Tenders are invited for facilitation and consultancy work on f3's Sustainable Food Economies project, funded by the Local Food programme of the Big Lottery Fund.

This initiative will produce a process 'toolkit' to support local authorities and other groups in developing food strategies and action plans.

The first stage of the SFE initiative is to produce a ‘toolkit’ to support local authorities and other groups in developing food strategies and action plans in their areas. The toolkit will focus on a process guide, helping local stakeholders to understand what needs doing to create a strategy and action plan, and will include a number of hard copy elements for use in public meetings, as well as an online resource for information gathering and sharing. Drawing on the experience of the pilot areas,  the toolkit will be refined, finalised and published for use by local authorities and groups throughout the country.

Once drafted, the toolkit will be piloted in three locations, engaging local government and a wide range of other stakeholders, including NHS trusts and Transition initiatives.  The aim will be to create a food strategy and action plan which will improve the local economy, build community interactions and meet environmental targets, as well as establishing partnerships and relationships which will ensure continuity beyond the pilot phase.  The programme will run from June 2012 to Nov 2013.

Tenders are invited for the following aspects of this project:

1 -Facilitation of pilot process in Leicester - see facilitation brief
2 -Facilitation of pilot process in Dacorum - see facilitation brief
3 -Facilitation of pilot process in Staffordshire Moorlands - see facilitation brief
4 -Graphics and website -see tender brief

For all tender a common tender form should be used