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

Promotion & Interpretation Programme for Refurbishment of Victorian Jubilee Fountain

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Description of the goods or services required

PROVISION OF A PROMOTION AND INTERPRETATION PROGRAMME TO SUPPORT THE JUBILEE FOUNTAIN PROJECT

Monmouth’s Grade 2, 1897, Jubilee Fountain is an overlooked gem. It sits in historic St Thomas’s Square, next to our famed mediaeval bridge. Sadly, the fountain has fallen into disrepair and has not worked for decades. This community-led initiative to restore the fountain throws a spotlight on the town’s heritage and our place in Wales whilst engaging the full breadth of the community with our history, healthy living and the reduction of plastic waste.

The project will:

1. restore the fountain to working order, giving it a prominence that will ensure its care long into the future and

2. use the restoration and its associated programme of community engagement to:

• celebrate Monmouth’s heritage by bringing it to a new, larger and more diverse audience;

• encourage and help underpin long-term environmental sustainability;

• change ideas and activities about fountains, water and waste;

• promote and support community wellbeing;

• help boost the local economy and

• help make Monmouth a better place to live work and visit.

The project has been built around a people-focused engagement plan designed to connect more and a diverse range people with heritage. Although embracing the concept of “heritage for all” the project will specifically target the young, the disadvantaged and the community of Overmonnow. The plan has four principal elements underpinned by a fifth, a programme of promotion, publicity and interpretation. Working collaboratively with the project’s stakeholders, a contractor is sought to manage and deliver this programme.

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=129456.

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Notice Coding and Classification

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Total quantity or scope of tender

The contracting period is from 8th May 2023 for 11 months, finishing at the end of the project on 31st March 2024.

This project will only proceed of an application to the National Lottery for grant funding is successful. The grant has been applied for and MTC are awaiting the outcome but wish to have contractors in place in readiness for work to commence.

3 Conditions for Participation

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Minimum standards and qualification required

• Proven experience of delivering heritage projects and a knowledge of history, providing examples of similar projects.

• Ability to tell a story with clarity and relevance.

• Be proficient with design and photo-editing software.

• Accuracy and attention to detail.

• Ability to build partnerships with stakeholders and have a track record of meeting deadlines and budgets.

• Provide the names of two people who, if contacted, can provide references for similar recent work.

It would be advantageous, but not essential for applicants to be members of Association for Heritage Interpretation (AHI).

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

This project is reliant on a National Lottery Grant. It the grant is not awarded it will not proceed. PLEASE NOTE

(WA Ref:129456)

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice