CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

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Address from which documentation may be obtained

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Income Maximisation Awareness Raising Campaign for Frontline Workers

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

The aim of this procurement is to appoint a supplier to design and deliver bilingual income maximisation awareness-raising information pack and online education sessions, accessible to key front-line staff and trusted intermediaries who support families with children, to raise their awareness of, and increase their understanding of the welfare benefit and wider financial support systems.

The objectives for the Successful Bidder will be to engage with key frontline staff to raise awareness and understanding of:

• welfare benefits, not only for those provided by the Department for Work and Pensions, but also the Welsh benefits and welfare payments, such as Free School Meals, Pupil Deprivation Grant, Discretionary Assistance Fund, etc.

• the barriers, personal and administrative, that prevent people from claiming their correct entitlement to welfare benefits and welfare payments.

• the approaches that can be employed to encourage and help people to overcome the personal and administrative barriers preventing them from claiming welfare benefits and welfare payments.

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=104387

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Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

£100,000 to £110,000

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

C060/2020/2021

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:104387)

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:

Full details of the Community Benefits requirements can be found in the specification.

The approach

Non-Core Only- The Client has decided to take a non core approach to Community Benefits, this means that the Community Benefits proposal that a Bidder returns as part of this tender process will not be evaluated and scored.

The priorities to address.

The Community Benefits Policy is designed to support a number of strategic priorities in other policy areas. In relation to the Contract the Client wants Bidders to focus on the following Community Benefits: Training and recruitment opportunities for:

For example, the successful Bidder may agree to deliver a series of on-line ‘masterclass’ sessions for people who are interested in learning the basics of how to design and deliver an effective on-line events or teaching the core topic area to people other than key workers.

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