CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Evaluation: Wales Funders’ Response to the Covid-19 Crisis

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

• WCVA, Community Foundation in Wales (CFW), National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) and Moondance Foundation require an evaluation to be undertaken, outlining:

o An overall analysis of the identified grant programmes

 Third Sector Resilience Fund (phase 1 and 2), WCVA

 Voluntary Services Emergency Fund, WCVA

 Voluntary Services Recovery Fund, WCVA

 Wales Coronavirus Resilience Fund, CFW

 Wales Respond and Recover Fund, CFW

 Awards for All (Covid-19 specific), NLCF

 People and Places (Covid-19 specific), NLCF

 Moondance Foundation Covid 19 Response Fund

The analysis of grant programmes needs to include; which organisations received funding, what the funding was spent on (including demographics of beneficiaries, especially how funds reached those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities and majority Welsh language communities) and the impact the funding had on organisations and/or the communities they serve. Please note: the purpose of this evaluation is not to compare the effectiveness of individual funders.

o A review of the efficacy of taking a multi-funder, multi-fund approach to provide funding for a wide range of organisation types and funding needs (especially regarding the size of grants and use of loan-financing).

o A review of how the sharing of insight and data took place; what happened and could it be improved?

o Recommendations for how learning from this experience could be implemented in any future collaborative or even joint-funding schemes.

o Identification and analysis of how much emergency response funding was attracted from non-Wales based funders

• The four funders will provide details of the grants made within the grant programmes referenced above, and any additional information as required.

• The deadline for submission of the final report is 30 April 2021, however payment will need to be made before 31 March 2021.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=107030.

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

£33,000 including VAT

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

(WA Ref:107030)

The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice