Collaborate for Commissioning

bassac has developed a range of self-help and capacity building guides to enable you to tender for and deliver public services.

Welcome to Collaborate for Commissioning, a project supporting community anchor organisations to participate in the commissioning agenda.

Community anchor and smaller community organisations are well placed to tender for public services contracts, especially when working in collaboration. How can they work together to optimise each other's strengths to benefit their community?

Explore our user-friendly resources, discover how key players collaborated and overcame the challenges. Find a working model that suits you and take advantage of these opportunities.

Did you know?

In 2007 over 50 per cent of the income in the voluntary and community sector was earned, the majority from public services under contract. Over the last eight years, voluntary and community sector organisations have reported an increase in income from contracted work and a decrease in funding from grants.

Collaborate for Commissioning is funded by the IDeA, under the National Programme for Third Sector Commissioning (NPTSC).