Award

Invitation to Tender - The Reach Fund (Grant Administration Services for Investment Readiness Grants)

ACCESS - THE FOUNDATION FOR SOCIAL INVESTMENT

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Award

09 Oct 2018 at 12:47

Tender

05 Jul 2018 at 10:22

Summary of the contracting process

Access - The Foundation for Social Investment is currently in the Award stage for the "Invitation to Tender - The Reach Fund", focusing on grant administration services for investment readiness grants aimed at charities and social enterprises in England. The contract is set to begin on 13th October 2018 and will run for a minimum of three years, with the potential for a two-year extension. The total expected grant spend amounts to £7.2 million over the three years, providing assistance to approximately 480 organisations. The procurement is being conducted through an open procedure, with the call for proposals having ended on 6th August 2018.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses, particularly those specialising in grant administration and support for the charity and social enterprise sector. Companies with expertise in stakeholder management, grant application processes, and data reporting are ideally suited for this tender. As there are numerous Access Points already established, businesses that can demonstrate an ability to engage with these organisations and manage ongoing relationships will likely have the competitive advantage in this process.

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Notice Title

Invitation to Tender - The Reach Fund (Grant Administration Services for Investment Readiness Grants)

Notice Description

Access - The Foundation for Social Investment are seeking a partner to deliver grant administration services for "The Reach Fund", our investment readiness grant programme for charities and social enterprise in England. Access was set up in 2015 by the UK Government, Big Lottery Fund and Big Society Capital. 2 / 5 Access works to make charities and social enterprises in England more financially resilient and self-reliant, so that they can sustain or increase their impact. We do this through supporting the development of enterprise activity to grow and diversify income, and improving access to the social investment which can help stimulate that enterprise activity. In 2016 Access established the Reach Fund to test a new model of providing investment readiness support to charities and social enterprises. Following the successful piloting of the fund over the last two years, Access wishes to contract a provider to deliver the Reach Fund for at least a further three years, from 13/10/2018. We are looking to work with an experienced grant administrator who will be comfortable with the iterative nature of delivering this programme, with the ability to learn and adapt as the programme progresses. We plan to support this programme for at least a further three years, with a possible extension of up to two more. Given the programme is already in place with 23 Access Points appointed to date, we do not expect a significant build up period will be required so would expect broadly even volumes of applications over the next three years.We expect the average investment readiness grant made to charities and social enterprises to be PS15k and we expect 480 organisations over 3 years to benefit. This results in a total expected grant spend of PS7.2m over three years. If the programme is extended for a further 2 years, we would expect a further grant spend of up to PS5m. We ask prospective grant administrators to estimate the costs of delivering a programme with the above quoted grant volumes. The tenderer should evidence the ability to: a) Manage the relationship with the current Access points and maintaining the application process for new Access Points b) Establish and maintain positive relationships with each of the Access points c) Show why they are well placed to manage these relationships d) Maintain the website to manage the online diagnostic and grant application process for charities and social enterprises working with their Access points e) Manage the grant application, scoring, decision making, payment and grant monitoring processes f) Manage any issues related to State Aid g) Monitor the grants made to charities and social enterprises h) Gather, report and publish data from the fund's activities in coordination with Access i) Solicit and respond to feedback from lenders, grant recipients and support providers and work with Access to refine the programme Further detail as well as the award criteria are included in the ITT available on our website Additional information: Following the successful piloting of the Reach Fund over the last two years, Access wishes to contract a provider to deliver the Reach Fund for at least a further three years, from 13th October 2018. For more information or if you would like to apply, please read our Invitation to Tender for the Reach Fund and submit a proposal of no more than 20 pages to applications@access-si.org.uk by noon on Monday, 6 August 2018.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
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Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/98fd0d95-3fde-4537-a8ee-20ba2baae457
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure (above threshold)
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

75 - Administration, defence and social security services


CPV Codes

75100000 - Administration services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£12,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
9 Oct 20187 years ago
Submission Deadline
6 Aug 2018Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
4 Oct 20187 years ago
Contract Period
14 Oct 2018 - 14 Oct 2021 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
ACCESS - THE FOUNDATION FOR SOCIAL INVESTMENT
Contact Name
Janie Oliver
Contact Email
janie.oliver@access-si.org.uk
Contact Phone
02070846834

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
EC4A 1AZ
Post Town
Central 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
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)

Local Authority
City of London
Electoral Ward
Castle Baynard
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

THE SOCIAL INVESTMENT BUSINESS

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