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08 May 2024 at 14:05

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05 May 2023 at 14:05

Summary of the contracting process

The National Memorial Heritage Fund is seeking consultants for the Register of Support Services Framework Agreement in the library, archives, museums, and cultural services category. The contract period is from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2028. The procurement process is in the tender stage, using selective procurement with a restricted procedure. Key opportunities exist in construction project management, business development, public engagement with heritage, and natural environment consultancy across various regions of the UK.

This tender process presents opportunities for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with expertise in heritage projects and capacity building. Businesses well-suited to compete are those offering services in construction project management, business development, public engagement with heritage, and natural environment consultancy. The National Memorial Heritage Fund is the contracting authority, and the tender process has attracted bids from multiple suppliers, indicating a competitive marketplace for these consultancy services.

How relevant is this notice?

Notice Title

Register of Support Services Framework Agreement

Notice Description

The National Memorial Heritage Fund (the Fund) is seeking to appoint suitably skilled and experienced consultants for our Register of Support Services Framework Agreement (RoSS). The Framework has 4 Lots as detailed below: Lot 1 - Heritage & Culture Construction Project Management Consultant Lot 2 - Business Development and Management Consultant Lot 3 - Public Engagement with Heritage Consultant Lot 4 - Natural Environment Consultant The Fund provides grant funding to large, well-resourced and experienced organisations and other public bodies together with small voluntary/community groups will little or no experience of undertaking heritage projects. This Framework is to be used by the Fund to commission consultants who can provide expert advice and support the assessment, mentoring and monitoring of projects. This Framework will also be open to the Arts Council England (ACE) for them to use if required.

Lot Information

Construction Project Management

NHMF supports a wide variety of capital projects involving different types of heritage assets, landscapes and townscapes. Some of the areas we are expecting consultants to provide services in as part of this lot are: Pre application advice to grantees Expert advice to the Fund Monitoring of projects Mentoring Grantees Influencing grantees, etc Details of the full requirement under this Lot is provided in the specification document.

Business Development and Management

NHMF supports a wide variety of heritage projects which aim to build organisational resilience and capacity either as the sole focus or as part of a wider investment in the organisations assets and / or activities. Consultants will be required to advise the Fund and monitor / mentor grantees in some of the areas below: Pre application advice Financial analysis Enterprise development activities Organisation capacity building Business planning, etc Details of the full requirement under this Lot is provided in the specification document.

Public Engagement with Heritage

The NHMF supports a variety of heritage projects which engage in a broad range of ways with communities and the wider public. These projects focus on increasing access and diversifying audiences either as stand-alone initiatives or as an integrated element of a larger programme such as the redevelopment of a heritage asset. Consultants will be required to provide monitoring, mentoring and advisory services, and will need to work and engage in a variety of heritage settings such as built heritage; natural heritage; industrial, transport or maritime heritage; museums, libraries and archives; and intangible heritage or community heritage. Consultants will be required to advise the Fund and monitor / mentor grantees in some of the areas below: Pre application advice Providing expert advice Being a critical friend to grantees Advising on approaches to engaging volunteers, etc Details of the full requirement under this Lot is provided in the specification document.

Natural Environment

The NHMF supports a wide variety of heritage projects that benefit nature and the environment either as stand-alone initiatives or as part of larger initiatives involving different types of heritage assets, landscapes and natural environments. Consultants will be required to provide monitoring, mentoring and advisory services relating to landscapes and natural heritage and will be expected to work and engage in more than one type of natural heritage: habitats, species, semi-natural landscapes, rewilding schemes, designed landscapes (including public parks), geodiversity, and marine and aquatic environments. Consultants will also need to understand the requirements/opportunities associated with different designations affecting the natural environment (AONBs, SSSI's and so on) across the UK. Consultants will be required to advise the Fund and monitor / mentor grantees in some of the areas below: Pre application advice to grantees The preparation and implementation of conservation planning documents and plans by Grantees Nature-based solutions to deliver a variety of environmental benefits Green finance opportunities and investment readiness including different financing models for the sector, etc Details of the full requirement under this Lot is provided in the specification document.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c6c7
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014693-2024
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Restricted procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services


CPV Codes

92500000 - Library, archives, museums and other cultural services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£4,900,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£4,900,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£1

Notice Dates

Publication Date
8 May 20242 years ago
Submission Deadline
19 Jun 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
15 Feb 20242 years ago
Contract Period
1 Apr 2024 - 31 Mar 2028 4-5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
National Memorial Heritage Fund
Additional Buyers

National Heritage Memorial Fund

Contact Name
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Contact Email
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Phone
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
EC4R 2YA
Postcode Area
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), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England), TLL1 West Wales and The Valleys, TLL14 South West Wales, TLL2 East Wales, TLM5 North Eastern Scotland, TLM7 Eastern Scotland, TLM8 West Central Scotland, TLM9 Southern Scotland, TLN0 Northern Ireland

Local Authority
City of London
Electoral Ward
Dowgate
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
70
Supplier Names

2M Associates Ltd

Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Education Trust

Alix Slater Consultancy & Training Ltd

Alwyn Jones Architects

Anna Cullum Limited

Anna Salaman

Artis Consulting Ltd

Barker Langham

Bramhill Design Ltd

Bright Culture Consultancy LLP

Buttress Architects

Carrock Landscapes Limited

Carrock Landscapes Ltd

Chloë Bird

Claire Adler

Community Enterprise

Community First Partnership Ltd

Countryside Training Partnership

Craigerne Consulting Ltd

Creative Heritage Consultants

Cultural Consulting Network

Cumming Management Group Ltd

DBA Consult Ltd

David Waterfall

Dr Katherine Hann

Ellen Dempster Consulting

Ellis Williams Architects Ltd

Emma Parsons

Fairbanks Heritage Ltd

Firth Heritage

Footprint Ecology Limited

Foulger & Foulger Limited

GKA

Gill Andrews - Cultural Heritage Consultancy

Harriet Carty

Heather Lomas Consulting

Hera Regeneration Ltd

Heritage Insider Ltd

Hummingbird

Ingham Pinnock Associates

Insight Solutions (Ireland) Ltd

JLA Consulting

Jane Hellings

Janice Tullock Associates Limited

Jura Consultants

KevinJBolton Ltd

L&R Consulting LLP

Locality (UK)

Lumby Consultancy

MDA Consulting Ltd

MayWe Events Limited

P Mercer & Co Ltd

Peter Drummond Architect Ltd

Phil Collins

Reyahn King

Rita McLean

SSW Rural Ltd

Sally Prothero Landscape Architecture Ltd

Sara Hilton Associates Limited

Scott B Sullivan Associates Ltd

Tadorna Consulting

Take the Current Ltd

Take the Space

The Audience Agency

The Funding Centre Ltd

Thirlwall Associates Ltd

Thrive

Walshe Associates LLP

White Horse Ecology

Women and Digital Inclusion CIC

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