CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

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Authority Name and Address

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Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

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Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Project Evaluation Services for the DSP Centre of Excellence

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Description of the goods or services required

1.1 As part of the evaluation of the 2014-2020 round of ERDF funding, WEFO requires beneficiaries to undertake a robust programme of monitoring and evaluation. Whilst the 2007-13 programmes focused on implementation, or ‘what works’, the emphasis for operations funded in the 2014-2020 programme is on identifying and providing evidence to support outcomes/results and impacts to understand ‘why’ and ‘how’ an intervention works.

1.2 Underpinned by the concept of theory-based evaluation, evaluations are being commissioned during the early stages of an operation. It is anticipated that data other than that collected to support the formal WEFO output indicators will need to be collected in order to demonstrate outcomes and impacts in the short, medium and longer term.

1.3 In order to deliver this, inception evaluations are being commissioned to form a baseline from which to measure progress, which will be reviewed through an interim formative evaluation with the longer term outcomes and impacts being evaluated through a summative evaluation.

1.4 This operation will be the subject of all three evaluative phases: the inception, mid-term and final stage. This contract is for the inception and mid-term evaluations.

1.5 The DSP Centre expects the initial baseline and mid-term evaluation to follow the outline of the Monitoring & Evaluation plan set out in its Business Plan and as shown in the Schedule to this tender document.

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Notice Coding and Classification

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Total quantity or scope of tender

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

4 Administrative Information

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Type of Procedure

Single stage

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Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

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Time Limits

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Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

Welsh

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Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

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Additional Information

(WA Ref:98802)

Relates to the following project/programme financed by EU Community Funds: WEFO Funded ERDF Project.

The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice