--- title: "Digital Skills Survey: Reviewing Progress against Baseline Data for Digital Skills in the Heritage Sector" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-742cf57e-f23c-4814-874f-9160e48270fe" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-742cf57e-f23c-4814-874f-9160e48270fe" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-742cf57e-f23c-4814-874f-9160e48270fe.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-742cf57e-f23c-4814-874f-9160e48270fe.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "NATIONAL HERITAGE MEMORIAL FUND" published: "2021-06-15" --- # Digital Skills Survey: Reviewing Progress against Baseline Data for Digital Skills in the Heritage Sector Buyer: NATIONAL HERITAGE MEMORIAL FUND Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-742cf57e-f23c-4814-874f-9160e48270fe [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-742cf57e-f23c-4814-874f-9160e48270fe) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-742cf57e-f23c-4814-874f-9160e48270fe.json) ## Summary The National Lottery Heritage Fund is currently engaged in a procurement process for the contract titled "Digital Skills Survey: Reviewing Progress against Baseline Data for Digital Skills in the Heritage Sector." This project falls under the services industry category and aims to conduct a UK-wide digital skills survey in the heritage sector, with a total value of up to £60,000 including VAT. The tender period concludes on 28 June 2021, with contract work scheduled to commence on 6 July 2021 and completion expected by 30 November 2021. The Fund will evaluate proposals through an open procurement method, emphasising a representative sample from various heritage organisations across the UK, including museums, libraries, and archives. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in research and consultancy services, particularly those with expertise in digital skills development and the heritage sector. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are encouraged to participate, given their ability to provide tailored insights relevant to diverse heritage organisations. Competing businesses should demonstrate past experience in conducting similar surveys and showcase approaches to ensuring representativeness in the collected data, which will ultimately contribute to shaping the future digital capabilities of the heritage sector. ## Notice Digital Skills Survey: Reviewing Progress against Baseline Data for Digital Skills in the Heritage Sector The National Lottery Heritage Fund is seeking to appoint a supplier to undertake a UK wide digital skills survey of the heritage sector which will identify baseline data on digital skills. Up to PS60,000 inc. VAT is available to carry out the work. Applications are due on the 28 June 2021, and the work should be completed by November 2021. Building on work undertaken in 2020, the Digital Attitudes and Skills for Heritage (DASH) survey and report, The Fund wishes to commission a survey and report. The 2020 DASH survey provided a baseline level of digital skills and confidence of organisations across the UK's heritage sector. This project will build on that, identifying any change in capabilities that have taken place. The survey of organisations that deliver heritage related activities in the UK that will include a representative sample of different types, sizes and locations of organisations. It will cover organisations in the south, centre and north of England, as well as Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and include small, medium and large heritage organisations. The National Lottery Heritage Fund supports the full breadth of natural, cultural and intangible heritage across the UK. Accordingly, organisations in scope will include museums, libraries and archives, buildings and monuments, as well as those supporting natural heritage, cultural and community heritage. The successful bidder will explain, in relation to the DASH survey work undertaken in 2020, how they plan to build up a set of organisations to survey, and the steps they will make to try to ensure that the overall findings are reasonably representative. Additional information: PLEASE NOTE THE ITT HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REMOVE UNREQUIRED QUESTIONS 15.6.21. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/449453a4-939e-4700-85e1-44409c1fd419 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 15 Jun 2021 | | Submission deadline | 25 Jun 2021 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 5 Jul 2021 - 30 Nov 2021 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £50,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NATIONAL HERITAGE MEMORIAL FUND | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | East London | | Postcode | E1W 1UN | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East | | ITL 3 | TLI42 Tower Hamlets | | Local authority | Tower Hamlets | | Electoral ward | St Katharine's & Wapping | | Westminster constituency | Poplar and Limehouse | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services ### Codes - 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services ## Release History - 15 Jun 2021 at 08:41 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/449453a4-939e-4700-85e1-44409c1fd419 - 25 May 2021 at 16:08 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/449453a4-939e-4700-85e1-44409c1fd419 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/449453a4-939e-4700-85e1-44409c1fd419 15th June 2021 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/fab2a9eb-ed24-47a3-b3f1-7949a19bc406 ITT BRIEF DASH - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/61973596-05ef-45ae-8e24-5a720ccc007a BLANK SERVICE CONTRACT - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/7e91f33e-49e3-41b7-9725-1f3dd56057d6 ## Notice URLs - https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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