Procurement of a Crowdfunding Platform and Associated Services

Sport Wales is seeking to appoint a Provider for a crowdfunding platform, providing coaching and support to projects need to generate alternative sources of investment to sustain their organisations. The platform must provide a rewards-based incentive approach. The high-level purpose of the crowdfunding platform is to deliver community rewards-based campaigns, for not-for-profit organisations and clubs, under the brand ‘A Place for Sport’ to:

• Raise awareness of crowdfunding as an alternative source of investment in the sport & physical activity sectors.
• Build capacity & capability in the sector to fundraise, secure grant investment and enhance volunteer skills.
• Develop understanding of social media as a tool to support organisations build resilience.
• Amplify the use of public funding. This will be done by working with Sport Wales’s selected cohort of projects to develop, design and deliver community-based rewards based crowdfunding campaigns, providing coaching and support to them, capture learning on the financial as well as non-financial benefits achieved. The Contract has an anticipated annual value of £30k pa for Sport Wales costs. Any additional ongoing service costs based on user numbers engaging successful with the platform should also be included in the tender submission.