CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Baseline Setting and Evaluation of the Covid Recovery Challenge Fund

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Specification for Baseline Setting and Evaluation of the Covid Recovery Challenge Fund 2022-2023. Welsh Government Food Division have commissioned Menter a Busnes to project manage and distribute a grant fund totalling £5m for the food and drink sector in Wales. The aim of the fund is to finance projects that can deliver new and innovative solutions in relation to the recovery of the Welsh food and drink processing and manufacturing sector which has been adversely affected by the pandemic.

This contract will include the following:

* Establishing a Baseline & Monitoring Activities: Develop our monitoring and reporting systems (before December 2022)

* Mid Term Evaluation: achievements against objectives & outputs (by February 2023)

* Final Evaluation: If there is evidence of need how future Challenge Funds should be developed and sustained (final version of the evaluation to be completed by mid June 2023) .

Outputs

The project will deliver findings which will be used by policy makers and scheme managers to identify areas of good practice and areas where improvements might need to be made. These will feed into the review of scheme implementation policy for any future funding proposals.

More details can be found in the supporting documents.

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2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

Up to the value of £30,000

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

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

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

(WA Ref:124938)

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

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice