Following a competitive call for competition
process, GMCA wishes to award a contract for services of
£500,000 (10% of the contract value) for the GMCA Community
Grants Managing Agent (MA) to Workers’ Educational
Association. This forms part of the delivery of the GM Multiply
Scheme, Adult Education Budget and UK Shared Prosperity Fund in
Greater Manchester. Delivery will take place from October 2023 and
all contract activity must conclude by 31 March 2025.
The Managing Agent (MA) will receive a management fee of
£500,000 to administer grant funding to organisations.
However, the total grant funding which will be available to
organisations is worth £4,555,300.00. This means that total
budget for this project is £5,055,300.00.
The Managing Agent will flow through this grant funding to
organisations who will submit bids in response to “call for
applications” and claim this spend retrospectively from GMCA
on a quarterly basis.
GMCA will pay for actual spend related to the award of grants on
production of the following
1. Quarterly reporting, which will include
a. Project title
b. Financial value
c. Organisation awarded
d. Brief description of the project
e. Current progress
2. Evidence provided will include
a. Invoices from Grantees
b. Completed subsidy checklist
3. GMCA will also sample check additional evidence on a regular
basis to see defrayed expenditure