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

The Appointment of Consultancy Support for an interim and final evaluation of Horticulture Wales Pro

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Evaluation Requirements

Horticulture Wales seeks to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced contractor to evaluate the effectiveness and impact of Horticulture Wales against its defined aims.

In fulfilment of this brief, the contractor will be required to:

A Develop an appropriate methodology for evaluating the Horticulture Wales project.

B Evaluate the impact and effectiveness of Horticulture Wales, in terms of:

The management and governance of the project

Communications and marketing of the project

Engagement with Welsh Government and other stakeholders

Complementarity with other RDP/horticulture/supply chain initiatives

Alignment and delivery against RDP cross-cutting themes

Effect of COVID-19 on the delivery of Horticulture Wales

The effectiveness of the project in:

facilitating cluster member collaboration and blending growing technology with traditional methods

encouraging Welsh SMEs to develop products for home and export in two main areas: niche crops and heritage orchard fruit.

creating improved access to local produce, stronger supply-chains and increased collaboration.

raising the profile of Welsh growers, horticulturalists and producers.

promoting knowledge exchange in Welsh Horticulture.

signposting members to potential funding sources.

promoting Welsh horticultural produce.

The impact of the project on

cluster members;

Welsh growers, horticulturalists and producers more broadly.

Succession and options for future support to Welsh growers, horticulturalists and producers.

There will be the need for an interim and final valuation report.

Interim report by end of Jan 2023

Final report by end of June 2023

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=124980.

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

Scope

The scope of the evaluation is expected to include:

Inception Phase

Inception Meeting

Inception Notes

Scoping Stage

Review of project data and documentation

Scoping Interviews

Development of a Theory of Change and Logic Model

Development of an Evaluation Framework and research instruments

Interim Evaluation Stage

Qualitative interviews with Horticulture Wales delivery team

Qualitative interviews with Horticulture Wales partners

Qualitative interviews of cluster members

Online survey of project beneficiaries

Review of monitoring data

Interim Evaluation Report

Final Evaluation Stage

Qualitative interviews with Horticulture Wales delivery team

Qualitative interviews with Horticulture Wales partners

Qualitative interviews of cluster members

Online survey of project beneficiaries

Review of monitoring data

Final Evaluation Report

Presentation of findings

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

As per invitation to tender document

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

HW /WGU/150922

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

Please note interim and final evaluation is to be delivered in both Welsh and English. Cost of which is to be included in the contract value.

(WA Ref:124980)

Relates to the following project/programme financed by EU Community Funds: Customer Reference Number A0044686 Contract Reference: BB000001 Co-operation and Supply Chain Development Scheme - CSCDS Innovative Approaches and Collaborative Growing

Contract Reference: BB000001

Co-operation and Supply Chain Development Scheme - CSCDS Innovative Approaches

and Collaborative Growing

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice