--- title: "SKILLS FOR THE FUTURE EVALUATION: FOCUS ON WORKFORCE DIVERSITY" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-f5fb8650-04d5-437b-9f59-b0ac91b435a2" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-f5fb8650-04d5-437b-9f59-b0ac91b435a2" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-f5fb8650-04d5-437b-9f59-b0ac91b435a2.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-f5fb8650-04d5-437b-9f59-b0ac91b435a2.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "NATIONAL HERITAGE MEMORIAL FUND" published: "2017-11-08" --- # SKILLS FOR THE FUTURE EVALUATION: FOCUS ON WORKFORCE DIVERSITY Buyer: NATIONAL HERITAGE MEMORIAL FUND Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-f5fb8650-04d5-437b-9f59-b0ac91b435a2 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-f5fb8650-04d5-437b-9f59-b0ac91b435a2) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-f5fb8650-04d5-437b-9f59-b0ac91b435a2.json) ## Summary The National Heritage Memorial Fund is currently initiating a procurement process titled "Skills for the Future Evaluation: Focus on Workforce Diversity," which falls under the higher education services category. This tender is active and concludes on 28th November 2017, with a contract period beginning on 11th December 2017 and ending on 23rd March 2018. The total funding available is £17,500, and the procurement method is via a limited competitive quotation, which is applicable below the financial threshold. The project aims to enhance diversity within the heritage workforce across various delivery locations, including the United Kingdom and Europe. This tender presents a valuable opportunity for businesses, particularly those specialising in training and educational services tailored to the heritage sector. Companies that can provide innovative solutions for workforce training and development, with an emphasis on diversity, could find this tender aligns with their services. SMEs with experience in delivering high-quality training opportunities and a proven track record of engaging diverse groups are especially encouraged to participate in this procurement process to contribute to and benefit from the essential skills development in heritage. ## Notice HLF invests in the full breadth of the UK's heritage and, through our funding, we aim to make a lasting difference for heritage and people. This is reflected in the outcomes for heritage, people and communities which underpin our grant-making. HLF has invested in three rounds of Skills for the Future funding since 2009. A total of 111 projects have received funding (54 in 2009 - Cohort 1, 39 in 2012 - Cohort 2 and 18 in 2016 - Cohort 3) and 66 projects have completed. The grant programme was a strategic response to the impact of the recession, designed to put the heritage sector in a stronger position for recovery. It recognised the need for targeted employer-led interventions to deliver key heritage skills, sometimes what are niche skills needed by relatively small numbers of people in the heritage economy. The Skills for the Future programme built on the successful delivery of our smaller-scale Training Bursaries programme and both have sought to ensure the future sustainability of heritage through the supply of a skilled and more diverse workforce. The majority of the budget in a Skills for the Future project is dedicated to bursaries for trainees and direct training costs. The aims of the Skills for the Future programme are to: * fund high quality work based training opportunities to equip people with the skills to pursue a career in heritage; * meet identified skills shortages and gaps in the heritage sector; * enhance the capacity of the heritage sector to deliver sustainable training and share good practice; and * increase the diversity of the heritage workforce. For HLF, the lack of diversity in the current heritage workforce is a major concern. To reflect this, the outcome 'more people and a wider range of people will have engaged with heritage' was weighted in assessment of the applications to the Skills for the Future programme in 2016. Priority was given to projects which set ambitious and credible targets for the recruitment and support of trainees who will broaden the workforce profile of individual organisations and the heritage sector in the longer-term. Interim evaluation with Cohort 2 Project Managers has shown that "the Skills for the Future programme has gone some way towards encouraging organisations to focus their efforts on attracting non-traditional candidates into the heritage sector. There are clear examples of success in attracting diverse groups." Nevertheless, challenges remain. A review of project evaluation reports (produced by grantees before completing projects), which we commissioned in 2016, noted that "evidence on progress towards the 'workforce diversity' strand of the programme is insufficient to draw clear conclusions on whether this aim has been achieved. THE FULL HLF OVERVIEW AND TENDER DESCRIPTION ARE SET OUT IN THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/daae5d8b-db6e-4bba-9c15-e223dea22240 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Limited | | Procurement method details | Competitive quotation (below threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 8 Nov 2017 | | Submission deadline | 28 Nov 2017 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 11 Dec 2017 - 23 Mar 2018 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £17,500 | | 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 | South West London | | Postcode | SW1W 8NR | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI33 Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham | | Local authority | Kensington and Chelsea | | Electoral ward | Royal Hospital | | Westminster constituency | Chelsea and Fulham | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 80 - Education and training services ### Codes - 80300000 - Higher education services - 80400000 - Adult and other education services - 80500000 - Training services ## Release History - 8 Nov 2017 at 09:01 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/daae5d8b-db6e-4bba-9c15-e223dea22240 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/daae5d8b-db6e-4bba-9c15-e223dea22240 8th November 2017 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/e8325283-e5e0-4413-ba25-74644ecec173 Tender Submission Document ## Notice URLs - http://www.hlf.org.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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