The Provision of a Volunteering Service for Bolsover District.

Bolsover District Council on behalf of Bolsover Partnership wishes to commission an organisation, or consortium of organisations, that that will provide innovative approaches to increase the capacity of the voluntary sector within the Bolsover district to offer quality volunteering opportunities, and improve collaboration and partnership working across volunteering involving organisations for the benefit of volunteers and the third sector.

To provide, promote and support a diverse range of types of volunteer activity, both formal and informal, that enables and includes all ranges, backgrounds and abilities.

One of the key outcomes for this work is to improve emotional health and well-being by building on and making best use of social capital that exists within communities, and helping local communities to become more self-sufficient and resilient.

How to Express Interest in this Tender: 1.

Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once) - Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/noecpc and click the link to register - Enter your correct business and user details - Note: your username will be the email address you have entered - you will also then shortly receive an email confirmation.

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Once registered access the site and from the Home page hover over 'Tenders' on the tool bar and select 'current tenders' from the drop down options 3.

Express Interest in the tender you are interested in - Select `Express Interest` within the Tender Details ( located at the bottom of the synopsis).

On doing so, you will instantly have access to the Tender Management area for that tender.

Any available documentation will be available via the various relevant tabs.

You can access this area at any point by logging in, navigating to `My Tenders` and selecting `View Details`.

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Responding to the tender - There will be a tab allocated to any tender stage (e.g.

PQQ and/or ITT).

Under the `My Tender Return` area, you will be required to complete any mandatory questionnaires and upload any requested documentation.

You can now use the `Correspondence` function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification (any clarifications will be found within the `Clarifications` tab). - Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete and submit your response. - There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available).

You must then submit your reply using the `Submit Response` button at the bottom of the page.

If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the In-tend Support Desk.

Alerts will be sent to your request email addresses when any correspondence, alterations or clarifications are issued.

The standards and criteria are available in the PQQ/ITT documents available as indicated above.