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

www.sell2wales.gov.wales

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

WCVA, its county voluntary council colleagues and other infrastructure organisations are committed to supporting voluntary organisations in Wales to increase their resilience and sustainability. It is recognised that one of the key contributing factors to resilience and sustainability is a diverse mix of income streams.

We currently have limited information about what income streams charities and voluntary organisations in Wales have and utilise. Existing data from the Third Sector Data Hub is out of date and limited to data available on the Charity Commission register of charities. However, of Wales’ estimated 32,000 voluntary organisations, only roughly a quarter of those are registered and therefore represented on the Commission’s register.

WCVA is therefore commissioning this research piece to gain a representative picture of the types and levels of different income streams being utilised by voluntary organisations in Wales.

Further details concerning WCVA’s requirements are contained in Annex 2.

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=108554.

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

Scope

WCVA is commissioning this initial piece as a one-off exercise, part of which will be testing the plausibility of running such a research piece and achieving the breadth of information desired. If successful, WCVA will look to fund and repeat this work on a more ongoing basis.

We would like to see data on income streams both before the pandemic, and information (perhaps including qualitative narrative where appropriate) on the impact of Covid-19 restrictions on income streams and organisation’s expectations of which income streams will recover and how.

Outputs

1. A full report, outlining the findings and trends in the income streams of voluntary organisations in Wales (to include appropriate diagrams for illustration).

2. The raw data that informed the report, that then can be used to update the Third Sector Data Hub.

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

WCVA/357/01

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:108554)

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

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice