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

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Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

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Title

Evaluation of Active Education Beyond the School Day

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Description of the goods or services required

This tender invites bidders to submit proposals to undertake an evaluation of the 'Active Education Beyond the School Day' initiative incorporating; an existing research paper, a data capture analysis and monitoring and evaluation of the pilot schools, between August 2021 to July 2022.

The overall objectives of the Active Education beyond the School Day initiative are to understand:

• What enables a school to become an active education setting?

• What is the impact of a school becoming an active education setting?

o The impact it has on the vision for sport and sport Wales strategy

o The impact it has on physical activity levels*

o The impact it has on education priorities

• What can ensure the active education approach becomes sustainable and embedded into school development plans?

(*To improve people’s health and well-being by increasing the number of people enjoying sport and physical activity, with the priority target group being young people, families and adults living within deprived communities).

The specific evaluation objectives are:

• To capture the learning from the pilot schools/settings on what works and what doesn’t and to establish the reasoning behind key successes and challenges

• To align the evidence of best practice and learning from the pilot schools to formulate recommendations for future projects and policy

• To ensure that the evaluation and learning is integral to the work and that best practice is shared

• Evaluate the success of the initiative and recommend actions to roll out the programme at scale pan Wales

• Develop case studies and emerging practice

• Review the cost of projects in a cost benefits analysis – it is value for money?

• To help address some of the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and showcase if this initiative has contributed to the reversal of any of these impacts, through a robust evidence base.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=117675.

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Notice Coding and Classification

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Total quantity or scope of tender

£30,000

3 Conditions for Participation

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Minimum standards and qualification required

It is essential that candidates have exceptional knowledge and experience of:

1. Research and Insight

2. Monitoring and Evaluation

3. Aligning practice with policy

4. Developing case studies

5. Writing high level evaluation report

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

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Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

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Additional Information

Please see attached tender document.

(WA Ref:117675)

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice