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Monaghan County Council/LCDC invites tenders for provision of services in support of the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme 2018 - 2022 (SICAP) which is the successor programme to the previous iteration of SICAP 2015 - 2017. Monaghan County Council/LCDC is the contracting authority for this tender and will oversee the implementation of SICAP, supported by the department of housing, planning, community and local government and Pobal. SICAP has 2 programme goals; goal 1 community development and goal 2 (individual supports). A common approach across both goals is that each contains activities which are focused on the most disadvantaged groups and individuals and are underpinned by community development principals and approaches. Tenderers will be reminded of their obligations to ensure sufficient regard to communities of interest and to collaborate with national organisations and any local networks also funded via SICAP and Government. SICAP will have close synergies with other national, regional and local strategies for community development and activation and will link programme participants into relevant programmes and services. The contract is being awarded in 1 Lot. The detail is as follows:
2018 — Lot-Monaghan County 34-1 value 631 656 EUR. Please note that the contract is for a maximum period of 5 years, subject on an annual basis to budget availability and satisfactory performance. Please note the department has the right as its sole discretion to extend the programme by a further 12 month period. This programme is being run on a national basis by each individual local authority/LCDC. A total of 51 individual contracts are being awarded across the 31 local authority areas/33 LCDCs. Tenderers can submit tenders for all lots, and indeed lots as being awarded across all LCDCs. Please note however the maximum number of lots any 1 economic operator can win is 5.