What Happens Next?
A4e FND Selection Process & Timescales
| Stage |
Timescales |
| Register your Interest online |
As soon as possible but no later than midday 12th September 2008 |
| Your Registration of Interest will be considered by the FND District Panel |
As soon as possible but no later than 12th September 2008* |
| Decisions will be communicated to everyone who registered an interest |
By 15th September 2008 |
| If successful, you will be invited to complete a Partnership Application form |
By 19th September 2008* |
| Your Partnership Application form will be assessed by the FND district panel against A4e’s published selection criteria (this will be provided in the guidance for applicants) |
By 26th September 2008 |
| Decisions will be communicated to everyone who submitted a Partnership Application form |
By 29th September 2008 |
| If successful, your Partnership Manager will contact you to discuss your proposal further |
By 3rd October 2008 |
| More detailed feedback will be given to unsuccessful applicants at both stages |
By 19th December 2008 |
* Registrations of Interest will be considered by the FND District panel on a rolling basis to provide as many successful organisations as possible the maximum amount of time to complete the Partnership Application form. Unfortunately, due to the overall timescales of the FND bidding process we are unable to extend the deadline for completion of Partnership Application forms and appreciate that this could pose challenges to some later applicants. As a result, we have tried to ensure that the Partnership Application form is simple and easy to complete, clear guidance will be issued and dedicated support will be available throughout to make this process as straightforward as possible.
Additional Information
We have designed this process to be open and transparent, to provide opportunities to applicants from all sectors and to enable A4e to select the best possible partners to deliver FND in the Districts in which we are successful. However, we anticipate that some Districts may have specific needs and A4e reserves the right to proactively identify specialist providers should these needs not be addressed sufficiently by the applicants in this process. All applicants will be subject to the same level of assessment and scrutiny against A4e’s published selection criteria.