Published date: 3 February 2022

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: 3 March 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Recreational, cultural and sporting services - 92000000

  • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£0 to £20,000

Procurement reference

Blue Health Activities - Cornwall

Published date

3 February 2022

Closing date

3 March 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

14 March 2022

Contract end date

31 August 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Private procurement rules

Supply chain notices are business-to-business transactions and are not bound by the same rules and restrictions as public sector contracts. The UK government is not responsible for the conduct of such procurement.

Description

CMN has secured project funding through the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF), known locally as the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Growth Programme, from the European Union's European Social Fund for a project named Future Peninsula 3 (FP3) - Communities Working Together. This partnership project, running until end of August 2023, will see CMN establish strong local partnerships to address issues of social inequality and worklessness as part of wider strategies for place-based regeneration.

CMN will work with local user-led organisations and local communities and individuals to co-design a range of local approaches and interventions to improve mental health and wellbeing and access to employment, with the aim to address the needs of individuals who face multiple barriers to employment including mental and physical ill health and disabilities, history of economic inactivity, carer responsibilities, difficult family relationships, etc.

To this aim, CMN is looking to deliver a programme of regular blue health interventions taking place in the Falmouth / Penryn area (Cornwall) over the next 2 years, working with freelancers and local charities and companies to offer a wide range of easily accessible activities, all contributing to improving the connection between local communities and the sea. Blue Health refers to the therapeutic benefits of spending time in or by blue spaces including the sea, rivers, waterfront parks, harbours and marinas. Significantly, existing research highlights a positive impact on mental health and wellbeing, including greater connectedness with nature, with greater benefits when time spent in the outdoors is combined with social interactions.

CMN aims to harness these benefits to decrease participants' anxiety, improve their confidence, health and well-being, as well as their knowledge of the breadth of economic, volunteering and recreational opportunities available in the local marine sector. Eligible project participants will be aged 18 to 65 and will be unemployed or economically inactive.

About this Tender

In order to effectively respond to the needs to project participants and offer them the opportunity to try out a wide range of blue health interventions, a framework of suitably qualified freelancers, charities and businesses is being set up. This tender document outlines the areas of delivery that are required and CMN is encouraging relevant local freelancers and organisations to submit proposals to be considered for inclusion on the framework.

The intention is for this framework to offer a wide range of blue health activities. It will therefore be reviewed every 6 months, and when felt appropriate will be opened to new providers to apply to join.

The intention is that CMN will identify the project participants. However, successful providers will be invited to actively promote their delivery as part of the project and refer eligible participants to CMN.

More information

Additional text

Submission Requirements:

Any questions or points of clarification to be directed by email to aurelie.nollet@cornwallmarine.net by Wednesday 16th February 2022

Please submit the proposal template by email, post or in person by 12pm on Thursday 3rd March 2022

Proposals must be submitted through full completion of the attached template. Any proposals not submitted in this way will not be assessed.

If submitting electronically, please send by email to aurelie.nollet@cornwallmarine.net with the following wording in the subject box: "Communities Working Together - framework proposal - Strictly Confidential."

Applicants are advised to request an acknowledgement of receipt when submitting by email.

About the buyer

Contact name

Aurelie Nollet

Address

Unit 7A,Falmouth Business Park Bickland Water Road
FALMOUTH
TR114SZ
England

Telephone

(01326) 211382

Email

aurelie.nollet@cornwallmarine.net