of a Fund Manager for the Blue Planet Fund
Descriptions
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is seeking to appoint a Challenge Fund Manager to administer competitive grant funding schemes under the Blue Planet Fund (BPF) between FY22/23 to FY2029/30. The initial contract will be offered for a period of three years with options to extend.The potential £65m grant funding will establish a new competitive fund that will focus solely on tackling marine issues across the world in all four BPF themes and will focus on activities under the four Defra-led BPF outcomes: marine protected areas (MPAs) and other effective conservation measures (OECMs); illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUU); (inter)national fisheries; and marine pollution. Climate outcomes will be indirectly delivered through the Defra-led outcomes. It will also provide benefits towards the other three outcomes (critical marine habitats, small-scale fisheries, and sustainable aquaculture) which are led by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).The appointed supplier will:•Manage the administration of the grant application and award processes for the fund for the lifetime of the contract, ensuring good use of public money.•Provide support to the expert committee, the Defra competitive fund team and directly to projects.•Provide effective management and monitoring and reporting of all projects.•Provide effective support to Delivery Partners.•Evaluate projects and deliver improvements to the fund’s processes based on evidence, best practice and outreach.•Liaise with the independent MEL evaluator on the evaluation of the fund, which will involve sharing of documentation, reports, making recommendations for changes based on results and knowledge of the project portfolio:•Provide ad hoc technical advice or briefing on issues arising from new or proposed developments to the grant schemes or specific one-off tasks.This notice invites potential suppliers to a market engagement virtual event (using Teams) between 2pm – 3pm on 7 July 2022. The event will set out the Authority’s intention and seek feedback to inform the tender exercise. We are seeking comments and questions to the proposals outlined to help us to finalise the shape of the forthcoming tender specification.We reserve the right to amend, add to or withdraw all or any part of the requirements presented. All answers are tentative and qualified by the exploratory nature of this market engagement supplier event.Feedback will be collated and will be made available to all attendees and organisations that have registered an interest in this forthcoming tender opportunity along with a copy of the presentation.Interested parties should email simon.desborough@defra.gov.uk with your name, email address, job title and the organisation you represent. Invites will be issued from 14 June 2022 onwards.
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71248000 - Supervision of project and documentation
98910000 - Services specific to international organisations and bodies
75130000 - Supporting services for the government
75211200 - Foreign economic-aid-related services
79421000 - Project-management services other than for construction work
90720000 - Environmental protection
Keywords
design oversight
project control
project planning
public sector logistics
donor project monitoring
project oversight
documentation management
embassy operations
emission mitigation
program coordination
UN field mission support
documentation control
natural resource defense
habitat protection
project QA supervision
interagency coordination
project supervision
treaty-based service
civic support programs
conservation compliance
institutional assistance
schedule management
eco-regulation services
pollution control
ecological preservation
biodiversity conservation
project record supervision
coordination of project documents
trade facilitation programs
global cooperation support
development bank liaison services
international grant administration
record-keeping supervision
EU external action services
non-construction projects
state process facilitation
finance cooperation facilitation
risk management consultancy
government infrastructure support
economic mission planning
foreign investment promotion
deliverables coordination
multilateral agency logistics
compliance documentation oversight
regulatory implementation support
international project implementation
government workflow services
administrative aid services
cross-border economic aid
environmental safeguarding
project admin supervision
administrative resource provision
project management services
project execution support
World Bank program facilitation
sustainability enforcement
cross-border program management
bilateral aid coordination
international aid delivery
economic development support
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