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

Evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the Skills for Employers & Employees (SEE) European Op

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Description of the goods or services required

The £16.2m Skills for Employers and Employees (SEE) Operations are four demand led skills projects for North Wales building on the success of the Skills for the Workforce and Y Dyfodol ESF projects. Led by Coleg Cambria in partnership with Grŵp Llandrillo Menai (GLLM) and initially with Adult Learning Wales (ALW) for the Specific Objective 1 operations, the operations are supported by the North Wales Economic Ambition Board and listed in the regional compendium of projects.

SEE was developed to meet the ESF Operational Programme Objectives to increase the skills levels including work relevant skills of those in the workforce with no formal qualifications or lower level skills and qualifications. They aim to support 7000 employees across the region to develop key skills needed to grow the economy. Provision of vocational training in a range of sectors including; energy & environment, construction, manufacturing, leadership & management and engineering providing a flexible approach to training and development that support employers to upskill their workforce.

The purpose of this tender is to effectively evaluate and understand the effects of the funded intervention and identify what works, why some operations and projects work when others do not, and understand how positive change can be brought whilst making recommendations for future programmes and interventions.

Operations within the 2014-20 ESF programmes are required to follow an operational logic set out in WEFO (Welsh European Funding Office) guidance and conduct a detailed evaluation to help understand the mechanisms and the impact of an intervention and to improve its design or management. The evaluation will assess the impact of the operation at local, regional and national level whilst assessing the time period, geographical or thematic coverage of the evaluation and the target population.

This evaluation will review the processes, intervention logic, indicators and resources to improved management and implementation. It will also assess the impact of the operations to participants, employers, local & regional community and its contribution to the economy.

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Notice Coding and Classification

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Total quantity or scope of tender

The evaluation process has a budget of between £20,000 and £25,000.

3 Conditions for Participation

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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

Contract CC2019-002

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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:82198)

Relates to the following project/programme financed by EU Community Funds: Skills for Employers and Employees (SEE) Operations. SEE was developed to meet the ESF Operational Programme Objectives to increase the skills levels including work relevant skills of those in the workforce with no formal qualifications or lower level skills and qualifications. As part of the 2014-20 Operation Programme, delivery providers are required to assess and evidence an individual participant’s eligibility supported by the European Social Fund (ESF) in Wales. The data is used for analysis and reporting progress by the Programme evaluation team within WEFO Research, Monitoring and Evaluation (RME) team and their contractors to evaluate the impact of the support provided through Structural Fund Programmes. This impact is measured through surveys of supported participants and enterprises and through comparison with external data from other participants and enterprises that have not been supported. Please refer to the 2014-20 Operation guidance on data collection for more information

SEE was developed to meet the ESF Operational Programme Objectives to increase the skills levels including work relevant skills of those in the workforce with no formal qualifications or lower level skills and qualifications.

As part of the 2014-20 Operation Programme, delivery providers are required to assess and evidence an individual participant’s eligibility supported by the European Social Fund (ESF) in Wales. The data is used for analysis and reporting progress by the Programme evaluation team within WEFO Research, Monitoring and Evaluation (RME) team and their contractors to evaluate the impact of the support provided through Structural Fund Programmes. This impact is measured through surveys of supported participants and enterprises and through comparison with external data from other participants and enterprises that have not been supported. Please refer to the 2014-20 Operation guidance on data collection for more information

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice