--- title: "Climate Action Fund - Learning & Support Partners" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03bc74" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03bc74" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03bc74.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03bc74.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "BIG LOTTERY FUND, OPERATING AS THE NATIONAL LOTTERY COMMUNITY FUND" published: "2023-04-04" --- # Climate Action Fund - Learning & Support Partners Buyer: BIG LOTTERY FUND, OPERATING AS THE NATIONAL LOTTERY COMMUNITY FUND Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03bc74 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03bc74) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03bc74.json) ## Summary The National Lottery Community Fund is planning a procurement process for the Climate Action Fund - Learning & Support Partners. This opportunity involves services in the research and development sector, aiming to empower communities to take climate action. The Fund seeks suppliers to facilitate support and learning services across three strands: Enable, Inform, and Inspire. The total contract value is £4,580,000, and the contracting authority is based in London, UK. The procurement stage is currently in the planning phase, with the future notice date set for 15th May 2023. This tender presents an opportunity for businesses with expertise in sectors such as the environment, community-led climate action, research, and communication. Companies skilled in behaviour change science, facilitation, networking, and creative content development are well-suited to compete. Potential bidders can form partnerships to collectively demonstrate their capabilities to project manage and carry out the required approaches. The emphasis is on enabling positive community-led climate action and fostering cross-sector collaboration to tackle climate change effectively. ## Notice The National Lottery Community Fund is seeking to commission a supplier(s) to facilitate and deliver support and learning services across the Climate Action Fund grantholders. The three strands are based on what we believe require distinct activities, skills and expertise to deliver, but we recognise their interdependent relationship and that they do not sit in isolation from each other. It will be down to the suppler(s) who bid for the work as to how they feel they can best deliver the needs of the ITT. We anticipate that the first strand (Enable) is the key/integral part of the overall delivery of the contract, from which the other two strands (Inform and Inspire) will 'hang'. * ENABLE: Build the capacity of CAF grant holders to undertake more impactful community-led climate action. * INFORM: Generate and facilitate evidence and learning about community-led climate action which will support grant holders and progress towards the CAF vision. * INSPIRE: Create and curate a collective voice to inspire and encourage more and more communities across the UK to take climate action. Please note, this note, this Prior Information Notice may not result in a future procurement. ### Lot Information Lot 1 The National Lottery Community Fund ("the Fund") is seeking to procure a suitable supplier to facilitate and deliver support and learning across the Climate Action Fund ("CAF") grantees, between 2024-2030 (7-year contract). The contract shall be for an initial four years with an option to extend for three periods of up to 12 months each. The Climate Action Fund is a 10-year PS100m commitment (2020-2030 ) to support communities across the UK to take action on climate. CAF aims to deliver community-led climate action to those who need it most. Its vision is to 'empower and inspire people in local communities across the UK to take positive action on the climate and ecological emergencies'. These communities will demonstrate what is possible when people take the lead in tackling climate change, helping those around them to thrive, improving equity and responding to intersectional issues. They work together, share their learning and are active participants in a broader movement of change. CAF aims to support projects that will have a legacy beyond our funding and that, where relevant, are able to point towards longer-term systemic change. The programme also aims to encourage and inspire more and more people across the UK via the funded projects and the activities and work they deliver, to take climate action in their own communities and providing them with the tools to do so. The procured supplier(s) will aim to: 1. To enable the funded projects to network and collaborate with one another, help them to identify ways in which to share their activities and learning, both individually and collectively, and engage, inspire and enable other communities to play their part . The successful supplier(s) will work with the projects to build their skills, capacity and knowledge to enable them to deliver impactful community led-climate action. 2. To work closely with the projects to generate and facilitate evidence about community-led action. We hope evidence generated from the programme will remove barriers, create opportunities for cross sector collaboration and unlock further investment for community-led climate action. 3. To support projects to develop an ambitious, creative and strategic programme of communications which will provide inspiration to further community-led acclimate action. This strand of work will also involve targeted design and dissemination of learning and evidence generated by the programme about community-led climate action to reach grant holders and wider audiences. This contract will interest organisations with expertise (including but not limited to) such as, an understanding of the VCSE including the environment sector and community-led climate action, research, behaviour change science, facilitation and networking, communication including narrative and creative content development, audience segmentation and engagement. The Fund will welcome tenders from individual organisations or, more likely, partnerships that can collectively demonstrate their ability to project manage, develop and carry out appropriate approaches to the work. Additional information: Please note that The National Lottery Community Fund does not undertake to enter into any contractual agreement on the basis of this Prior Information Notice. Any correspondence in relation to this notice must be direct via our e-tendering portal - https://tnlcommunityfund.bravosolution.co.uk/ ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009822-2023 | | 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 | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 4 Apr 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 14 May 2023 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £4,580,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## 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 | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services ### Codes - 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73100000 - Research and experimental development services - 73300000 - Design and execution of research and development ## Release History - 4 Apr 2023 at 14:07 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009822-2023 ## Notice URLs - https://tnlcommunityfund.bravosolution.co.uk/ - https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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