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:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Social Businesses Creating Growth in Wales - Report

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Social Business Wales would like to commission a report that investigates the potential that social businesses have to create jobs and tackle poverty in difficult trading economies, particularly in rural, post industrial, inner city and coastal communities.

The report will build on previous work developed by the Wales TUC ‘Better Jobs, Closer to Home’, CReW’s Deep Place Study Report ‘Toward a New Settlement’ and UK wide research such as Joseph Rowntree Foundations, ‘We Can Solve Poverty in the UK’.

The report will illustrate practical examples of social businesses stimulating local economies, creating jobs and attracting private investment.

The aim of the report and its accompanying recommendations is to create a framework that policy makers in public sector and governmental organisations can use to help stimulate growth within the social business sector in Wales. The report will illustrate examples of best practice and specific examples of individual social businesses (or clusters of social businesses) stimulating economic outputs. It will provide recommendations for practical policy measures that could be implemented to facilitate this sort of practice across the country.

It is envisaged that the report will address the different needs and opportunities found within the differing communities in Wales and will utilise examples from rural, urban, valley and coastal communities.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=54811.

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at http://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

Single lot to a maximum value of £9,999 (net of 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

WCCRFQ071116

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

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

Welsh

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

(WA Ref:54811)

Relates to the following project/programme financed by EU Community Funds: Social Business Wales

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice