Modern Slavery Innovation Fund Phase 2

The Home Office is seeking to allocate the remaining £5 million from the Modern Slavery Innovation Fund (MSIF) for ODA-eligible modern slavery projects (preferably ranging from £300k-£800k) running from April 2019 to March 2021.

Background: The £11 million MSIF, a subset of the Home Office's £33.5 million Modern Slavery Fund, seeks to support innovative approaches to tackling modern slavery. The first £6 million of MSIF grants was awarded following a competitive selection process in March 2017. These projects, running to March 2019, are directly supporting victims of slavery, building the evidence base, tackling slavery in supply chains and helping to share skills and expertise with overseas partners.

For Phase 2, the Home Office is proposing to award a total of £5 million of grant funding ("Funding") for proposals that deliver on the priorities identified in the global Call to Action to End Forced Labour, Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking. The Home Office is also interested in bids that make innovative use of technology or tackle child sexual exploitation, although these are not essential requirements. Bidders are encouraged to submit proposals that run for the full two-years of funding availability from April 2019 to March 2021.

All proposals must be made, and will be evaluated using, the online questionnaire hosted on the Crown Commercial Services (CCS) eSourcing portal.

Successful organisations will be allocated funding centrally via a Grant Agreement from the Home Office.

To take part in this opportunity, please see the guidance below. Email/ hard copy submissions will not be accepted.

HOW TO APPLY

1.Interested organisations must first be registered as a 'Supplier' on the eSourcing Suite to participate: If you have not already done so, please use the following link https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk. Registration can take up to 10 working days.

2.Instructions on how to use the portal can be found in the 'e-Sourcing - Supplier Guidance'.

3.To register, you must have a valid DUNS number (provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so.

4.If you do not have a DUNS number, please contact D&B UK directly on 0870 243 2344 (option 3), or online at http://www.dnb.co.uk/duns-form.asp.

5.Registration on the CCS Portal alone will NOT give you access to the CfP documents. Once registered on the portal, please email the Authority's mailbox MSIF_Phase2@homeoffice.gov.uk and ask to be added to the event stating, "Modern Slavery Innovation Fund (Phase 2) - portal access" in the subject title.

6.Please note the email address used to register on the portal must be the same you advise MSIF_Phase2@homeoffice.gov.uk Once added, all further communications including the submission of your online bid will be via the portal.

7.If you have any technical difficulties concerning the CCS eSourcing portal, contact eEnablement@crowncommercial.gov.uk) for help.

Additional information: For consortium bids, one organisation must be identified as the 'lead partner' in the consortium, and will sign a grant agreement with the Home Office and act as the lead of the consortium, while other partners take part in the implementation as 'Delivery Partners'.