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Procurement GroupProcurement of Goods and EquipmentLast updated: March 2004DFID does not procure goods and associated services directly. The main reasons for this are a lack of internal resource, and an obligation to the Government to achieve value for money, transparency and probity. DFID's obligations are achieved through competition, a separation of duties, and compliance with DFID's internal Office Instructions and Procurement Guidelines. In 1997, DFID ran a competition to select four DFID procurement agents to carry out purchasing duties in the UK and some overseas divisions, for DFID geographical desks, overseas offices, consultants and Technical Co-operation Officers (TCOs). The selected procurement agents are: DFID procurement agents may be selected from any of the above without any further tender action (subject to the recipient not being in one of DFID's core countries serviced by a single pre-selected procurement agent), by DFID geographical desks, consultants and Technical Co-operation Officers for procurement up to £250,000. Procurement exceeding £250,000 may require the selection of a procurement agent through a tender competition, organised by DFID's Contracts Branch, based at DFID's headquarters in East Kilbride. Consultants are allowed to procure up to £100,000 of equipment (tools of the trade). Any procurement in excess of £100,000 should be given to one of DFID's procurement agents, unless the consultant has received prior approval to procure from DFID's Training and Procurement Strategy Section. The DFID core countries are as follows:
Further advice and information about DFID procurement is available from:
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