Register of Support Services Framework Agreement

Tender description

The National Memorial Heritage Fund (the Fund) is seeking to appoint suitably skilled and experienced consultants for our Register of Support Services Framework Agreement (RoSS). The Framework has 4 Lots as detailed below: Lot 1 – Heritage & Culture Construction Project Management Consultant Lot 2 – Business Development and Management Consultant Lot 3 - Public Engagement with Heritage Consultant Lot 4 – Natural Environment Consultant The Fund provides grant funding to large, well-resourced and experienced organisations and other public bodies together with small voluntary/community groups will little or no experience of undertaking heritage projects.  This Framework is to be used by the Fund to commission consultants who can provide expert advice and support the assessment, mentoring and monitoring of projects. This Framework will also be open to the Arts Council England (ACE) for them to use if required. Lot 1: Construction Project Management NHMF supports a wide variety of capital projects involving different types of heritage assets, landscapes and townscapes. Some of the areas we are expecting consultants to provide services in as part of this lot are: Pre application advice to grantees Expert advice to the Fund Monitoring of projects Mentoring Grantees Influencing grantees, etc Details of the full requirement under this Lot is provided in the specification document. Lot 2: Business Development and Management NHMF supports a wide variety of heritage projects which aim to build organisational resilience and capacity either as the sole focus or as part of a wider investment in the organisations assets and / or activities. Consultants will be required to advise the Fund and monitor / mentor grantees in some of the areas below: Pre application advice Financial analysis Enterprise development activities Organisation capacity building Business planning, etc Details of the full requirement under this Lot is provided in the specification document. Lot 3: Public Engagement with Heritage The NHMF supports a variety of heritage projects which engage in a broad range of ways with communities and the wider public. These projects focus on increasing access and diversifying audiences either as stand-alone initiatives or as an integrated element of a larger programme such as the redevelopment of a heritage asset. Consultants will be required to provide monitoring, mentoring and advisory services, and will need to work and engage in a variety of heritage settings such as built heritage; natural heritage; industrial, transport or maritime heritage; museums, libraries and archives; and intangible heritage or community heritage.  Consultants will be required to advise the Fund and monitor / mentor grantees in some of the areas below: Pre application advice Providing expert advice Being a critical friend to grantees Advising on approaches to engaging volunteers, etc Details of the full requirement under this Lot is provided in the specification document. Lot 4: Natural Environment The NHMF supports a wide variety of heritage projects that benefit nature and the environment either as stand-alone initiatives or as part of larger initiatives involving different types of heritage assets, landscapes and natural environments. Consultants will be required to provide monitoring, mentoring and advisory services relating to landscapes and natural heritage and will be expected to work and engage in more than one type of natural heritage: habitats, species, semi-natural landscapes, rewilding schemes, designed landscapes (including public parks), geodiversity, and marine and aquatic environments. Consultants will also need to understand the requirements/opportunities associated with different designations affecting the natural environment (AONBs, SSSI’s and so on) across the UK. Consultants will be required to advise the Fund and monitor / mentor grantees in some of the areas below: Pre application advice to grantees The preparation and implementation of conservation planning documents and plans by Grantees Nature-based solutions to deliver a variety of environmental benefits Green finance opportunities and investment readiness including different financing models for the sector, etc Details of the full requirement under this Lot is provided in the specification document.