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Introduction: The Money and Pension Service (MaPS) are undertaking a review of the potential combined delivery for Pension Wise and Pension Guidance services and is seeking feedback to understand market interest and ability to deliver the services. MaPS are in the early stages of testing feasibility of service definitions and MaPS is issuing this request for information only. This market engagement exercise is not an invitation to tender or a request for formal expressions of interest. Service Objectives: • Pension Customers will have the guidance they need at the right time. We will help people navigate our services. Our services will be more efficient and more effective as we direct people to the right channel and guidance first time. • Those most in need will have access to support and assistance at the time they need it, thus avoiding potentially detrimental decisions • Our focus will evolve to reflect changing behaviours in relation to increasing demand for digital and multi-channel services. • In line with our consumer guidance strategy, and legislative remit, guidance gaps are identified and filled. The current model delivers the following services: Pension Wise - Service Requirements: • Eligibility - citizens aged over 55 looking to access DC pension savings • 45mins - 1hour long scripted conversation covering 6 Pension Freedom Options, pros, cons and risks. • Scale of up to 250,000 appointments per year with variable demand across months • The session will be undertaken virtually either by telephone or video. • There may be a limited requirement for face-to-face sessions. • You must be able to cater for Welsh language, and those with accessibility needs i.e. British Sign Language. • There may also be a requirement for managing customer bookings, queries and feedback. • Regular reporting on customer metrics will be required, as will compliance with MaPS standards and ensuring that quality is at an acceptable level. • Supplier will be required to undertake QA processes and provide assurance to MaPS. Pension Guidance - Service Requirements: • Eligibility - all citizens who require guidance on any and all aspects of their pension savings including Defined Contribution and Defined Benefit (Private and Public Sector) • Scale of up to 20-25k per month reactive telephone calls with variable demand across months, 500 pre-arranged appointments to provide guidance for safeguarding benefits and divorce cases and provide pre-arranged outreach seminars. • There may also be a requirement for managing customer bookings, queries and feedback. • Regular reporting on customer metrics will be required, as will compliance with MaPS standards and ensuring that quality is at an acceptable level. • Supplier will be required to undertake QA processes and provide assurance to MaPS. We will be holding a virtual event on 10th January 2023 at 12.30pm via Microsoft Teams, to give interested suppliers further information about our requirements. Additional information: If you are interested in attending this event please contact Laura Bradshaw to obtain joining instructions, at commercial@maps.org.uk with 'MaPS Pension Wise/Pension Guidance' as the subject.

Under the Financial Conduct Authority's Payment Accounts Directive (PAD), the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) has a statutory duty to provide a web-based Payment Accounts Comparison (PACS) tool. The aim of PAD is to improve access to payment accounts, increasing competition and making fees and charges more transparent and comparable. As such, MaPS had to create an operationally independent tool to compare a specific and limited list of fees and charges known as the Linked Services List. The PACS tool has been operated by MaPS since 2018. Though the tool is developed and maintained by MaPS directly, an external provider is required to supply a data feed of the Payment Service Providers' (PSP) Payment account products, and to compare a specific and limited list of fees and charges known as the Linked Services list. The current contract for this service expires in April 2023. Therefore MaPS is issuing this Early Engagement notice to ascertain interest from the market prior to any potential tender process for this data provision service. MaPS would request that any providers who would be interested in bidding for this opportunity to please indicate this by replying to the contact email address (commercial@maps.org.uk) subject heading: Payment Accounts Comparison (PACS) tool -Datafeed provision Ref 22-142Cb by 16th December 2022. Overview of Requirements: - MaPS need provision of data on products that account for a significant share of the market for payment accounts in order to power a comparison tool; - Each payment account product should have data on the fees and charges associated with each of the linked services; - This data must be provided in a format that the MaPS development team can utilize in the tool, and must be maintained and kept up to date - and must be queryable no less than on a daily basis; - Where possible, further data about the accounts' features and requirements should be made available, to facilitate a good user journey. Statutory Data Requirements: - Accurate and up-to-date data on fees, charges and availability of each of the Linked Services; - Significant part of market provision of this data for Payment Accounts available in the UK; - Basic product information including product name, supplier name & product type. Further details are included in the Additional Text and Links sections of this notice. The most recent linked services list is available on the FCA website in PDF format: https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/feedback/payment-accounts-regulations-final-linked-services-list.pdf This list was last updated in April 2018. As noted on the FCA website, they did not update the list in April 2022: https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/payment-accounts-regulations/linked-services-list Please indicate your interest in this opportunity by replying to the contact email address (commercial@maps.org.uk) with the subject heading: Payment Accounts Comparison (PACS) tool -Datafeed provision Ref 22-142Cb by 16th December 2022. Additional information: Final Linked Services list (further details on link below): 1. Maintaining the account 2. Arranged overdraft 3. Unarranged overdraft 4. Refusing a payment due to lack of funds 5. Allowing a payment despite lack of funds 6. Direct debt 7. Standing order 8. Sending money within the UK 9. Sending money outside the UK 10. Receiving money from outside the UK 11. Cash withdrawal in pounds in the UK 12. Cash withdrawal in foreign currency outside the UK 13. Debit card payment in pounds 14. Debit card payment in a foreign currency 15. Cancelling a cheque The data MaPS currently uses Beyond the fees identified in the linked services list above, we also display other fees: - Example scenarios for arranged overdrafts (£500 for 7 days, 30 days, and 60 days) - Maximum Monthly Charge for unarranged overdrafts - Debit card issue and replacement fees - Cash withdrawal limits (if applicable) - BACS, Faster Payments, and CHAPS charges It is also worth noting that alongside the fee, we also require explanatory text for any specific conditions or context about the fee. For example, the cost to maintain an account might be £0 but only if a customer deposits at least £1000 per month and has two active direct debits, otherwise the fee is £2. This explanatory text is very important as it helps users really understand the fee and how much they could be charged. We also use account attributes to allow users to filter their results: - Account type (e.g. current account, premier account, e-money account, etc.) - Account features, including overdraft availability, 7-day switching, and if account is open to new customers - Account access options (branch, telephone, online, mobile app, Post Office) Future plans Looking ahead, we want to expand the tool and show changes in the industry such as: - Cash deposit fees - Additional account features (savings pots, savings sweeps, round up savings, text message alerts, Paym transfers, mobile app security, contactless limits, payment limits) - Geographic restrictions (e.g. accounts only available in Northern Ireland or Cumbria) We would require a provider that can work with us to ensure we are able to meet these changes in industry.

MaPS seeks to procure a Health and Safety (H&S) consultancy service to provide advisory support and operational oversight of the internal management of its H&S Management System (supporting MaPS Building Strong Foundations objective). This will ensure the organisation and its outsourcing arrangements adhere to prevailing legal and regulatory requirements and best practice norms. The service will also facilitate the timely communication of assurances to MaPS ELT and the Board. Expected Outcome - 1. A compliant Health and Safety system (inc. policies, procedures, and guidance) to ensure the Health and Safety of MaPS' people and its stakeholders is maintained during the contract term. 2. The Health and Safety management system is audited annually with remedial action plans put in place to address any issues or areas of concern. 3. Health and safety risks are identified, escalated, and reported to the appropriate committee creating visibility and fostering engagement with the organisation's senior leadership. 4. A measurable culture of Health and Safety Compliance is embedded throughout the organisation and its delivery partners. Deliverables required - - Remote and onsite support with compliance documentation - updating of generic risk assessments when required, policies procedures specific to health and safety business requirements, review of employee handbook, safety checks list. - CPD session on health and safety matters and risk to the business for all levels of employees. - Safety talks and legislation update. - Support with H&S management system. - Provide timely legislation updates. - Review of risk assessments and procedures, where required. - Support MaPS to ensure its Facilities Management arrangements comply with legal and regulatory requirements. - Support DSE assessments and oversight of Occupational Health outsource delivery - Review and advise on 3rd party leases, contracts, and commercial agreements, as required. - Support MaPS to put in place appropriate indemnity via commercial insurance. - Support MaPS to interpret, challenge and implement recommended provided via third party health and safety audits (e.g., FRA, Asbestos survey's) - Attending monthly H&S Management, Senior Leadership team and Risk Compliance meetings. - Conduct an annual H&S compliance audit on site with key personnel with full written report. - Creation of action plan with key deliverables of work. This will be held online and be maintained as an ongoing checklist / resource for review for the duration of our service. - Advise MaPS on changes of premises and perform ad hoc inspections and audits, as required. Please note, this is not a call for competition, but a desire to carry out early market engagement to support development of the commercial strategy for this requirement. The contract value stated on this notice is purely indicative. The closing date for responses to this notice is Wednesday 9th November.

Under the Financial Conduct Authority's Payment Accounts Directive (PAD), the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) has a statutory duty to provide a web-based Payment Accounts Comparison (PACS) tool. The aim of PAD is to improve access to payment accounts, increasing competition and making fees and charges more transparent and comparable. As such, MaPS had to create an operationally independent tool to compare a specific and limited list of fees and charges known as the Linked Services List. The PACS tool has been operated by MaPS since 2018. Though the tool is developed and maintained by MaPS directly, an external provider is required to supply a data feed of the Payment Service Providers' (PSP) Payment account products, and to compare a specific and limited list of fees and charges known as the Linked Services list. The current contract for this service expires in April 2023. Therefore MaPS is issuing this Early Engagement notice to ascertain interest from the market prior to any potential tender process for this data provision service. MaPS would request that any providers who would be interested in bidding for this opportunity to please indicate this by replying to the contact email address (commercial@maps.org.uk) by 28th October 2022. Overview of Requirements: - MaPS need provision of data on products that account for a significant share of the market for payment accounts in order to power a comparison tool; - Each payment account product should have data on the fees and charges associated with each of the linked services; - This data must be provided in a format that the MaPS development team can utilize in the tool, and must be maintained and kept up to date - and must be queryable no less than on a daily basis; - Where possible, further data about the accounts' features and requirements should be made available, to facilitate a good user journey. Statutory Data Requirements: - Accurate and up-to-date data on fees, charges and availability of each of the Linked Services; - Significant part of market provision of this data for Payment Accounts available in the UK; - Basic product information including product name, supplier name & product type. Further details are included in the Additional Text and Links sections of this notice. Additional information: Final Linked Services list (further details on links): 1. Maintaining the account 2. Arranged overdraft 3. Unarranged overdraft 4. Refusing a payment due to lack of funds 5. Allowing a payment despite lack of funds 6. Direct debt 7. Standing order 8. Sending money within the UK 9. Sending money outside the UK 10. Receiving money from outside the UK 11. Cash withdrawal in pounds in the UK 12. Cash withdrawal in foreign currency outside the UK 13. Debit card payment in pounds 14. Debit card payment in a foreign currency 15. Cancelling a cheque The data MaPS currently uses Beyond the fees identified in the linked services list above, we also display other fees: - Example scenarios for arranged overdrafts (£500 for 7 days, 30 days, and 60 days) - Maximum Monthly Charge for unarranged overdrafts - Debit card issue and replacement fees - Cash withdrawal limits (if applicable) - BACS, Faster Payments, and CHAPS charges It is also worth noting that alongside the fee, we also require explanatory text for any specific conditions or context about the fee. For example, the cost to maintain an account might be £0 but only if a customer deposits at least £1000 per month and has two active direct debits, otherwise the fee is £2. This explanatory text is very important as it helps users really understand the fee and how much they could be charged. We also use account attributes to allow users to filter their results: - Account type (e.g., current account, premier account, e-money account, etc.) - Account features, including overdraft availability, 7-day switching, and if account is open to new customers - Account access options (branch, telephone, online, mobile app, Post Office) Future plans: Looking ahead, we want to expand the tool and show changes in the industry such as: - Cash deposit fees - Additional account features (savings pots, savings sweeps, round up savings, text message alerts, Paym transfers, mobile app security, contactless limits, payment limits) - Geographic restrictions (e.g. accounts only available in Northern Ireland or Cumbria) We would require a provider that can work with us to ensure we are able to meet these changes in industry

The Money and Pensions Service's Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) is responsible for developing a pensions dashboards ecosystem which will enable individuals to view their pensions data via their chosen dashboard. Part of the dashboards ecosystem is an Identity Service that allows users to verify their identity, and authenticate themselves for subsequent visits, so that they can access other elements of the ecosystem. This provides the verification required to assure pension schemes and providers that they are returning data to the correct user. This service must comply with GPG45 identity verification and GPG44 identity authentication good practice guides. During the ecosystem development stages, PDP has contracted with a single Identity Provider (IDP) to implement this service. For future delivery, PDP requires a solution that maximises accessibility and considers inclusivity. In other words, providing ease of access to the widest possible percentage of the UK population. The solution should also provide a smooth user experience and consider the potential range of user needs that might be catered for. A comprehensive 'identity verification approach' market engagement exercise was undertaken by PDP in 2020 prior to the appointment of the current provider. This subsequent engagement is for PDP to engage with the identity authentication and verification market in order to identify all possible solutions that could fulfil our criteria. This engagement is open to IDPs, Orchestration Service Providers (OSP), and any other organisations operating within this area. To participate, please can you respond, to the contact email address, indicating if you would be interested in this potential opportunity and how your solution would meet the following criteria: 1) Eventual accessibility for the widest section of the UK population, with minimal requirement for the user to create new digital identities. It would be useful to understand how your organisation might expand and improve accessibility over time to meet this requirement, considering the challenges the users of a pensions dashboard might face. 2) Compliance with GPG45 and GPG44 good practice guides. The GPG45 level of confidence currently required is Medium, though the option to move to High in the future would be beneficial. 3) Intention to be certified, or current certification status, under the UK Digital Identity & Attributes Trust Framework. 4) Ability to handle tens of thousands of transactions per day. It would also be appreciated if you could give an indication of your charges per transaction for both verification and authentication. Please note, this is not a call for competition, but a desire to carry out early market engagement to support development of the commercial strategy for this requirement. The approach for duration of contract(s) and routes to market for the future procurement are currently undecided.

The Money and Pension Service (MaPS) are undertaking a review of the potential combined delivery for Pension Wise and Pension Guidance services and is issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) as a Request for Information (RFI) to gain a better understanding of the capacity and appetite of the market to deliver the proposed services.

MaPS existing design agency framework expires in 2022. We anticipate the continued need for a small selection of agencies to provide creative design and artworking services. MaPs demands for design services (e.g. printed guides and business planning documents) across the business as well as continued developed of the MoneyHelper consumer brand and communications. MaPs is seeking to undertake re-procurement activity for a supplier(s) to provide design services and be in place ideally by December22/January23.

MaPS existing design agency framework expires in 2022. We anticipate the continued need for a small selection of agencies to provide creative design and artworking services. MaPs demands for design services (e.g. printed guides and business planning documents) across the business as well as continued developed of the MoneyHelper consumer brand and communications. MaPs is seeking to undertake re-procurement activity for a supplier(s) to provide design services and be in place ideally by December22/January23. A design agency solution is required to: - Meet BAU business demands that in-house resources are unable to meet - Complement our in-house design capability, resource and skills - Provide specialist skills as and when needed i.e. copywriting, photography, illustration - Cost and time effectively deliver technical work such as artwork and typesetting - Support the rollout and ongoing implementation of the new consumer brand Service requirements will include: (a) Creative design services including: - Creative direction - Concept development - Brand implementation - Graphic asset development for print and digital - Design and layout for print material and digital - Access to photographers, copywriters, illustrators and any other specialist skills (b) Technical design services that may include: - Artworking - Typesetting and proofreading - Quick turnaround cost effective simple job Initial contract term is for 2 years with an option to extend for 1 year based on satisfactory performance. IMPORTANT: Please note, this is not a call for competition, but a desire to carry out early market engagement to support development of the commercial strategy for this requirement. This notice aims at reducing time limits for receipt of tenders, The contract value stated on this notice is purely indicative. The closing date to receive any enquiries is Wednesday 11th November 2022

This is to inform you that the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) intends to run a further competition, and in advance of the procurement exercise, we are contacting you to determine whether this is something you have the capacity and interest in bidding for and for you to express an interest and invite you to a further early market engagement event. Expertise is required to provide MaPS with the latest high-level legal position who has experience in practicing across all 3 jurisdictions (England & Wales, Scotland and NI) in no more than a few sentences for roughly 50 specific points/questions linked to our guidance on separation and divorce, plus some additional hours for clarification discussions. The aim is to ensure we understand the key legal principles correctly as we link financial guidance to them, so responses would need to be concise and clear, using lay language. The 50 questions are split into eight key areas: 1.Legal basics / principles to end relationships. 2.Legal basics / principles to protect home rights and keeping up payments when deciding to separate. 3.Legal basics / principles to protect immediate financial position when deciding to separate. 4.Legal basics / principles when the separating couple have children. 5.Legal and financial considerations when proceeding with divorce or separation. 6.Legal basics / principles for dividing assets and liabilities when reaching a financial settlement when divorcing. 7.Legal basics / principles for dividing assets or liabilities when separating as an unmarried, cohabiting couple. 8.Legal and financial considerations after divorce, dissolution or separation Examples of the types of questions we are interested in are below: •To protect the immediate financial position when deciding to separate/divorce, what actions should be considered to protect joint bank accounts, savings, investments, insurance and other assets when married or civil partners? •What are the options for financing legal costs and fees while proceedings are under way and/or when financial settlement is reached? •What are the legal remedies for non-payment or arrears of child maintenance? The anticipated value of this requirement is £50k. We request that you return a response by 16:00 on Friday 3 November detailing if your organisation can meet these requirements. Please return your response to: commerical@maps.org.uk Additional information: If you are interested and submit your interest, we would also welcome you to attend our virtual briefing on a date TBC w/c 6 November where we will give a brief walk through of the requirement. The invitation to this will be sent separately and will be conducted via MS Teams.

A System capable of the following functionality with regard to procurement and contract management activities: 1. full compliance with a. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR2015) and any future Procurement regulations b. Any other procurement activity/tendering exercise 2. planning 3. sourcing 4. creation and publication of relevant notices 5. tender creation, issue and management 6. tender evaluation 7. contract award 8. governance and approvals management 9. contract and supplier management 10. e-auctions 11. dynamic purchasing systems 12. data management and reporting 13. Pipeline register and reporting

Health and Safety Consultancy MaPS seeks to procure a Health and Safety (H&S) consultancy service to provide advisory support and operational oversight of the internal management of its H&S Management System (supporting MaPS Building Strong Foundations objective). This will ensure the organisation and its outsourcing arrangements adhere to prevailing legal and regulatory requirements and best practice norms. The service will also facilitate the timely communication of assurances to MaPS ELT and the Board.

The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) intends to commence a tender for a technical solution to enable MaPS to manage, monitor and maintain oversight over the quality of its internal and outsourced guidance and advice delivery services against a set of 11 MaPS Standards (and 72 sub standards) See link:- https://moneyandpensionsservice.org.uk/money-and-pensions-service-standards/

The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) intends to commence a tender for a supplier to deliver an independent quality assessment service to enable MaPS to manage, monitor and maintain oversight over the quality of its internal and outsourced guidance and advice delivery services against a set of 11 MaPS Standards (and 72 sub standards) https://www.moneyandpensionsservice.org.uk/money-and-pensions-service-standards/

Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is an arms-length body sponsored by the Department for Work and Pensions, established at the beginning of 2019, and also engages with the HM Treasury on policy matters relating to financial capability. MaPS is organising a series of pre-market engagement events in the coming days. The first event will be for (Money Guiders) Training Content and Certification. Further details are as follows. a) Reward and recognition We would like to meet suppliers that provide digital and non-digital ways of recognising and rewarding individuals and organisations for their efforts and achievements in the context of training, learning and development, developing good practice and engaging in social learning and communities of practice. For example; • 3rd party endorsement, accreditation or assurance for in-person and online training and CPD events and courses, including assessments; • certificates, digital badges, awards; • peer-to-peer praise and kudos; • badging/labelling of 'super' users or contributors with, e.g. high-level technical skills, active participation in the online communities, willing to offer local or expert knowledge for the benefit of others. b) Bespoke training/learning content creation and lifecycle management We would like to meet suppliers that can provide workshop facilitators and trainers, expert event speakers, content writers, editors, and subject matter experts; specialist resources needed to create training and CPD content that helps improve the confidence, knowledge and skills of practitioners across the UK who have money conversations - non-regulated money guidance - with their customers and service users, including those who are vulnerable and most in need. The training and CPD suite will include content for leaders and managers in organisations that deliver money guidance as part of their service. It includes the creation of original content as well as curating content, and content review, updating and lifecycle management.

The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is an arm's-length body, sponsored by the Department for Work and Pensions, with a joint commitment to ensure information, guidance and advice is provided to members of the public in the clearest and most cost-effective way. This Notice is notification that, following a consultation phase, MaPS is now moving into the early stages of market engagement for the commissioning of its community-based debt advice services. MaPS invites the sector to engage and seeks early input to develop the requirements. This is a first step to engaging widely over the coming months. This phase will involve three virtual engagement events, where we propose to discuss the following elements of the requirements: Event 1: The competitive process, Geography & lotting, length of agreement, budget & should cost modelling, target clients and delivery channels Event 2: Payment approach, performance monitoring, data and reporting requirements, value for money Event 3: Workforce wellbeing, Social Value, accessibility, service transition, quality assurance and training The content of each session may be subject to final amends. The virtual engagement events will be held via MS Teams Webinars on the following dates: Event 1: Thursday 12th December 2024 Event 2: Wednesday 15th January 2025 Event 3: Wednesday 22nd January 2025 To attend an event(s) please follow the registration details provided in section II.2.14. 'Additional information' of this notice.

The Money and Pensions Service’s Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) is responsible for developing a pensions dashboards ecosystem which will enable individuals to view their pensions data via their chosen dashboard. Part of this ecosystem is an Identity Service that allows new users to verify their identity and returning users to subsequently authenticate themselves. During the ecosystem development stages, PDP has contracted with a single Identity Provider (IDP). For the future delivery of this service, PDP requires a solution that provides accessibility for the widest possible percentage of the UK population and considers inclusivity for the digitally excluded. PDP therefore wishes to engage with the identity verification and authentication market in order to identify the solutions available that fulfil this and other core requirements.

The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is seeking to undertake a procurement exercise for: • an annuity comparison tool; • an investment pathways comparison tool; • a suite of financial planning calculations to power our pension guidance • potential 4th lot for interface MaPS anticipate this being a single tender with the above requirements in three or four separate Lots. As part of its pensions guidance transformation strategy, the Money and Pension Service (MaPS) is looking to improve its digital pensions guidance offering by providing retirement planning journeys and tools that meet the needs of different groups of people. The annuity and investment pathways comparison tools along with the suite of financial planning calculations will help consumers to model their options at retirement and answer what do I need and what should I do now. They are therefore a key enabler in the development and provision of MaPS pension guidance. Going forwards our intention is for all tools to be developed and built on our consumer facing website, MoneyHelper. Our digital tools strategy is to develop and maintain the front-end user interfaces and functionality but are looking for suppliers to provide the necessary back-end calculation capability via API's to support the provision of those tools and journeys. We are engaging the market prior to the tender process, to further outline the tools strategy, the outcomes MaPS are looking to achieve and to obtain any feedback on the Specifications. Virtual Event: A virtual Early Market Engagement event will be held for this project on 25th October at 12pm, via Microsoft Teams. The purpose of this event is to alert the market to the potential procurement opportunity and to gain a better understanding of the capacity and appetite of the market to deliver against the proposed planned activities. Please register interest to obtain joining instructions by emailing commercial@maps.org.uk, with '22-114C MaPS Pension Guidance Comparison Tools' as the subject.

The Money and Pensions Service is currently in the process of developing a strategy for the procurement of a Quality Assurance Service and is seeking the input of the market to help shape this strategy. The service will cover a wide range of services including regulated debt advice, pensions guidance, pensions freedoms and money guidance. The Supplier will be responsible for the delivery of an independent Quality Assurance service across all delivery channels for MaPS which will check that all service lines are meeting (as a minimum) the requirements of the FCA approved MaPS Standards: https://moneyandpensionsservice.org.uk/money-and-pensions-service-standards/ These channels can include but are not limited to; face to face provision, telephone, written communications including the use of web chat and digital provisions. The service will need to be designed to provide assurance that the Quality frameworks being used by delivery partners whether internal or external are effective, robust and in line with contract expectations.

Money and Pensions Service are intending to run a procurement to identify a supplier who will lead the Money Guiders Programme (MGP) Network & Communities Workstream in Scotland for 18 months starting from April 2024. The purpose of this notice is to establish market interest and appetite to deliver this contract. The proposed contract will be for the ongoing management of the Money Guiders Scotland Network in its current form. Information about the current Scotland Network can be found here https://www.improvementservice.org.uk/products-and-services/consultancy-and-support/money-guiders-network The objective of the proposed contract is to maintain and strengthen: • A network of money guidance practitioners across the UK, with a community supported in Scotland, where learning and sharing about good practice is at the heart of the conversation • A community that celebrates the valuable role and work that money guidance practitioners and organisations deliver • Connected communities across the UK that feel part of a movement • A network that delivers tangible benefits for its members and their service users in turn Communities of practice can: 1. Create support networks and so build confidence, 2. Create opportunities for learning & development (social and experiential), 3. Enable knowledge sharing and reduce duplication, 4. Allow scaling and amplification through adopting a common approach (decentralizing assurance / creating common standards), 5. Members collaborate on common issues and challenges to create better practices - experimentation in a safe space. Supplier Specific Criteria: 1. Understanding of the Scotland money guidance landscape, context, challenges and opportunities, 2. Demonstrable experience of developing and delivering engaging and effective online and in person learning events and content, 3. Understanding of the key factors in successful Communities of Practice, 4. Demonstrable experience of developing and delivering learning and support networks, 5. Capability to create, deliver, store and share accessible content through multi-channel platforms including face-to-face and digital, 6. Ability to work collaboratively with MaPS and other organisations in designing and producing content for the Scotland Network programme of events and online spaces, responding in 'real-time' to emerging feedback, 7. Able to provide energetic and upbeat leadership and communication, to a diverse range of organisations and people, with different needs and capabilities, 8. Agile: able to start delivery quickly, adapt to environmental changes and respond accordingly. Anticipated value for this contract is £114,000 + VAT for 18 months. If you would be interested in this opportunity please indicate by sending an email to the commercial inbox commercial@maps.org.uk. We will hold a virtual market engagement event with interested parties on a date to be agreed.