CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

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Authority Name and Address

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Address from which documentation may be obtained

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Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

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Title

Mon a Menai Evaluation

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Description of the goods or services required

A Brief to invite suitable qualified individuals or organisations to tender for the contract of completing an Evaluation of the Mon a Menai Project.

Menter Môn has recently been successful in gaining approval for the Môn a Menai Project through the Welsh Government’s (ENRaW) fund. The Project, worth £530,000, gained final approval in August 2021 and eligible expenditure covers the period December 2020 to June 2023.

This Project (Môn a Menai) will make residential areas more attractive places to live, work and visit. It will also strengthen the networks linking them with green spaces and provide better access to the countryside.

It will achieve this by providing employment for young people and training them in a range of countryside skills. It will also support volunteers to work alongside them to strengthen community cohesion. As a result communities will gain an understanding of their environment and a sense of ownership.

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=116733.

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.

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Notice Coding and Classification

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Total quantity or scope of tender

The budget available for this contract is £15,000 excluding VAT.

It is envisaged that the contract will be operational for 16 months, from the Inception Meeting in February 2022 until the production of the final evaluation report in May 2023.

3 Conditions for Participation

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Minimum standards and qualification required

Please refer to Section 4 of the attached document for further information.

Menter Môn proposes to appoint a suitably qualified individual or organisation to provide an ongoing independent evaluation of the Môn a Menai Project. The evaluation aims to: -

• Provide a documented record of the delivery of the Môn a Menai Project

• Assist (where appropriate) with development of the Project’s monitoring and evaluation systems, including systems employed by the community projects supported

• Examine the effectiveness of the management of the Project, including assessment of internal Menter Môn processes and systems including staffing structures and their impacts on delivery of the Project

• Assess the extent to which the Project has met:

- Its own stated aims, objectives, outputs (referred to by Welsh Government as Indicators) and outcomes

- Welsh Government ENRaW funding aims and objectives

- Provisions within Welsh Government national priorities including the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act 2015, Prosperity for All, Natural Resources Policy and other relevant issue-specific plans as listed in section 2.3

- Local area plans including Wellbeing Assessment Area plans for Anglesey and Gwynedd, local government plans including the Isle of Anglesey County Council and Gwynedd Council plans and Natural Resources Wales Area Statements

• Assist the six community projects in understanding and measuring the impact of their activities

• Assess the ENVIRONMENTAL impact of the Project; in terms of area of green space improved, and biodiversity outcomes in terms of habitat created. In addition consideration of the beneficial impacts of the length or area of public access improved

• Assess the SOCIAL impact of the Project; in relation to community networks established / developed, stakeholders engaged, volunteers supported/developed and beneficiaries trained. Also consider the wider social impact of improvements on the wider community.

• Assess the ECONOMIC impact of the Project; in terms of environmental services supported, training and development of volunteers and young people, and wider community benefits in relation to networks created and broader community development

• Specifically consider the impact of the Project’s activities on young people participating in the Kickstart scheme

The structure of the evaluation needs to be in a user friendly easy-to-digest format. It will need to include an Executive Summary, and the use of high-quality imagery and infographics is encouraged. Some imagery will be available to use from Menter Môn resources. The Evaluation document will need to be supplied as a digital copy in PDF format. The document will need to be bilingual, and Menter Môn will arrange for a translation to be provided to the contractor for submission in a finished format alongside the English version.

4 Administrative Information

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Type of Procedure

Single stage

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Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

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Time Limits

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

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Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

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Additional Information

Please see the attached document - Mon a Menai Evaluation Brief FINAL Dec 21 for additional information.

(WA Ref:116733)

Relates to the following project/programme financed by EU Community Funds: The Mon a Menai Project is funded through the Welsh Government’s Enabling Natural Resources and Wellbeing in Wales (ENRaW) fund. This scheme is an important element of the Welsh Government Rural Communities - Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 delivering under part of Measure 16 (Article 35 of Regulation (EU) 1305/2013).

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

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice