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Contracting & Procurement - the help we can provide to organisations looking
to get involved in service level agreements and contracting

Voluntary organisations are increasingly being asked to undertake work
on behalf of other organisations. Where this is the case written agreements will be put in place to secure the use of resources to serve those purposes. These will be “Condition of Grant” documents, Service Level Agreements, or Contracts.

The larger the sums of money involved, the more detailed these documents are likely to be. It is vitally important that the terms of these documents are
understood and that the conditions they impose are both achievable and desirable. Equally important is the group’s ability to show that they have delivered the required service.

Should Voluntary organisations get involved with these funding arrangements? For more and more organisations there will not be a choice. And for groups that want to extend the scope of what they do, moving into contracted service delivery arrangements may offer the best way to manage the working arrangements in order to deliver much needed support to vulnerable communities.

West Dunbartonshire CVS can support organisations through the processes of preparing costings and bidding for work, creating systems to deliver, monitor and manage the work being undertaken, reporting to service users, trustees and funders, and reflecting on associated organisational development issues.

For more information and informal discussions about the assistance we can provide, contact us

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