big lottery fund & european social fund market testing, june & july 2015 aine lovedale,...
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Big Lottery Fund & European Social Fund
Market testing, June & July 2015
Aine Lovedale, Policy and Learning Advisor, Big Lottery Fund Scotland
Why European Funding? (and why are we getting involved?)
Scottish Government’s thematic objective:Promoting social inclusion, combating poverty and
any discrimination
Big Lottery Fund Mission:Helping Communities and people most in need
£8M
£10M
Total joint pot
£18M
What’s our plan?
We want to deliver an initiative which will lead to a step change in financial inclusion and capability for disadvantaged households in FIVE local authority areas:
ARGYLL & BUTE: estimated contract value is £3.75M (inc VAT)INVERCLYDE: estimated contract value is £2.25M (inc VAT)DUNDEE: estimated contract value is £3M (inc VAT)NORTH AYRSHIRE: estimated contract value is £3M (inc VAT)GLASGOW: estimated contract value is £4.25M (inc VAT)
Target beneficiaries/participants are:
Workless, lone parent or low income households
Contracts will focus on delivering the following two outcomes:
An increase in disadvantaged participants with improved money management skills
A decrease in disadvantaged participants affected by debt as a barrier to social inclusion
Lowlands & Uplands (LUPS)or
Highland & Islands (H&I)
http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/sns/BoundMap#a10
What’s our timeline?
Date Activity
Monday July 6, 2015 Closing date for return of market testing questionnaires
Friday July 31, 2015 Publish PQQ, Tender and contract on OJEU
Tuesday September 29, 2015
Deadline for submission of PQQ responses
Monday October 12, 2015 Issue invitation to tender to (at least) the 5 top scoring bidders in each lot
Friday November 20, 2015
Closing date for questions
Monday November 30, 2015
Deadline for submission of tenders
January 2016 Contract Signature
April 2016 Services commence
Link to ESF Questionnaire: https://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/about-big/tender-opportunities
Your feedback would be really appreciated and will help us shape the tender documents. Thanks!
Email: [email protected]