Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bf1-30ef-73f5-9c76-10080ac21879/dfid-7723-support-to-adolescent-girls-empowerment-in-sierra-leone-sage-sl closed GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # DFID 7723 Support to Adolescent Girls Empowerment in Sierra Leone (SAGE-SL) [Department for International Development](https://tendernation.io/buyers/department-for-international-development) Open field Estimated value £6,000,000 Published 20 Sept 2016 Deadline Closed 14 Oct 2016 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender The actual CPV code is ‘75211200 Foreign Economic-Aid Related Services’. As part of its support to Government of Sierra Leone's (GoSL) efforts to tackle gender inequality, DFID has approved a four year Support to Adolescent Girls Empowerment (SAGE) programme to respond to the multiple and inter-related disadvantages that adolescent girls in Sierra Leone continue to experience and which restrict their life chances. The Support to Adolescent Girls Empowerment programme (BC approved 6th June 2016) delivers a combination of interventions to support the social and economic empowerment of vulnerable adolescent girls in Sierra Leone. It will also contribute to the building of community-level commitment to the protection and empowerment of adolescent girls. The business case has four components. The first two will be managed through an Accountable Grant and MoU respectively and the latter two through a contracted Supplier. The components are: - A safe spaces programme implemented by BRAC Sierra Leone; - Sexual and reproductive health and protection services delivered by UNFPA; - Support for the implementation of the National FGM Reduction Strategy; - A flexible fund to provide small grants for innovative or strategic initiatives that have the potential to empower adolescent girls It is proposed that the Supplier will manage a Strategic Opportunities Catalytic (SOC) Fund which will have two strands. The first will provide technical assistance to the Government of Sierra Leone for the implementation of their National Strategy for the Reduction of FGM/C. (£4 million). The second will provide a flexible fund to deliver grants in support of initiatives which offer innovative or catalytic potential to contribute to the social and economic empowerment of adolescent girls. The fund will be open to local or international civil society actors as well as to the Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs once the specific eligibility criteria are met (£2 million). Additional information: All relevant information relating to this Contract Notice can be found on the DFID Supplier Portal where suppliers can register their interest directly. If you are not already registered as a supplier on the DFID Supplier Portal please follow the guidance which can be found on the top left of the home page: [supplierportal.dfid.gov.uk/selfservice](https://supplierportal.dfid.gov.uk/selfservice/) Read full description ## CPV classification Foreign-affairs services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/3457b151-adca-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. 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