Southwood Estate community engagement

Tender description

Green Roots – Growing Nature Networks. Brief for the procurement of community engagement consultants. Organisation National Trust Cymru Brief description of supply Community engagement (asset-based community development) Estimated value of tender £14,000 Tender final submission date Friday April 16th 5pm Send Tenders to Karen.Carciero@nationaltrust.org.uk Tenders opened Monday 19th April 9am Name of Contract Southwood Estate community engagement Completion of work Final ‘event’ late June/early July. Final report 16th July. Contact Address: Ysgubor Fawr, Mathry, Haverfordwest Pembrokeshire, SA62 Contract Manager: Mark Underhill T: 01348 837 860 M: 07810814587 E: mark.underhill@nationaltrust.org.uk For any queries or discussion please contact:– Helen Willson (Volunteering and Participation Consultant) helen.willson@nationaltrust.org.uk Purchase Order Terms and Conditions: See Appendix 1 All projects supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund agree to share their digital outputs through an open licence or public domain dedication. This requirement applies only to works created with the project funding. Objectives of this commission Through this community engagement work we want to establish the following: • An understanding of how biodiversity, ecology and natural assets are valued locally; • The range of community assets and capital locally which could feed into a healthy and productive landscape supporting the locality. The Southwood Estate assets are just one part of this; • An understanding of how the wider local community aspirations crossover and compliment those NTC has for the Southwood Estate. Also, how they diverge; • A framework for ongoing work with opportunities for partnerships and co-production identified; • A better understanding how we can work with communities to best realise our aspirations as a national organisation. • A better understanding of the community and key stakeholders The longer-term aim is a shared vision and plan for the future of Southwood Estate that is working in harmony with nature and delivering significantly improved outcomes for nature, carbon and people. Method We would like a community asset-based approach to the work. The appointed consultant/agency will work with Southwood Estate and NTC to ensure their assets are represented in the process. The appointed consultant/agency will work with Southwood team to identify stakeholders and relevant communities. We recognise the experience and skill an external consultant/agency will bring to this process and we are therefore (as there is an expectation that NTC will learn from this experience) we are open to recommendations regarding methods and approach. Co-dependencies: As this is a multifaceted project other work will be running in parallel e.g. [environmental survey/ modelling etc). We will make available additional information as appropriate and expect the consultants in each area to engage with each other during the project. Tendering process This brief has been openly circulated to agencies who have been invited to tender. The appointment will be made on the most suitable tender depending on quality, experience and price. Please note that the research brief can be distributed internally within your organisation for the purposes of preparing your proposal. Under no circumstances must the brief be disclosed or distributed to any other party without prior consent. Please send one electronic copy of your proposal to Karen Carciero- Karen.Carciero@nationaltrust.org.uk by 5pm on Friday April 16th 2021. Tenders received before the deadline will be held until the deadline has passed and then opened on Monday April 19th 2021. The presentation of the proposal is at the discretion of the tenderer; however, it should cover the following areas as we will assess tenders based on the following criteria: • Proposed approach - details regarding proposed approach to enable value for money and quali