CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

The Economic Benefit of Employee Ownership in Wales

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Cwmpas requires a Contractor(s) to research the economic impact of employee ownership in Wales. This will include assessing the costs of transferring ownership to the employees as well as the economic growth and the impact of that growth post transition.

The research will include looking at businesses that have successfully transferred ownership to their employees in Wales and assess: -

• The level of growth within the business (if any) to include turnover, profits and number of employees, since the point of transfer.

• Plans for future growth within the business.

• The level of engagement of staff since the point of transfer.

• Additional financial rewards/incentives received by staff since transfer.

• Additional financial rewards/incentives planned for staff in the future.

• The well-being of staff and how this compares to people employed in traditional (non-employee owned) businesses.

• The impact on staff and exiting owners about the transfer process and how they feel about the business post transfer.

• What the impact would have been if the employee ownership route had not been pursued.

The research will deliver a report that looks at the costs and benefits of employee ownership in Wales currently. It will also provide a view of future economic benefits that could be achieved from increasing the size and scale of employee-owned businesses in Wales.

The final report will be completed by 31st December 2022.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=123177.

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

£25,000 Inc VAT

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

Credible and Practical Approach - To be successful a bidder must score a minimum of 300 in this section

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

EBOEW Research

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

(WA Ref:123177)

Relates to the following project/programme financed by EU Community Funds: Social Business Wales

The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice