Planning

Communities, Networks and Training Events

MONEY AND PENSIONS SERVICE

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Planning

06 Feb 2025 at 11:10

Summary of the contracting process

The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS), an arms-length body sponsored by the Department for Work and Pensions and engaged with HM Treasury on financial capability matters, is planning a procurement process titled "Communities, Networks and Training Events". This tender falls under the industry category of Event Services with the CPV code 79952000, additionally classified for training purposes. The process is at the planning stage, with pre-market engagement events scheduled, including a webinar on 6 March 2025 at 10:30 am. Further notices and details about the procurement will be communicated on 30 July 2025. The services sought include event management, community management, and stakeholder engagement across the UK.

Businesses specialising in event management, community facilitation, and localised stakeholder engagement will find this tender a substantial opportunity for growth. MaPS is looking for suppliers capable of designing and delivering diverse formats of events, managing learning communities, and fostering community development through targeted engagement. This tender presents an excellent opening for companies providing event marketing, delegate management, venue sourcing, and community platform moderation, among other services. Participation in this tender can help businesses expand their clientele and secure a partnership with a significant public sector body.

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Notice Title

Communities, Networks and Training Events

Notice Description

Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is an arms-length body sponsored by the Department for Work and Pensions, established at the beginning of 2019, and also engages with the HM Treasury on policy matters relating to financial capability. MaPS is organising a series of pre-market engagement events in the coming days. One of those will be for (Money Guiders) Communities, Networks and Training Events Services. Further details are as follows. a) Event management: We would like to meet suppliers that design and deliver events in a range of different formats: in-person, hybrid and online, including conferences, forums, webinars, training, workshops, expert speakers, networking, peer-to-peer support, action learning and facilitated group sessions. This includes event marketing and engagement, ticketing, managing delegates, sourcing and booking venues, catering, audio-visual equipment, live-stream technology and recording. b) Community management : We would like to meet suppliers that manage and facilitate learning communities, communities or practice, and communities of interest and place. This includes: - large and small-scale network membership, from local geographic areas to larger regions, the four UK nations and the whole of the UK; - memberships from a diverse range of work environments, job roles and sectors; - creating and curating community content; - care of community members; including welcoming, onboarding, guidance and signposting around community spaces; - moderation of online community forums, groups and communication channels. c) Stakeholder engagement and community development : We would like to meet suppliers that can accelerate localised (e.g. geographic or sector-specific) engagement and community building with organisations that deliver money guidance as part of their services, through front-line workers who have money conversations - non-regulated money guidance - as part of their wider work role, with their customers or service users including those who are vulnerable and most in need.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The procurement will be undertaken under the Procurement Act 2023 later in 2025. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-act-2023-short-guides/the-procurement-act-2023-a-short-guide-for-suppliers-html

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04dc1f
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003928-2025
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

75 - Administration, defence and social security services

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

98 - Other community, social and personal services


CPV Codes

75200000 - Provision of services to the community

79952000 - Event services

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
6 Feb 20251 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
29 Jul 2025Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
MONEY AND PENSIONS SERVICE
Contact Name
Commercial Team
Contact Email
commercial@maps.org.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
BEDFORD
Postcode
MK42 9AP
Post Town
Milton Keynes
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH24 Bedford
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Bedford
Electoral Ward
Cauldwell
Westminster Constituency
Bedford

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