The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) intends to extend and scale up an existing contract, Growth Gateway. Growth Gateway (GG) aims to deliver development impact through increased two way trade and investment between the UK and Middle Income Countries (MICs) and Low Income Countries (LICs). The programme combines official development assistance (ODA) and non-ODA funding to deliver socio-economic impact against logframe targets and identify commercial opportunities for UK growth.

This notice is to indicate that the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) intends to extend and scale up the contract with the named supplier for Growth Gateway (GG). The contract financial limit will be uplifted by an additional £30,000,000 and extend by a further 7 months to take the contract end date to 31 March 2028. This notice constitutes a Voluntary ex ante notice under Regulation 99 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The Authority considers the award of this contract modification is permitted under Regulation 72 (1) (b) of those Regulations, and therefore subject to publication of a notice under that provision, however the Authority also intends to observe a 10 day standstill period under regulation 99 (3)(c). The programme has 5 core objectives: • Mobilising trade and investment pipelines – via firm-level and transformational projects, and MAB reform • Catalysing inclusive growth and jobs – especially for women and marginalised groups • Promoting economic diplomacy – strengthening strategic partnerships aligned to UK priority areas • Advancing UK climate leadership – accelerating action from policy to mobilisation, working with partners • Boosting UK growth – driving commercial deals and opening future markets aligned to the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy The additional budget and time will allow for Growth Gateway to continue to deliver its role as a key delivery mechanism for the Growth Community of Expertise and allow it to meet the current and anticipated demands across FCDO and utilise Growth Gateway to step up support for inclusive and sustainable growth, economic partnerships and climate transition in line with Minister’s priorities. Finally given the Growth CoE will absorb and build on the lessons, networks and pipeline results generated by Growth Gateway, it is imperative that Growth Gateway’s closure is correctly sequenced with the standing up of the Growth CoE to ensure value for money for both programmes.