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

2.1

Title

Evaluation of Stand For Nature Wales Project (NLCF Climate Action Fund)

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

The Partnership proposes to appoint a suitably qualified organisation to provide an ongoing independent evaluation of the Stand For Nature Wales Project.

In 2020 the Welsh Wildlife Trusts were awarded £2.5 million to deliver Stand For Nature Wales through the Climate Action Fund. This is the first time that all five local Welsh Trusts along with Wildlife Trusts Wales have established a formal partnership to deliver a project on this scale. The project was publicly launched in April 2021 and is due to end in September 2024, with North Wales Wildlife Trust acting as Lead Partner and majority budget-holder.

The project vision (as stated in the original application) is: “A climate- and conservation-conscious Wales, where empowered young people drive changing behaviours.” We aim to achieve a Wales richer in wildlife; where habitats and landscapes capture more greenhouse gases; and where young people (aged 9-24) influence their peers and communities to take positive action to tackle climate change.

We are focussing our activities in five contrasting communities throughout Wales, each varying in its awareness of climate change and its predicted effects on the local area and beyond; Anglesey, coastal Ceredigion, North Powys, the South Wales valleys and the neighbouring cities of Newport and Cardiff.

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Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

We would require the external evaluators to: -

- Provide a documented record of the delivery of the Stand For Nature Wales Project

- Assess the extent to which the project has met:

• Its own stated aims, outputs and (especially) outcomes

• National Lottery Community Fund CAF criteria

- Ensure that our monitoring methods accurately measure our impact on long-term behaviour change

- Assist us in pulling together our diverse datasets on carbon sequestration and climate mitigation activities with communities, developing relevant research instruments where required to help measure their carbon footprint

- Assess the ENVIRONMENTAL impact of the Project; both in terms of area of green space improved for sequestration of greenhouse gases and biodiversity outcomes relating to outputs (i.e. number of trees planted, length of hedgerows regenerated, total area of gardens improved for wildlife)

- Assess the SOCIAL impact of the Project; in relation to the health and wellbeing of young people and their wider communities, community networks established / developed, stakeholders engaged and beneficiaries trained

- Examine the effectiveness of the management of the Project, including assessment of internal Wildlife Trust processes, governance and staffing structures and their impacts on delivery of the Project.

It is proposed that the evaluation consists of three main phases:-

- Evaluation Framework stage: Involving desk-based research to familiarise with all key documents and including scoping interviews or workshops with key staff to help create an appropriate evaluation framework for the project. This should include the setting of baseline positions and support with the development of self-evaluation research tools and a suitable monitoring approach

- Process Evaluation stage: Delivery of a mid-term report that gathers key findings in relation to the design, management and implementation of the project – with a short section on emerging outcomes and suggestions for efficiency improvements (including how outputs/outcomes are recorded)

- Summative Evaluation stage: Delivery of a final evaluation report which summarises the overall effectiveness of the project and report on the extent that the project has achieved it’s outputs, outcomes and impacts

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

Demonstrable experience in project evaluation exercises and reporting, to a level appropriate for an evaluation of this scale.

4 Administrative Information

4.1

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

5.1

Additional Information

Details of the project's original approved application and award notice can be provided on request.

(WA Ref:117542)

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