ENGAGE is a substantial new resource available to the Department for International Development (DFID) which offers a wide range of technical expertise and can be mobilised to carry out project-specific assignments or to supplement DFID's own abilities at periods of surges in demand.

ENGAGE is able to assist DFID managers across a wide range of disciplines and at all stages in the project cycle. We can undertake assignments ranging from small scale/short term projects to major projects extending over a long timescale.

The ENGAGE framework allows DFID managers to order works at short notice since selection and contract procedures have already been completed.

ENGAGE gives access to a database of some 600 pre-approved staff, who can be called on to carry out assignments world-wide, as well as a wider register of experts as required.

We operate under an Engineering Services Framework Agreement with DFID, running from 2007 to 2009. ENGAGE is DFID’s principal framework for commissioning consultants to work on infrastructure projects. Our framework will help DFID implement projects as part of the governments’ strategy towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.