Published date: 9 October 2023

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: 31 October 2023, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

  • Research services - 73110000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£10,000 to £25,000

Procurement reference

BIP814854542

Published date

9 October 2023

Closing date

31 October 2023

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

13 November 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2024

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?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

In December 2022, the LGA published a report on the state of strategic relationships between councils and their local VCS. This was accompanied, in April 2023, by a practical toolkit on partnership working with VCS. These publications identified the key challenges and opportunities in the council/VCS relationship, including some of changed context and learning that arose from the experience of the pandemic and set out practical steps and good practice on how to improve those relationships.

This project is a companion or extension piece to the previous publications, aimed at examining and improving those relationships, and ensuring councils are working as closely as possible with infrastructure organisations to maximise the role of smaller VCSE organisations in both service delivery and community engagement.

More information

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Additional text

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

About the buyer

Contact name

Jessica Norman

Address

Local Government House
Smith Square
London
SW1P 3HZ
UK

Telephone

07823605538

Email

jessica.norman@local.gov.uk