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title: "https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/about/customer-service/supplier-zone"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-037266"
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buyer: "BIG LOTTERY FUND, OPERATING AS THE NATIONAL LOTTERY COMMUNITY FUND"
published: "2023-04-18"
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# https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/about/customer-service/supplier-zone

Buyer: BIG LOTTERY FUND, OPERATING AS THE NATIONAL LOTTERY COMMUNITY FUND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-037266

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## Summary

The Big Lottery Fund, operating as The National Lottery Community Fund, is seeking to award a contract for Health Equalities Learning & Support (Phase 2) in the services category. The contract involves providing support and learning activities to grant holders focusing on health inequalities. The procurement stage is active, with a contract value of GBP 250,000. The buying organisation is located in London, UK. The tender is part of their Health Equality funding initiative and aims to enhance cross-sector partnerships to address health disparities.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses specializing in consultancy services related to research and business development to compete. Companies with expertise in fostering partnerships, addressing health inequalities, and providing learning support are well-suited to bid for this contract. The procurement method is open, allowing for fair competition. The tender deadline is on November 2, 2022, with the award period starting on November 3, 2022. Interested bidders should focus on quality/technical aspects, as they account for 80% of the award criteria, while price accounts for 20%.

## Notice

This contract will form a key part of our Health Equality funding. In July 2020, following an EC decision, we provided an additional 14 development grants to partnerships who had applied to the Healthy Communities Together (HCT) programme. During this development grant period and in order to maximise our learning, we provided them with a Support and Learning Contract. As well as supporting the grant holders in this programme, we will also look to bring on board new and existing projects from our responsive and other funding streams to connect with relevant grantees, join events and share learning. Some of these projects will have their own learning elements and we expect any bidder to work closely with other organisations, to build on and complement their work and not overburden any of our grant holders or duplicate other learning activity. For example, the HCT programme where grant holders receive expert support from The King's Fund and Connecting Health Communities by the Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR).

### Lot Information

Lot 1

This contract will form a key part of our Health Equality funding. In July 2020, following an EC decision, we provided an additional 14 development grants to partnerships who had applied to the Healthy Communities Together (HCT) programme. During this development grant period and in order to maximise our learning, we provided them with a Support and Learning Contract. Bidders will be expected to provide a range of activities to support grant holders to learn from each other, capture practical learning and disseminate it to a wider audience therefore maximising our investment in this area. As well as supporting the grant holders in this programme, we will also look to bring on board new and existing projects from our responsive and other funding streams to connect with relevant grantees, join events and share learning. Some of these projects will have their own learning elements and we expect any bidder to work closely with other organisations, to build on and complement their work and not overburden any of our grant holders or duplicate other learning activity. For example, the HCT programme where grant holders receive expert support from The King's Fund and Connecting Health Communities by the Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR). The early learning from the initial nine-month Learning and Support contract has helped inform the scoping of the second phase on this work. Activities for Phase Two will focus on four key areas: Support to grant holders through peer support learning activities, communities of practices, etc offering both informal support as well as opportunities to engage in structured reflective spaces. Linking and connecting wider through networking and events with opportunities to bring in experts with specialist knowledge and learning on areas such as tackling inequalities developing partnerships, joint working approaches, etc. helping build grant holders storytelling capability and developing influencing skills connecting/hearing from other projects (and Funders) in their local areas addressing health inequalities Further information available in the tender documentation Outputs (formal and informal materials), e.g., Learning papers, reports, blogs, webinars, practical tools and materials, case studies, etc. Comms and Dissemination activities, e.g., via roundtables, conferences/workshops, etc

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011074-2023 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 18 Apr 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 2 Nov 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 23 Jan 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £250,000 |
| Lots value | £250,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £242,250 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | BIG LOTTERY FUND, OPERATING AS THE NATIONAL LOTTERY COMMUNITY FUND |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1P 4DF |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | THE INNOVATION UNIT |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73210000 - Research consultancy services

## Release History

- 18 Apr 2023 at 11:34 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011074-2023
- 3 Oct 2022 at 12:57 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027690-2022

## Notice URLs

- https://tnlcommunityfund.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
- https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk
- https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/about/customer-service/supplier-zone

## Provenance

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