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

Learning Partner – The Story Project funded by Arts Council of Wales

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Description of the goods or services required

The Learning Partner will work with the Creative Arts Coordinator, lead artist and local practitioners to define the best approach to evaluation and learning. We would like to undertake a co-produced approach to the evaluation, including service users in defining learning questions and making recommendations.

The Creative Arts Coordinator and wider Wallich Staff will support the facilitation of evaluation activity throughout the project. The Learning Partner will:

•Design a logic model and define priority outcomes for the project

•Design the overall framework for the evaluation

•Develop the data collection tools for the evaluation

•Support reflection activities within the team and with partners, including support to develop a suitable structure for this

•Carrying out some research activities with participants and external partners and stakeholders

•Support in the development of the second half of project delivery based on findings from the initial 10-week programmes

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=137437.

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Notice Coding and Classification

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Total quantity or scope of tender

Project period: 18 months – February 2024 – July 2025

We require work to be completed in accordance with the project timeline and set milestones.

Fee: £13,200.00

This covers all costs including preparation, data collection, report writing, responding to comments and redrafting as well as travel costs, VAT and all other incidental expenses.

3 Conditions for Participation

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Minimum standards and qualification required

We are looking for a Learning Partner/ Team with the following skills/experience:

•Strong skills in research design and qualitative and quantitative research strategies

•Experience of developing practical/flexible approaches to evaluation research, especially in the context of pilot programmes/programmes that are developing organically

•Experience of conducting research with vulnerable people

•Experience of working in a trauma informed way

•Experience of evaluating arts participation projects

•Skills in and prior experience of writing publishable-quality reports and in presenting research findings to different audiences

•Skills in and prior experience of supporting organisations to improve their own understanding of and approaches to evaluation.

•Experience of evaluating collaborative projects with multiple partners

•Experience of evaluating projects that are co-produced with service users

•Ideas on creative approaches to evaluation and publishing reports in different media formats

•Knowledge and experience of the housing sector in Wales

•Ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable

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

Your proposal: Your proposal should be limited to no more than 6 sides of A4 and should include the following:

1. Your skills and experience of relevance to this work

2. Your proposed methodology, including the rationale for suggesting particular methods

3. Details of the evaluation team if applicable (CVs can be included in an Appendix), with a clear indication of the person who is accountable for the quality of the work

4. A budget breakdown

5. A timeline for completing the evaluation

Examples of previous reports or case studies should be included as a link within the proposal

Your proposal should be submitted in word/pdf format to rosie.seager@thewallich.net by 5pm Friday 19th January 2024.

(WA Ref:137437)

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice