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NAVCA named as a delivery partner for IDeA National Programme for Third Sector Commissioning
IDeA has been awared the contractor for the second phase of the National Programme for Third Sector Commissioning by the Office of the Third Sector (OTS) and they have recruited third sector partners, including NAVCA, to help deliver the programme.
The programme runs until March 2011 and will improve the contribution of third sector organisations to the design and delivery of public services. The programme will also develop the commissioning skills and bidding capacity of third sector organisations.
As a delivery partner NAVCA, through its members, will provide direct support with tenders to 150 organisations who are new to bidding or have been unsuccessful in bidding for contracts in the past. NAVCA will also capture the learning from this work and make it more widely available, benefiting other third sector organisations.
Pauline Kimantas, NAVCA's Local Commissioning and Procurement Manager, said "Third sector organisations want to be more involved in the design and delivery of public services but there is not a level playing field. We are delighted to be part of a programme to create fairer commissioning processes." NAVCA will specifically be working with our members to assist local third sector organisations who are either new to bidding or have been unsucessful in the past. We will help them get over someof the hurdles third sector organisations face and use what we learn to improve commissioning processes for all local groups."