Freedom of Information Act 2000, request no. F2006/243

Date of release 14 December 2006

Companies interested in running DFID Development Awareness Fund

Information on the processes for awarding the contract to manage the DFID Development Awareness Fund from 2006 onwards and in particular a call for expressions of interest under reference 06-7462.

The process, which was conducted under competitive tendering principles, began with an invitation for expressions of interest. Thereafter short-listed parties were invited to submit full tenders. DFID has still to conclude the process of awarding a contract to the successful bidder.

Which companies have submitted expressions of interest; been invited to tender and are in the process of tendering from invitation or otherwise?

The following parties expressed an interest in Cntr 06 7462:

Alverton & Co

Cambridge Education Ltd

CRG Research Ltd

Development Education Research Centre

Ecotec

EDI Ltd

Enterplan

HTSPE

Imani Development

Oxfam

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Triple Line Consulting

University of Greenwich

YDMT ltd

The following parties were invited to submit tenders: