EVALUATION OF CULTURAL RECOVERY FUND

1. Title: EVALUATION OF CULTURAL RECOVERY FUND2. Awarding Authority: Welsh Government, Corporate Procurement Services, Cathays Park, Cardiff, GB, CF10 3NQ. Tel: 03000623300. Email: CPSProcurementAdvice@gov.wales. Web: 3. Contract type: Service contractSingle stage – Any candidate may submit a tender4. Description: The Awarding Authority wishes to commission an evaluation of the Cultural Recovery Fund. The Programme is a grant scheme, which provides funding to help Wales’ diverse culture sector deal with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The aim is to help protect sustainable organisations and as many jobs in the culture sector as possible in order to ensure the sector survives the Covid-19 crisis and remains vibrant, viable and sustainable in 2021 and beyond. The evaluation will be required to analyse the impact of the funding on those supported organisations and individuals and to assess the extent to which the core aim of the Programme, to improve business survivability and protect jobs, has been met. In addition, the evaluation should seek to examine whether wider, unanticipated impacts are identified. The evaluation is anticipated to be conducted between March 2021 through to April 20225. CPV Code(s): 73000000, 73110000, 73200000, 732100006. NUTS code(s): UKL, UKL2, UKL227. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: WALESWest Wales and The ValleysIsle of AngleseyGwyneddConwy and DenbighshireSouth West Wales (Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion)Central Valleys (Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf)Gwent Valleys (Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly)Bridgend and Neath Port TalbotSwanseaEast WalesMonmouthshire and NewportCardiff and Vale of GlamorganFlintshire and WrexhamPowys8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: WA Ref:107407C191/2020/20219. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided.10. Time-limit for receipt of completed tenders 19.2.2021 (14:00).11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information/documentation regarding the above contract notice please visit ID=JAN35752312. Other information: NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at ID=107407Estimated award date 15-03-2021Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn upEN CYAdditional InformationE-TENDER INFORMATION:The first person from your Organisation to use the Platform will be required to register on behalf of the Organisation.Registration involves accepting a User Agreement, and providing basic information about your Organisation and about the User performing the Registration.The User who performs the Registration becomes the Super User for the Organisation.On registering on the Platform the Super User will select a Username and will receive a password.The Password will be sent by e-mail to the email address that was specified in the User Details section of the Registration page.In order to log-in to the Platform please enter your Username and Password.Note: If you forget your Password then visit the homepage and click “Forgot your password?”Registration should only be performed once for each Organisation.If you think that someone in your Organisation may have already registered on this Platform then you must not register again.Please contact the person who Registered (i.e. the Super User) in order to arrange access to the Platform.Contact the Helpdesk immediately if you are unable to contact the Super User (for example if they have left your Organisation).Note: If your Organisation is already registered on the Platform then you must not make any additional registration. Please contact the Helpdesk to gain access to the Platform.Tenders must be uploaded to the BravoSolution portal by 2pmHOW TO FIND THE ITT:Once logged in you must click on ‘ITT’s Open to all Suppliers’The etender references for this contract are: Project_46324 andITT _85520Click on the title to access summary details of the contract. If you are still interested in submitting a tender, click the ‘Express an Interest button’. This will move the ITT from the ‘Open to all Suppliers’ area to the ‘My ITT’s’ on the home page.You will then see the full details of the ITT in the qualification and technical envelopes along with any relevant documents in the ‘Attachments’ area.Should you have any questions on the ITT, please use the ‘Messages’ area to contact the buyer directly – Please do not contact the named person at the top of this notice.NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process.To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at ID= 107407(WA Ref:107407)Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are:as described in the tender documentsThe buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.(WA Ref:107407)The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.# funding opportunity