Published date: 15 April 2019

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 10 April 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

East Midlands

Value of contract

£37,125

Procurement reference

LEICSCC001-DN331203-27719887

Published date

15 April 2019

Closing date

10 April 2018

Contract start date

30 April 2018

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The contractor would operate within the framework of the Museum Development East Midlands programme which is currently funded through the Arts Council England (ACE) National Portfolio Organisation (NPO) Sector Support Organisation (SSO) funding stream from April 2018 to March 2021 with the possibility of a funding extension to the end of March 2022. MDEM works with 100 accredited museums and those working towards Museum Accreditation. MDEM's target is to support museums to operate more effectively increasing their long term viability and relevance. Support is delivered through direct advice, grants, training provision, facilitated networks, workshops and tailored, intensive activity. It will not work directly to support other regional NPOs (14 museum sites) from April 2018. East Midlands is defined as Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland. MDEM has a series of goals and SMARTs to meet in a funding agreement with ACE which will be signed off in March 2018.
The contractor would facilitate 3 intensive organisational reviews (per annum) of accredited museums from across the region - referred to the contractor by MDEM officers. This would involve using the MDEM business diagnostic (see www.mdem.org.uk) as a basis for the review that should take place with key personnel from participating museums (from operational to senior management/ trustees) and other tools, to enable the museum to create an action plan to move from a position of vulnerability to strength (in terms of planning/ addressing risk). During the process the contractor would identify specific development needs and through a conversation with MDEM officers, museums could be directed towards other MDEM support or to other sources of advice and support 2 training workshops related to identified common organisational development themes, should be delivered by the contractor per annum - themes will be identified and agreed by the contractor and MDEM officers (e.g. forward planning; trustee recruitment etc.). Such workshops will be accessible to a wider cohort of museums than solely the museums engaged in the organisational reviews. MDEM small grant funding of up to £1500 per museum will be available to support implementation of the action plan; the contractor should contribute to the decision making of grant awards.

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Award information

Awarded date

15 April 2018

Contract start date

30 April 2018

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Total value of contract

£37,125

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Heather Lomas Consulting

Address

33 Adderley Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 1WD, United Kingdom

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Dharmesh Modhwadia

Address

County Hall
Leicester Road, Glenfield
Leicester
LE3 8RA
England

Telephone

+44 1163051227

Email

Dharmesh.Modhwadia@leics.gov.uk

Website

http://www.leicestershire.gov.uk