CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

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Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Thriving Environments Sport Sector Support - Delivery Partner

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Sport Wales is looking to collaborate with a specialist delivery partner to develop a package to support the Welsh sport sector to create environments where athletes and people thrive, and where a relational approach to mental health and wellbeing is supported. The successful winner of this tender will be responsible for delivering the educational element and support package around thriving environments, and work in partnership with the successful individual/company who will be responsible for delivering the mental health tender which is directly connected with this project. You will be expected to collaborate on this project and work in partnership on bringing together the importance of creating environments which consider mental health and wellbeing from a relational approach. This will include the design and delivery of a selection of workshops as well as bespoke ongoing support for our partners.

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=131857.

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

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Total quantity or scope of tender

£120,000 until March 31st 2025

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

The successful bidder will have a proven track record of valuing and/or instilling a relational and trauma informed approach and support staff within their organisation aligned with this approach.  

The winning bidder will be expected to deliver the following:    

• Work in collaboration with staff at Sport Wales. These staff will include, but not be limited to those with expertise in mental health and wellbeing and Thriving Environments within sport, as well as those working for an appointed ‘Mental Health’ partner. There will also be an expectation to collaborate with other stakeholders.  

• Design bespoke support packages that adopt a non-medicalised, relational approach to understanding and supporting mental health and wellbeing. These packages should acknowledge the impact of ACEs/trauma. 

• Deliver Workshops. A minimum of six will be expected; 2 per cohort of partners, every 3-4 months. A maximum of 16 partners within the first year of delivery. 

• Development of workshops, resources, support packages (to include one day condensed training sessions).  

• Strategic Group Meetings- Quarterly. 

• Operational Group Meetings- every 4-6 weeks – dependant on need. 

• Develop bespoke packages of support for National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGBs) - average of 5 days of support per partner, subject to the user need. 

• Support Sport Wales staff with training on the relational approach. 

• Attend relevant stakeholder meetings/training events- i.e., CEO Forums, coaching conferences (up to twenty per year). 

• Work in collaboration with the partner appointed to monitor and evaluate the impact of this support on the Welsh Sport sector. 

As part of the application to tender we would like to see: 

• A method/delivery plan. 

• An outline of your philosophy and/or theoretical underpinnings to understanding and therefore responding to mental health and wellbeing. 

• Details of your organisation’s experiences in developing and delivering mental health projects and provide examples of how this philosophy and /or theoretical underpinning (as outlined above) influences the work you have undertaken. 

• Details of staff experience/ background/expertise in a relational approach to understanding mental health and wellbeing. 

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

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

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Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

Please see attached tender document

(WA Ref:131857)

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice