Published date: 1 November 2017

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 15 December 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0 to £1,200,000

Procurement reference

CBO 2017/20

Published date

1 November 2017

Closing date

15 December 2017

Contract start date

1 April 2018

Contract end date

31 March 2020

Contract type

Not applicable

Procedure type

Other: Competition for Grant Funding

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Refugee Resettlement Programme, a joint unit between the Home Office, the Department for International Development (DfID) and the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), is seeking to award up to £1-million of grant funding over two (2) financial years (2018/19 and 2019/20) to encourage the expansion of the Community Sponsorship scheme by building capacity for community groups wishing to participate through the focussed provision of training and support. Up to an additional £200,000 may also be available to facilitate mobilisation timescales. Bidders will be able to submit proposals to deliver one, a combination or all of the following seven (7) outcomes identified to help build capacity in the Community Sponsorship scheme across the United Kingdom: 1 Training and support for Community Sponsors; 2 Support for Community Sponsors with applications; 3 Connecting people and organisations and opportunities; 4 Increase the awareness of Community Sponsorship; 5 Identify barriers to expansion and find solutions; 6 Support the evaluation to help better understand what works; 7 Secretariat function for a Community Sponsorship Stakeholder Group. Bidders will need to be able to demonstrate: • expertise in refugee resettlement; • expertise in delivering training and support; • an ability to engage with and mobilise a broad and diverse range of community groups including faith groups, and 'whole of society' actors; and • an ability to secure philanthropic funding to enhance the delivery of the stated outcomes. Due to the broad skills set required and the geographical areas covered by the service, collaborative proposals are particularly welcome. The successful Bidder(s) will be funded by means of a Grant Agreement, not a contract, signed with the Authority. All applications will be submitted electronically via Crown Commercial Service's online eSourcing portal, for which Bidders must be registered. The Refugee Resettlement Programme will hold a Bidders' clarifications meeting week commencing 23 November. The competition for this grant funding will launch on 1 November 2017 with a deadline for full and final proposals of Friday 15 December 2017 (Midday).

More information

Additional text

Registration This competition will be managed electronically via the Crown Commercial Service's eSourcing Suite. To participate in this procurement, participants must first be registered on the eSourcing Suite.

If you have not yet registered on the eSourcing Suite, this can be done online at https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk by following the link 'Register for CCS eSourcing'. Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at https://ccs.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/i-am-supplier/respond-tender

About the buyer

Address

2 Marsham Street
London
SW1A 4DF
England

Email

CommercialGrantsTeam@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk