Published date: 25 May 2021

Last edited date: 15 June 2021

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: 25 June 2021, 11am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£50,000

Procurement reference

NHMF 292

Published date

25 May 2021

Closing date

25 June 2021

Closing time

11am

Contract start date

6 July 2021

Contract end date

30 November 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Digital Skills Survey: Reviewing Progress against Baseline Data for Digital Skills in the Heritage Sector

The National Lottery Heritage Fund is seeking to appoint a supplier to undertake a UK wide digital skills survey of the heritage sector which will identify baseline data on digital skills. Up to £60,000 inc. VAT is available to carry out the work. Applications are due on the 28 June 2021, and the work should be completed by November 2021.

Building on work undertaken in 2020, the Digital Attitudes and Skills for Heritage (DASH) survey and report, The Fund wishes to commission a survey and report. The 2020 DASH survey provided a baseline level of digital skills and confidence of organisations across the UK's heritage sector. This project will build on that, identifying any change in capabilities that have taken place. The survey of organisations that deliver heritage related activities in the UK that will include a representative sample of different types, sizes and locations of organisations. It will cover organisations in the south, centre and north of England, as well as Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and include small, medium and large heritage organisations. The National Lottery Heritage Fund supports the full breadth of natural, cultural and intangible heritage across the UK. Accordingly, organisations in scope will include museums, libraries and archives, buildings and monuments, as well as those supporting natural heritage, cultural and community heritage. The successful bidder will explain, in relation to the DASH survey work undertaken in 2020, how they plan to build up a set of organisations to survey, and the steps they will make to try to ensure that the overall findings are reasonably representative.

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About the buyer

Address

Mezzanine Floor (North) International House St Katharine's Way
LONDON
E1W 1UN
England

Email

hilary.leavy@heritagefund.org.uk

Website

https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/