I’ve just been reading the following report from the JEP:
GRANTS to local charities are being funded from emergency reserves this year because the States are still in the process of reorganising how Channel Islands Lottery profits should be distributed.
A decision was made towards the end of last year by States officials to tender for the job of distributing CI Lottery money – a role that has traditionally been performed by the AJC – as part of a ‘long-stated aim to spread the benefits of Lottery funding across a wider section of the Jersey community’, a States press office spokeswoman said.
By tendering for a distributor, the States have said that it will be able to ensure fair, efficient and effective distribution of Lottery funds.
Where is the decision documented?
Firstly, a decision was made at the end of last year. We are now nearly six months down the line and clearly still without a tender being chosen. Did no one foresee it would take so long? Did the States have any contingency plans until a new tender was in place?
Actually the Gov.Je website says:
“In order to increase the public benefit from the Lottery, EDTSC is now taking action to widen the number of organisations which could potentially receive funding from it. An expression of interest exercise will be launched shortly to find partners who are able to distribute the proceeds among a wider number of organisations.”
And that is dated March 2019! A search on “tender” reveals many tendering projects but that is all that is available on this lottery tender. It is hardly surprising nothing has happened. But EDTSC (the extraordinarily long winded “Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture” should have planned for that.
The Public Lotteries report for 2018, presented to the States on 19th March 2019 by the Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture might have conceivable been expected to show some indication of a decision to be taken, but none is apparent.
I cannot locate either a Ministerial decision on the Gov.Je website or anything on the Channel Island Tenders portal about this tender, either current or past.
Who was responsible?
Second, who actually has taken this decision?
I cannot locate either a Ministerial decision on the Gov.Je website or anything on the Channel Island Tenders portal about this tender, either current or past.
The JEP report says “by States officials”. Are States officials now making decisions like this? And if so, where are the tender documents? This seems to have come out of the ether, and as the consequences evidently indicate some kind of lack of foresight about transitional measures (which I thought would be common sense), who is responsible for this cock-up? And are they going to be held accountable?
What is the timetable for this?
The Gov.Je notice says:
“Once distributors are selected, legislation will be taken to the States of Jersey proposing the allocation of the Jersey proceeds from the Channel Islands Lottery in 2018.”
Has anyone a clue when this is likely to be? So far, all we have is an “an expression of interest exercise” which is mentioned, but doesn’t seem to appear anywhere, and that comes in March 2019. There is no news whatsoever on how long it will take to select distributors and this seems to be just as vague as knowing where we are with the hospital project.
By Contrast: A Model Project
Meanwhile, I am glad to see that the new Les Quennevais School is proceeding on time. Rod Bryans came in as Education Minister, laid out a timetable for all the stages in the process – in the public domain, and the tendering process appeared on the gov.je website (Jersey Gazette) and on the e-Portal at www.tenders.gov.je. That’s a model of what should happen with States projects and sets a good baseline.
Postscript:
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=6086eb92-b24c-e911-80f3-005056b64545&p=59ed6324-03e4-e611-80da-005056b64545&fbclid=IwAR3QiwFIxm3_jSXnyXUZ4qS9UGdTjxMSKTCse8yCQPeDCNe6IByAPvO0vfM
I searched for "tender", whereas I should have searched on the Tender site for merely "expressions of interest". The document in question (link above) says:
The Channel Islands Lottery has generated millions for good causes, transforming the lives of thousands of people in Jersey. There is a long-stated aim to spread the benefits of Lottery funding across a wider section of the Jersey community. The Government proposes to change how Lottery funding is ...tary Groups.
Expressions of interest are sought from organisations interested in distributing the proceeds of the Channel Islands Lottery in Jersey adhering to the requirements above.
To arrange an informal discussion about the opportunity please contact – Daniel De la Cour d.delacour@gov.je
It has an "expressions of interest window" - From 22/03/2019 14:55 to 12/04/2019
Given that it has not progressed further to a formal tender, over 2 months after the end of that window, I'd say it is a complete shambles.
Links
https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2019/06/17/emergency-reserves-being-used-to-pay-lottery-grants/
GRANTS to local charities are being funded from emergency reserves this year because the States are still in the process of reorganising how Channel Islands Lottery profits should be distributed.
A decision was made towards the end of last year by States officials to tender for the job of distributing CI Lottery money – a role that has traditionally been performed by the AJC – as part of a ‘long-stated aim to spread the benefits of Lottery funding across a wider section of the Jersey community’, a States press office spokeswoman said.
By tendering for a distributor, the States have said that it will be able to ensure fair, efficient and effective distribution of Lottery funds.
Where is the decision documented?
Firstly, a decision was made at the end of last year. We are now nearly six months down the line and clearly still without a tender being chosen. Did no one foresee it would take so long? Did the States have any contingency plans until a new tender was in place?
Actually the Gov.Je website says:
“In order to increase the public benefit from the Lottery, EDTSC is now taking action to widen the number of organisations which could potentially receive funding from it. An expression of interest exercise will be launched shortly to find partners who are able to distribute the proceeds among a wider number of organisations.”
And that is dated March 2019! A search on “tender” reveals many tendering projects but that is all that is available on this lottery tender. It is hardly surprising nothing has happened. But EDTSC (the extraordinarily long winded “Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture” should have planned for that.
The Public Lotteries report for 2018, presented to the States on 19th March 2019 by the Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture might have conceivable been expected to show some indication of a decision to be taken, but none is apparent.
I cannot locate either a Ministerial decision on the Gov.Je website or anything on the Channel Island Tenders portal about this tender, either current or past.
Who was responsible?
Second, who actually has taken this decision?
I cannot locate either a Ministerial decision on the Gov.Je website or anything on the Channel Island Tenders portal about this tender, either current or past.
The JEP report says “by States officials”. Are States officials now making decisions like this? And if so, where are the tender documents? This seems to have come out of the ether, and as the consequences evidently indicate some kind of lack of foresight about transitional measures (which I thought would be common sense), who is responsible for this cock-up? And are they going to be held accountable?
What is the timetable for this?
The Gov.Je notice says:
“Once distributors are selected, legislation will be taken to the States of Jersey proposing the allocation of the Jersey proceeds from the Channel Islands Lottery in 2018.”
Has anyone a clue when this is likely to be? So far, all we have is an “an expression of interest exercise” which is mentioned, but doesn’t seem to appear anywhere, and that comes in March 2019. There is no news whatsoever on how long it will take to select distributors and this seems to be just as vague as knowing where we are with the hospital project.
By Contrast: A Model Project
Meanwhile, I am glad to see that the new Les Quennevais School is proceeding on time. Rod Bryans came in as Education Minister, laid out a timetable for all the stages in the process – in the public domain, and the tendering process appeared on the gov.je website (Jersey Gazette) and on the e-Portal at www.tenders.gov.je. That’s a model of what should happen with States projects and sets a good baseline.
Postscript:
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=6086eb92-b24c-e911-80f3-005056b64545&p=59ed6324-03e4-e611-80da-005056b64545&fbclid=IwAR3QiwFIxm3_jSXnyXUZ4qS9UGdTjxMSKTCse8yCQPeDCNe6IByAPvO0vfM
I searched for "tender", whereas I should have searched on the Tender site for merely "expressions of interest". The document in question (link above) says:
The Channel Islands Lottery has generated millions for good causes, transforming the lives of thousands of people in Jersey. There is a long-stated aim to spread the benefits of Lottery funding across a wider section of the Jersey community. The Government proposes to change how Lottery funding is ...tary Groups.
Expressions of interest are sought from organisations interested in distributing the proceeds of the Channel Islands Lottery in Jersey adhering to the requirements above.
To arrange an informal discussion about the opportunity please contact – Daniel De la Cour d.delacour@gov.je
It has an "expressions of interest window" - From 22/03/2019 14:55 to 12/04/2019
Given that it has not progressed further to a formal tender, over 2 months after the end of that window, I'd say it is a complete shambles.
Links
https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2019/06/17/emergency-reserves-being-used-to-pay-lottery-grants/
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