Provision of services to the community

Tender description

The Discretionary Assistance Fund offers payments or in kind support to people to help enable or maintain independent living and to provide urgent assistance to people where there is an identified need to safeguard health and wellbeing. These payments are made available to people who have no other means of meeting the immediate cost of living and are not intended to meet the cost of ongoing expenses. As such, payments from this fund are not repayable. The aim of this contract is to ensure the fund is delivered to the most vulnerable people in Wales. The successful contractor will be responsible for all aspects of the management, implementation, administration and monitoring of the grant scheme. Please note that consortia bids are encouraged for this tender exercise. Please refer to www.wales.gov.uk/jointbidding for advice and assistance on joint bidding. The Discretionary Assistance Fund offers payments or in kind support to people to help enable or maintain independent living and to provide urgent assistance to people where there is an identified need to safeguard health and wellbeing. These payments are made available to people who have no other means of meeting the immediate cost of living and are not intended to meet the cost of ongoing expenses. As such, payments from this fund are not repayable. The aim of this contract is to ensure the fund is delivered to the most vulnerable people in Wales. The successful contractor will be responsible for all aspects of the management, implementation, administration and monitoring of the grant scheme. Please note that consortia bids are encouraged for this tender exercise. Please refer to www.wales.gov.uk/jointbidding for advice and assistance on joint bidding. Bidders should note that any indication of budgets in this ITT are indicative only at this stage and are still subject to confirmation. Moreover, once the tender is awarded the budgets are subject to annual review in line with Welsh Ministers' business planning timelines, and are based on an annual allocation e.g. an underspend in year 1 cannot be moved to subsequent years unless explicitly agreed by Welsh Ministers.