Tender

Support For Refugee Women During COVID-19 Pandemic

HOME OFFICE

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05 Aug 2020 at 08:08

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05 Aug 2020 at 07:44

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Home Office is currently in the procurement stage for a grant funding opportunity titled "Support For Refugee Women During COVID-19 Pandemic." This initiative aims to provide vital support to refugee women across the United Kingdom, including England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The total funding available for the 2020/21 financial year is £600,000. The tender period for submissions closes on 1st September 2020, with grants aimed at being awarded by 1st October 2020 and running until 31st March 2021. This is classified under the "Other community, social and personal services" industry category and will be managed through the Home Office's e-Sourcing portal, requiring registration for participation.

This tender presents significant opportunities for non-statutory sector organisations, particularly those focused on social services and support for refugee communities. Businesses capable of delivering scalable solutions to address the challenges faced by refugee women, especially in overcame digital poverty during the COVID-19 pandemic, would be well-suited to compete. Additionally, collaborative bids from partnerships or consortia are encouraged to ensure geographic diversity and maximise the impact of the funding available.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Support For Refugee Women During COVID-19 Pandemic

Notice Description

The Home Office is seeking to award grant funding to one or more non-statutory sector organisations in the United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales) working nationally to provide support to refugee women. The total available grant funding for the 2020/21 financial year will be PS600,000. Bidders for the funding must be able to demonstrate how they will spend their entire potential award by the end of the 2020/21 financial year. To ensure that there is as full as a geographic spread as possible we would welcome bids from partnerships or consortia. The purpose of the funding is to provide support to a vitally important sector doing excellent work with refugee women. The Home Office is providing the grant funding to deliver support to refugee women, across the UK, to meet needs associated with the Covid-19 restrictions and the Covid-19 recovery. We expect the focus of support to be largely on addressing digital poverty but will consider suggestions for other support where bidders are able to demonstrate that these are high priority. Grants will be awarded to non-statutory sector organisations working nationally to provide services that help and support refugee women during the Covid-19 pandemic. While there is no cap on the amount of funding an organisation can bid for, up to the maximum of the funding of PS600,000, we may award to one or more organisations. Therefore, all bids will need to be scalable: to ensure diversity of funding, please be aware that we may have to scale back top scoring bids. Additional information: Registration Information: The Home Office manages its competitions using it's own e-Sourcing portal. This competition (event) will be administered using the Home Office (HO) Jaggaer e-Sourcing portal. In order to bid for funding, bidders will first need to register on the portal via the following link: https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html Bidders should be approved for registration within 24 hours of registering on the system. After clicking on the e-Sourcing portal link, you will gain access to the home page. On the left-hand side of this page, just below the login boxes, there is an option to register. To register as a supplier you will need to provide information including; * the full legal name of your organisation * your DUNS number - a unique nine-digit number provided to organisations free of charge by Dun & Bradstreet * profile information describing your organisation and the size of your business. If you do not have a DUNS number, please contact D&B UK directly on 0870 243 2344 (option 3), or online at http://www.dnb.co.uk/duns-form.asp. Once registered as a supplier on the portal, please email confirmation requesting access to the event, including the text "Support for Refugee Women" in the title, to: RASIcommercialgrantsteam@homeoffice.gov.uk. You will then be given access to the event which will include all the documentation you will need in order to bid. *Please note that from this point all further communications including the submission of your online bid will be managed via the portal. It is imperative you test your portal connection and become familiar with how to submit your bid well in advance of the deadline date. It is conceivable that because the portal operates on the web, internet traffic may affect performance of the portal and this cannot be cited as reason to seek an extension to the submission deadline date. If you have any difficulties registering on the system you should contact the Supplier e-Sourcing Helpdesk: customersupport@jaggaer.com The HO Jaggaer e-Sourcing portal is independent of other e-Sourcing portals. Therefore, if you have registered on the Crown Commercial Service Jaggaer e-Sourcing portal, you will also need to register on the HO Jaggaer e-Sourcing portal. Please note that bids will only be accepted via the HO e-Sourcing portal. Any bids received outside of this system will not be considered by the Authority.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-23d1bd86-6db4-47aa-9be8-22efbcbd0654
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/64b19a57-586f-46d1-aaf4-fa5d120f29f5
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Not specified
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Other - Grants Competition
Tender Suitability
VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

98 - Other community, social and personal services

CPV Codes

98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
5 Aug 20205 years ago
Submission Deadline
1 Sep 2020Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
30 Sep 2020 - 31 Mar 2021 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
HOME OFFICE
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
rasicommercialgrantsteam@homeoffice.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1P 4DF
Post Town
South West London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Further Information

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