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

2.1

Title

Mon a Menai Evaluation

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

A Brief to invite suitably qualified individuals or organisations to tender for the contract of completing an Evaluation of the Môn 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.

The Môn a Menai Project is described in its ENRaW application as follows:-

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.

The Môn a Menai Project will offer support to six community projects, with an open application process within 2021 accessible to community groups across Anglesey and part of Arfon in Gwynedd. Support will include help with project development, the delivery of environmental improvement works and development of volunteering activity and marketing activities. Alongside the activities listed above, the Môn a Menai Project will support up to 20 paid work placements for young unemployed people (aged 16-24) wanting to gain experience in the environmental sector. Wages (at the National Minimum Wage) and some training costs will be covered through the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) Kickstart scheme.

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=114891.

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

£10,000 excluding VAT

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

Please refer to Section 4 of the attached document for further information (copied below).

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. A hard copy will need to be provided, alongside 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

4.1

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

5.1

Additional Information

Please see the attached document (Mon a Menai Evaluation Brief Final) for further information.

(WA Ref:114891)

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