COVID-19 RESPONSE FUND

1. Title: COVID-19 RESPONSE FUND2. Awarding Authority: Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society, GB. Web: 3. Contract type: Service contract4. Description: The Awarding Authority launches £1m Covid-19 fundThe Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society has established a £1m COVID-19 Response Fund to provide financial support to specified location merchant seafarers and fishers affected by the coronavirus pandemic.5. CPV Code(s): 85311000, 85310000, 85320000, 98000000, 981331006. NUTS code(s): UKJ, UKJ2, UKJ277. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: UK8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.9. Estimated value of requirement: Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society launches £1m Covid-19 fund10. As no deadline date has been specified please contact the awarding authority for further information.11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information regarding the above contract notice please visit:12. Other information: The response fund has launched to coincide with Seafarers Awareness Week (6-12 July) and will provide support to working age seafarers facing the economic impact of the pandemic, supplementing the Society’s existing annual grant expenditure of £1.4m, which is predominantly focused on providing support to retired seafarers, or those suffering with health issues.The new fund signifies a temporary change in spending priorities to reflect the disastrous financial impact on working mariners and represents the biggest uplift in Society spending since WW2.TKR-2020717-EX-1406409# funding opportunity# COVID-19