People & Places: applicant and grant holder support

Tender description

The Big Lottery Fund (the Fund) is seeking to provide support to applicants and grant holders that have appliedto, or are funded through, our People & Places programme in Wales. People & Places is our flagship programme in Wales. Awarding up to £17.8 million each year, grant sizes rangefrom £5,001 - £1,000,000 over five years. Our current People & Places applicant support arrangements end in March 2016. We currently support stage2 applicants to complete their application through an existing support contract, which ends in March 2016. Weare procuring a new contract to support stage 2 applicants that will commence in April for a period of one year,with an option to extend on the tendered rates for a further six months. The contractor is required to provide thefollowing services: • Bespoke advice and support for individual People & Places stage 2 applicants who require it to help themdevelop their application; and • Bespoke advice and support for individual grant holders