CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Lead partner in developing a new culture strategy for Wales

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

The Co-operation Agreement and updated Programme for Government commit to ‘Engage with the arts, culture and heritage sectors to develop a new culture strategy’. This builds on commitments in the Senedd by the Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport, and Chief Whip to take this work forward in 2022.

The Co-Operation Agreement states: “Together we will develop a new culture strategy, reflecting Wales’ diversity, a thriving Welsh language, our arts, culture and heritage sectors and our duties under the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act. We will ensure the financial sustainability of national cultural institutions as we implement the Strategy, and we will also develop the proposals for a national contemporary art gallery.”

Welsh Government Ministers and Co-operation Agreement Designated Members from Plaid Cymru have agreed the scope of the required Strategy and an indicative timeline for its publication, as well setting out some specific requirements in terms of governance and engagement - these are described below. They have further agreed that we should seek an external lead partner to support the development of the Strategy, working collaboratively with officials from the Welsh Government’s Culture Division, who will lead the Welsh Government’s input into this work and manage the contract, and with Cadw , the Welsh Government’s historic environment service. The successful bidder will work in close partnership with the Welsh Government to produce the Strategy.

The overall aim of this contract is for a lead partner to work with and support Welsh Government officials in the production of a new Culture Strategy for Wales, working to the specified timeline, and based on appropriate sector research and engagement.

The research and engagement work included in this contract will examine the current position across the cultural sectors through meaningful discussion with representatives from these sectors and with wider stakeholders.

The research and engagement work will collate data, information, and perspectives, based on lived/professional experience, to form an evidence-base from which the new Strategy can be developed. It will also consider strategic opportunities for supporting and enabling the culture sectors to flourish in Wales. At minimum, the lead partner will work towards collating a list of goals and actions that the Client can take forward in a final Strategy document.

The lead partner will work with officials during the latter stages of the contract to write, refine and finalise the Strategy, based on feedback from Ministers and Designated Members.

NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=124737

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

7 Months

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

C110/2022/2023

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

E-TENDER INFORMATION:

https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk

- The first person from your Organisation to use the Platform will be required to register on behalf of the Organisation.

- Registration involves accepting a User Agreement, and providing basic information about your Organisation and about the User performing the Registration.

- The User who performs the Registration becomes the Super User for the Organisation.

- On registering on the Platform the Super User will select a Username and will receive a password.

- The Password will be sent by e-mail to the email address that was specified in the User Details section of the Registration page.

- In order to log-in to the Platform please enter your Username and Password.

- Note: If you forget your Password then visit the homepage and click “Forgot your password?”

- Registration should only be performed once for each Organisation.

- If you think that someone in your Organisation may have already registered on this Platform then you must not register again.

- Please contact the person who Registered (i.e. the Super User) in order to arrange access to the Platform.

- Contact the Helpdesk immediately if you are unable to contact the Super User (for example if they have left your Organisation).

- Note: If your Organisation is already registered on the Platform then you must not make any additional registration. Please contact the Helpdesk to gain access to the Platform.

- Tenders must be uploaded to the BravoSolution portal by 2pm

HOW TO FIND THE ITT:

- Once logged in you must click on ‘ITT’s Open to all Suppliers’

- The etender references for this contract are: Project_51276 and

ITT _97859

- Click on the title to access summary details of the contract. If you are still interested in submitting a tender, click the ‘Express an Interest button’. This will move the ITT from the ‘Open to all Suppliers’ area to the ‘My ITT’s’ on the home page.

- You will then see the full details of the ITT in the qualification and technical envelopes along with any relevant documents in the ‘Attachments’ area.

- Should you have any questions on the ITT, please use the ‘Messages’ area to contact the buyer directly – Please do not contact the named person at the top of this notice.

NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process.To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID= 124737

(WA Ref:124737)

Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are:

as described in the tender documents

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

(WA Ref:124737)

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

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice