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Re-Procurement of Multi-LOT framework to support SPort England and associated contracting authorities with technical and design services to support Place expansion and development work.

SE1184 aims to re-procure a multi-provider, multi-LOT Framework to support Sport England's Active Environments priority whilst further contributing to delivery against our place expansion, future of public leisure and wider planning work. The Framework, promoting active spaces and healthier communities, provides high-quality consultancy services for the sport and leisure sector. Consultants now play a significant role in strategic planning and investment projects for local authorities, aligning with Sport England's guidelines. With 43% of Local Authorities requesting to access it, the Framework streamlines procurement, saves time, and facilitates collaboration with Sport England. Users value the expertise and express strong interest in its continued use. The Active Environments Framework provides consistent, high-quality consultancy support to help organisations, such as Local Authorities, Active Partnerships, and System Partners, address capacity and capability challenges. It also serves as a tool for Sport England to influence external investment and protect Lottery funding. Internally, the Framework allows for commissioning work without needing extensive procurement or legal involvement, saving both time and resources, especially important in areas under strain. With significant engagement 2,098 webpage views, 2,359 downloads, and 180+ access requests, the Framework is crucial for Place Expansion, giving Active Partnerships and Local Authorities access to specialised support in Strategic Outcome Planning, Leisure Services, Needs Assessments, Town Planning, and Urban Design. As we move into the next phase of Place Expansion, the Framework will continue to empower Sport England to influence consultancy quality and approaches, ultimately strengthening guidance and knowledge-building within the sector, particularly public services. This in turn means we see better strategic decision making across authorities which are more outcomes driven and aligned to UTM. Services delivered under the current iteration of the framework (likely to be same/similar subject to discussion and development post market engagement) A - Strategic Outcome Planning (SOP) and Leisure Service Delivery (LSD) B - Assessments of Need C - Town Planning Services D - Urban Design Services Additional information: Market Engagement Session: 4th March 2025 Time: 14:00 - 15:00pm via Microsoft Teams Sport England are hosting an engagement session with prospective suppliers for the Active Environments Procurement. It will be a chance to hear from the team about the Active Environments Framework and future plans, along with procurement process and timescales ahead of the ITT being issued. To receive joining instructions please email : procurement@sportengland.org stating name of your organisation and attendee(s) email address to send Teams link to.

Sport England are aiming to procure a supplier, or consortium of suppliers, through a single contract to maintain the continuity of the MC service for existing users and further develop the data collection, analysis and improvement service to understand physical activity levels and their wider impact in places across England. Key Objectives: The service should help to achieve the following objectives: Provide national data collection and dashboard reporting on participation levels to support policy and decision making. Sport England will be a primary user of this and will use the platform to inform work with wider stakeholders, including central government. Provide local data collection and reporting to support local authorities in the management and delivery of their strategies to achieve their local strategic outcomes. Demonstrate how physical activity contributes to wider outcomes for local communities and articulate the impacts on population health, wellbeing and the social value of services to elected members and stakeholders. Provide benchmarking across key performance measures to allow comparison to other key metrics. Maintain relevant user access levels to build confidence and trust in the service depending a user's role and interest of a particular group (e.g. leisure operators view of their public leisure centre data only) Promote and facilitate knowledge sharing and use of the data/findings across stakeholders to build capacity and capability, share lessons learnt and best practice to influence place-based delivery at scale. Drive a baseline level of compliance accreditation across leisure facilities with the primary objective of raising standards across the physical activity sector in the UK  Establish developmental priorities based on use of the platform as they emerge both locally and nationally to innovate and improve the approach. Provide data to the National Evaluation and Learning Partner and where relevant, other teams in Sport England, to fulfil the commitment made as part of the wider evaluation and learning approach. Additional information: Market Engagement Session: Thursday 24th October 2024 Time: 10.00 - 11.00 AM via Microsoft Teams Sport England are hosting an engagement session with prospective suppliers for the Moving Communities Procurement. It will be a chance to hear from the team about the Moving Communities project ahead of the ITT being issued. To receive joining instructions please email : procurement@sportengland.org

Sport England is seeking to build on the success of its ground-breaking Active Lives Adult and Children's surveys which measure the activity levels of people across England. The purpose of this notice is to alert potential suppliers of upcoming market engagement for the provision of these surveys. Active Lives Adult Survey (SE1179) Market Engagement - An "open" webinar with Q&A for interested parties, which will be held on the 19th August 2024 at 10am. - 1-2-1 sessions to discuss the outlined scope, offered on a first-come-first served basis across the 20th August. Active Lives Children's Survey (SE1180) - An "open" webinar with Q&A for interested parties, which will be held on the 22nd August 2024 at 11am. - 1-2-1 sessions to discuss the outlined scope, offered on a first-come-first served basis across the 27th and 28th August. The market engagement sessions will not be recorded, however the materials from the session including Q&A will be added to this notice following conclusion of the sessions. It is envisaged at this stage that the Active Lives Adult Survey (SE1179) and Active Lives Children's Survey (SE1180) will be procured separately however this may be subject to change. Please note this is a future opportunity notice and not a call for competition. Sport England reserves the right to discontinue the process at any time and the publication of this notice does not commit Sport England to conduct a procurement process in relation to the requirements. The information provided here is indicative and will be shaped by the market engagement process. A form is provided on this notice if you wish to provide feedback to the project team at this stage.

Notice Updated to include engagement slides and Q&As SE1168 - Buddle Support Services - Supplier Engagement Notice Sport England recognises the importance of community clubs and groups in the network of opportunities for people to be physically active. Buddle is Sport England's programme to provide support volunteers running these organisations and the professional workforce who support them. The Buddle website has free, convenient and practical resources for community organisations that deliver sport and physical activity, helping them grow and become more sustainable and successful. The programme also includes delivery of workshops and webinars (face to face and on-line) to create practical learning and networking opportunities for volunteers and the professional workforce. We will shortly be going out to tender for services to deliver the Buddle programme from April 2025 through to March 2028. Description Sport England is committed to supporting clubs and community groups who provide opportunities for sport and physical activity. We want to support these organisations to provide positive opportunities and embed inclusion, diversity and equitable practice Sport England's Buddle programme centres around a website providing free, convenient and practical resources for clubs and groups, helping them grow and become more sustainable and successful. Buddle also includes delivery of free workshops and webinars (face to face and on-line) to create practical learning and networking opportunities for volunteers and the professional workforce. Buddle.co The programme is made up of three delivery elements: - Stakeholder engagement, content development and programme co-ordination - Workshops and learning development - Buddle Programme evaluation The objectives for this work are: Engage and collaborate with a wide range of stakeholder and partners who can support creation of content and promote Buddle across their networks/membership. Create engaging and relevant web content based on a sound understanding of the needs of volunteers and the professional workforce who support them. Organise and deliver the existing suite of Buddle workshops (face to face and on-line) and continue to evolve and develop the workshop offer. Showcase best practice from across the sector Clear alignment of the Buddle programme to Uniting the Movement ambitions. Evaluation of both the operational and strategic impact of the programme. Additional information: Please use the following link to register for the following session:

Sport England is seeking to build on the success of its ground-breaking Active Lives Adult and Children's surveys which measure the activity levels of people across England. The purpose of this notice is to alert potential suppliers of a future procurement for the provision of these surveys. We expect to conduct market engagement in relation to this opportunity in September 2024. It is envisaged at this stage that the Active Lives Adult Survey and Active Lives Children's Survey will be procured separately however this may be subject to change. Please note this is a future opportunity notice and not a call for competition. Sport England reserves the right to discontinue the process at any time and the publication of this notice does not commit Sport England to conduct a procurement process in relation to the requirements. The information provided here is indicative and will be shaped by market engagement. Further information in relation to market engagement will be published on Contracts Finder at a later date in 2024. A form is provided on this notice if you wish to provide feedback to the project team at this stage.

Sport England is providing prior notice to interested suppliers on the forthcoming Place National Evaluation and Learning Partner procurement. The contract value is estimated at up to £3.4m over 4 years. The procurement will go live at the beginning of May 2024, with the intention to award the contract to the winning supplier - or consortium of suppliers - during October 2024. On the 16th April 2024, we would like to invite interested organisations to attend an online session to hear about, discuss and inform the Place National Evaluation and Learning Partner procurement. This is for our £250m investment into Place Expansion across England. More information regarding Sport England's Place Expansion can be found here: https://www.sportengland.org/funds-and-campaigns/place-partnerships Sport England is committed to high quality, relevant, and rigorous, evaluation which is inclusive and accessible, integrated as part of the work, and facilitates learning and action to improve. We are looking for a National Evaluation and Learning Partner who can enable the places we directly invest in, or organisations who access supports from the Universal Offer, and for colleagues internally, to feel equipped, comfortable, and confident, in: 1. Whole-system and place-based approaches to physical activity 2. Ways of evaluating and evidencing whole-system and place-based approaches to physical activity, which correspond with key principles. 3. Using evaluation and learning to facilitate collective sense-making and action. 4. Understanding, explaining, and presenting progress and impact. We are also looking for a Place National Evaluation and Learning Partner who can: 1. Iteratively update and build on the knowledge and understanding of whole-systems and place-based approaches so far, through different types of data and sources of data. 2. Produce and facilitate sense-making of findings and learning in relation to key topics, specific outcome pathways, and in contributing to the four strategic aims of Uniting the Movement. This will be guided by the implementation of Sport England's Place Evaluation and Learning Approach which will be shared during the Supplier Market Engagement session and specified within the Invitation To Tender documentation. Further information on Sport England's Evaluation and Learning Approach for Uniting the Movement can be found here: https://www.sportengland.org/guidance-and-support/evaluation-and-learning. The procurement of the Place National Evaluation and Learning Partner builds on our current place evaluation and learning work, and will sit alongside our existing System Partner Evaluation (SE1061) and Learning contract and the Open Funding Evaluation and Learning (SE1157) opportunity that is due to be published in March 2024. Together, these contracts will form three pillars of evaluation across all the main Sport England funding streams. Additional information: Interested suppliers can book to attend an open webinar with the Sport England Place Evaluation and Learning Working Group, taking place on 10am on Tuesday 16th April 2024 over MS Teams. This will be an opportunity for you to find out more about the forthcoming procurement, provide feedback and ask questions about the work. A registration link is provided on this notice. We are also opening up the opportunity for 1:1 conversation with colleagues from Sport England Place Evaluation and Learning Working Group regarding this procurement. These 30-minute slots are available on a first-come, first-served basis. This is an opportunity to discuss project specifics, ask further questions, and explore any other relevant topics. A booking link is provided on this notice. If no slots are available, all sessions are booked. Slides from the webinar, alongside Q&A from both the webinar and individual conversations will be attached to this notice once complete. Update 25th April 2024 - notice updated to include the slides and Q&A from the session.

Sport England is committed to 'creating a leadership community' with ‘a strong connection to tackling inequalities’. This programme aims to focus on how leadership development can support this ambition, by concentrating on diversity, equity and inclusion practices and evolving systems thinking. The consolidated offer will have four, interconnected, delivery elements: • Knowledge Hub & connecting networks • Coaching & Mentoring offer for individuals and/or teams • Place-based leadership programme aligned to place expansion • Impact, Evaluation & Learning partner The objectives for this work are: • champion leadership development and learning culture for all as a priority for tackling inequalities. • increase and retain the proportion of leaders from diverse backgrounds • leaders to feel better equipped to tackle inequalities in their work and the Sport and Physical Activity (SPA) system • leaders to work together to embed inclusive SPA in society/their system.

Sport England is inviting interested suppliers to attend an online session to hear about, discuss and inform a forthcoming procurement for an evaluation, learning and innovation partner for its new Open Fund. The contract value is estimated at up to £2.5m over 4-5 years. The Open Fund is a new four-year funding programme that will launch in April 2024. The £160m fund will invest in and support thousands of organisations and projects to deliver grassroots sport and physical activity across the whole of England as part of Uniting the Movement. It is being designed to meet the needs of communities, organisations and stakeholders not covered by Sport England's existing investments into Partners, Place and Campaigns. Most Open Fund investments will be less than £50k and will go towards a wide variety of local community organisations and projects. It will also include an expansion of our crowdfunding programme Active Together, and over time expand to be able to support a small number of larger national strategic investments. Sport England is designing the Open Fund as a new user-led 'service' which aims to move the investment process closer to communities. This includes commitments to: - Provide a simple, easy and accessible application process, including improved information and tools - Favour those people and communities where the need is greatest - Allocate portions of the Fund to local 'Investment partners' to help manage and distribute - Follow an Investment Charter based around user-led principles and comprehensive user and stakeholder feedback - Be driven by our values: Ambitious, Innovative, Inclusive and Collaborative - Proportionate evaluation and learning that is valued by all parties We want to procure a supplier - or consortium of suppliers - to help us measure and evaluate the contribution of the Open Fund to the four strategic aims of Uniting the Movement, learn about what is working including how Sport England administers the Fund, and support the evolution and development of the Fund including an explicit focus on innovation. Further information on the project can be found in the short video attached to this notice. We ask that interested parties watch this video before attending the engagement session, which provides further background and context. Additional information: Interested suppliers can book to attend an open session with the Sport England project team, taking place from 2-3pm on Wednesday 17th January 2024 over MS Teams. This will be an opportunity for you to find out more about the forthcoming procurement, provide feedback and ask questions about the work, and meet other suppliers who may wish to collaborate. We will use the sessions to help us finalise the brief.

Sport England is committed to creating a leadership community with a strong connection to tackling inequalities. This programme aims to focus on how leadership development can support this ambition, by concentrating on diversity, equity and inclusion practices and evolving systems thinking. The consolidated offer will have four, interconnected, delivery elements: - Knowledge Hub & connecting networks - Coaching & Mentoring offer for individuals and/or teams - Place-based leadership programme aligned to place expansion - Impact, Evaluation & Learning partner The objectives for this work are: - champion leadership development and learning culture for all as a priority for tackling inequalities - increase and retain the proportion of leaders from diverse backgrounds - leaders to feel better equipped to tackle inequalities in their work and the Sport and Physical Activity (SPA) system - leaders to work together to embed inclusive SPA in society/their system. Additional information: Sport England would like to invite interested suppliers to a Pre-Market Engagement Supplier Event in relation to an imminent requirement for services. The purpose of this Pre-Market Engagement is to: a) Alert the market to a potential opportunity, including proposed timetable b) Provide an overview of Leading the Movement programme and strategic fit in Uniting the Movement c) Test the scope and feasibility of our requirements to help confirm our priorities for the Brief/ ITT d) Seek feedback and soft-market testing in order to refine our requirements Please note that not attending the supplier engagement session will not disadvantage suppliers. A copy of the presentation and minutes of the Q&A's will be provided following the event via the e-sourcing portal and issued within any subsequent procurement exercise. Consortium bids will be considered. Event Details: Location of Event: Remote access via Microsoft Teams Each Lot on the following dates:

Sport England is committed to 'creating a leadership community' with ‘a strong connection to tackling inequalities’. This programme aims to focus on how leadership development can support this ambition, by concentrating on diversity, equity and inclusion practices and evolving systems thinking. The consolidated offer will have four, interconnected, delivery elements: • Knowledge Hub & connecting networks • Coaching & Mentoring offer for individuals and/or teams • Place-based leadership programme aligned to place expansion • Impact, Evaluation & Learning partner The objectives for this work are: • champion leadership development and learning culture for all as a priority for tackling inequalities. • increase and retain the proportion of leaders from diverse backgrounds • leaders to feel better equipped to tackle inequalities in their work and the Sport and Physical Activity (SPA) system • leaders to work together to embed inclusive SPA in society/their system.

Sport England is committed to 'creating a leadership community' with ‘a strong connection to tackling inequalities’. This programme aims to focus on how leadership development can support this ambition, by concentrating on diversity, equity and inclusion practices and evolving systems thinking. The consolidated offer will have four, interconnected, delivery elements: • Knowledge Hub & connecting networks • Coaching & Mentoring offer for individuals and/or teams • Place-based leadership programme aligned to place expansion • Impact, Evaluation & Learning partner The objectives for this work are: • champion leadership development and learning culture for all as a priority for tackling inequalities and influence beyond our investment • increase and retain the proportion of leaders from diverse backgrounds • leaders to feel better equipped to tackle inequalities in their work and the Sport and Physical Activity (SPA) system • leaders to work together (accessing network support opportunities) to embed inclusive SPA in society/their system.

Sport England is inviting interested suppliers to attend an online session to hear about, discuss and inform a forthcoming procurement for an evaluation, learning and innovation partner for its new Open Fund. The contract value is estimated at up to £2.5m over 4-5 years. The Open Fund is a new four-year funding programme that will launch in April 2024. The £160m fund will invest in and support thousands of organisations and projects to deliver grassroots sport and physical activity across the whole of England as part of Uniting the Movement. It is being designed to meet the needs of communities, organisations and stakeholders not covered by Sport England’s existing investments into Partners, Place and Campaigns. Most Open Fund investments will be less than £50k and will go towards a wide variety of local community organisations and projects. It will also include an expansion of our crowdfunding programme Active Together, and over time expand to be able to support a small number of larger national strategic investments. Sport England is designing the Open Fund as a new user-led ‘service’ which aims to move the investment process closer to communities. This includes commitments to: • Provide a simple, easy and accessible application process, including improved information and tools • Favour those people and communities where the need is greatest • Allocate portions of the Fund to local ‘Investment partners’ to help manage and distribute • Follow an Investment Charter based around user-led principles and comprehensive user and stakeholder feedback • Be driven by our values: Ambitious, Innovative, Inclusive and Collaborative • Proportionate evaluation and learning that is valued by all parties We want to procure a supplier – or consortium of suppliers – to help us measure and evaluate the contribution of the Open Fund to the four strategic aims of Uniting the Movement, learn about what is working including how Sport England administers the Fund, and support the evolution and development of the Fund including an explicit focus on innovation. Interested suppliers can book to attend an open session with the Sport England project team, taking place from 2-3pm on Wednesday 17th January 2024 over MS Teams. This will be an opportunity for you to find out more about the forthcoming procurement, provide feedback and ask questions about the work, and meet other suppliers who may wish to collaborate. We will use the sessions to help us finalise the brief. You can book onto the session here: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e775c32a-f72c-4343-8e20-dce254651de0@c8aa047b-166f-4855-90ea-b8ab9d872d1d

Sport England shall be looking to enter into Framework/s in 2023 for Design and Technical Assurance Consultancy Services. The Framework/s shall be multi-provider and is expected to contain two Lots for 1: Design and 2: Technical Assurance - this is not a call for competition, but market engagement

Sport England shall be looking to enter into Framework/s in 2023 for Design and Technical Assurance Consultancy Services. The Framework/s shall be multi-provider and is expected to contain two Lots for 1: Design and 2: Technical Assurance

Sport England is inviting interested suppliers to attend an online meeting with them to discuss and inform a forthcoming procurement to model the overall contribution of its work to four strategic outcomes. The contract value is estimated at £100,000 over 2-3 years with the possibility of an extension. Sport England funds, supports and delivers a diverse range of investments and programmes of work, all designed to contribute to its national strategy Uniting the Movement and four outcomes: increasing activity, decreasing inactivity, providing a good experience for children and young people, and reducing inequalities in participation. Our work includes some direct provision of physical activity opportunities where the impact on these four outcomes is straightforward to evidence. But most of our work is concerned with effecting systemic change - such as governance, leadership, safeguarding and capability-building - where the direct impact on these four outcomes is more difficult to show. We want to procure a supplier to explore the feasibility of, and potentially carry out, a way of modelling the overall contribution of our work to these four outcomes, using a variety of data collected from evaluation, research, monitoring and other sources. This modelling will provide us with greater confidence and clarity about the contribution of our work, improve our ability to communicate and report on it, and help us improve the data we collect. Interested suppliers can book an individual 30-minute discussion over MS Teams with the Sport England project team on Wednesday 28th June, Friday 30th June or Wednesday 5th July. This will be an opportunity for you to provide feedback and ask questions about the work, which in turn will help us to finalise the brief. You can request a discussion through the following online calendar: https://tinyurl.com/5h8abah6 by 5pm on Monday 26th June. Please include the names of your proposed attendees and we will then contact you to confirm final arrangements. Additional information: A video recording (10 minutes) is attached with more detail about this work.

Sport England’s current Grant Management System has been in place for a number of years and is coming to the end of its natural life. Sport England is seeking to replace this Gant Management System.

Sport England is looking to create an updated model of the social value of sport and physical activity in England, plus two further annual updates. We are seeking to award a contract with a suitably capable Contractor to provide these Goods and Services for a term of 3 years. The anticipated contract value is £150,000 over the 3 years. Building on the previous work in this area we are interested in seeking new ideas and approaches that your company could offer and bring to this crucial work. Potential contractors who are interested to discuss the project in more detail are invited to book an individual 30 minute MS Teams session with the Sport England project team on Monday 6th March (a slot between 9:30-13:00) or Wednesday 8th March (a slot between 12:30-14:30). This will be an opportunity for you to feedback on the draft requirements / specification of the model outlined below and to ask us anything you would like to know. Please let us know by Friday 3rd March if you are interested in attending a session by using the message function on Bravo and we will allocate you a specific time slot (in your message please indicate those times you would be available to meet on the dates provided above). Additional information: Potential contractors who are interested to discuss the project in more detail are invited to book an individual 30 minute MS Teams session with the Sport England project team on Monday 6th March (a slot between 9:30-13:00) or Wednesday 8th March (a slot between 12:30-14:30). This will be an opportunity for you to feedback on the draft requirements / specification of the model outlined below and to ask us anything you would like to know. Please let us know by Friday 3rd March if you are interested in attending a session by using the message function on our eSourcing portal; Bravo (https://sportengland.bravosolution.co.uk) under ITT 288 - SE1103 - Social Value Model For Sport and Physical Activity - Supplier Engagement, and we will allocate you a specific time slot (in your message please indicate those times you would be available to meet on the dates provided above).

Sport England would like to invite suppliers to a virtual early engagement session to discuss the Collective Evaluation and Learning for System Partners on the 10th January. Sport England's strategy Uniting the Movement was launched in 2021. At the heart of the strategy is a commitment to tackle inequalities and unlock the advantages of sport and physical activity for everyone. We are revolutionising our long-term partnership approach through how we invest in and support partners. These long-term partners, or System Partners, play a significant role in the sport and physical activity system, and ultimately have a critical role in implementing Uniting the Movement. Through the System Partner work we want to make the most of our collective resources and capabilities to tackle inequalities. We need to develop ways to track change, understand impact and learn together so that we can continually improve. We have been collaborating with System Partners to develop our thinking about what needs to be included in the Collective Evaluation and Learning for System Partners. Our hypothesis is that by improving our effectiveness as individual organisations (Better Organisations) and improving the connections and collaboration between us as a group of partners (Better Connected Systems) we will maximise our overall contribution to the shared ambitions of Uniting the Movement (Better Community Impact). The evaluation, and subsequent learning, will act as a catalyst to enhance how we work to develop our collaborative approach and understand the success of this work. We are therefore, looking to appoint an Evaluation and Learning Partner to help manage and support the collective evaluation and learning. The Evaluation and Learning Partner will play a critical role in ensuring the evaluation meets the needs of partners and Sport England. If you would like to understand more then please register your interest by sharing the contact names and email addresses of your proposed attendees to Procurement@SportEngland.org 24th January 2023 UPDATE: The recording from the session can now been found at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCuCfPJibsU The slides from the session have been attached to this notice.

Sport England's strategy Uniting the Movement was launched in 2021. At the heart of the strategy is a commitment to tackle inequalities and unlock the advantages of sport and physical activity for everyone. Further information regarding our strategy and aims can be found at https://www.sportengland.org/about-us/uniting-movement In early 2023, Sport England will look for a partner to support the delivery of the next phase of our organisational development programme.