Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bfa-af03-739f-ae0f-a365576ae43d/bbo-a-supporting-people-into-employment-guide closed GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # BBO – Supporting People into Employment Guide [Big Lottery Fund](https://tendernation.io/buyers/big-lottery-fund) Estimated value £27,500 Published 9 Jun 2015 Deadline Closed 6 Jul 2015 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. - Small contract value Valued under £135,018 including VAT, the lowest Procurement Act threshold for goods and services. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender The Big Lottery Fund in England has launched a new grant programme called Building Better Opportunities (BBO). This is a joint programme of European funding (European Social Fund) and our lottery money. The investment is focussing on supporting people into employment. We want to support all applicants to Building Better Opportunities with good practice information about how to help people into employment. We believe that information already exists, but is not easily accessible. We want this brought together into a single, engaging, plain English resource for BBO applicants. The Fund is seeking a service provider that will provide a practical good practice guide to supporting people into employment. The good practice guide will support all applicants equally in the design of their bids to BBO. We believe that without such a guide, there is a higher risk of lower quality applications being submitted to BBO, and therefore the programme as a whole being less impactful. We do not want the guide to be prescriptive in tone, i.e setting out a ‘template’ for applicants to follow. Instead, we want a guide that clearly sets out in one place what good practice is already available against a set of themes. Further details are set out in the attached ITT. The estimated contract term is for up to 1 year and 3 months starting from the end of July 2015. The total costs for all services over the term of the contract shall not exceed £33,000 inclusive VAT and expenses. Additional information: Further detailed information about this opportunity is set out in the ITT attached. If you are interested in this opportunity please read all requirements and instructions in the ITT and submit your tender response before the tender deadline on 6 July 2015. All interested bidders must submit an electronic copy of your tender response in a zip folder to Tim Gill at quoting reference BIG001-0611 no later than 12.00 Noon on 6 July 2015. Read full description ## CPV classification Social research services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/79587959-adc8-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. 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