Published date: 10 March 2020

Last edited date: 11 March 2020

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: 1 April 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Market research services - 79310000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£1 to £35,000

Procurement reference

tender_229356/843989

Published date

10 March 2020

Closing date

1 April 2020

Contract start date

11 May 2020

Contract end date

10 November 2020

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?

No

Description

The National Lottery Community Fund (the 'Fund') is seeking to procure a suitable supplier for the provision of research to further develop our understanding about what enables communities to thrive. This Invitation to Tender sets out the context for this work and the services required.

In spring/summer 2019 we commissioned an initial piece of research to review the evidence about what works to enable communities to thrive (see here for full report: https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/media/insights/documents/Understanding-Thriving-Communities.pdf?mtime=20191218130904). We are now commissioning a second project to build on that research, adding further contextual information and additional sense-making.

This project will include the following:
1. A rapid review of secondary evidence about what contextual factors enable a community to thrive - building on the first report, which focused more on interventions, to consider wider contextual factors such as the economy, diversity, transport etc. This will help with sense-making and enable the evidence to be acted upon.
2. Carry out more in-depth secondary research on a small number of agreed areas of interest from the existing report, producing engaging thematic summaries of the evidence to be shared internally and externally. Areas of focus will be co-produced by the Fund and the successful bidder, examples might include participation, volunteering or community hubs.

Please note this is the second time we publish this opportunity with a slight amended scope and description.

More information

Links

About the buyer

Address

1 Plough Place
Birmingham
B15 1TR
England

Email

procurement@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk

Website

https://tnlcommunityfund.bravosolution.co.uk