Competitive tendering for local infrastructure funding - a
checklist (Word, 51 KB) (NAVCA)
Guide to European Procurement Directives for voluntary
organisations updated November 2006 (Word, 79 KB) (Public Law
Project)
All the links below will take you to away from the NAVCA
website.
Cabinet Office Third Sector survey on social
clauses
Small
Business Concordat: Good practice guide
(DCLG)
Aggregation: Is bigger always better?
(Office of Government Commerce)
Evaluation of Commissioning the Voluntary Sector with a Capacity
Building Model of Commissioning
(Sandwell Children's Fund/DfES)
Before signing on the dotted line
(NCVO Sustainable Funding Project)
More for your Money - a guide to procuring
from social enterprises for local authorities (Social Enterprise
Coalition)
Think smart ... think voluntary sector!
(Office of Government Commerce)
The
Grantmaking Tango: Julia Unwin offers a fresh approach to
funding the work of the VCS with her 'giving, buying, investing'
model
Guidance
to Funders: Improving funding relationships for voluntary and
community organisations (HM Treasury)
Winning Public Sector Contracts
A short
common sense briefing paper by Business Link mostly for SMEs but
perfectly suitable for VCOs too.
Surer Funding
The Surer Funding: acevo Commission of Inquiry Report proposes a
bold new framework of financial incentives to bridge the gap
between government policy and the reality of practice on the
ground. The report's recommendations are based on a year's research
by New Philanthropy Capital, involving over 200 acevo members.
Price £24.50 from acevo.
Tender Readiness
Toolkit (SCEDU)
Commissioning Children's Services and the role
of the voluntary and community sector (NCH)
Developing the Voluntary Sector Role in Public
Service Delivery in South Tees (Gordon Associates UK
Ltd)
The Gershon Efficiency Review (HM
Treasury)
National Procurement Strategy for Local
Government (ODPM)
Procurement and Partnership (New Local
Government Network)
Getting better delivery: Guidance for effective working with
frontline providers of post-16 training, learning and community
based programmes (DfES)
TUPE factsheet for voluntary and community organisations
(Workforce Hub)