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

Final Evaluation of the Computational Foundry Operation

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Swansea University's Computational Foundry, a European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) operation, invites tenders for the provision of its final evaluation. As part of the evaluation of the 2014-2020 round of ERDF funding, the Welsh European Funding Office (WEFO) requires beneficiaries to undertake a robust programme of monitoring and evaluation. Whilst the 2007-2013 programmes focused on implementation, or ‘what works’, the emphasis for operations funded in the 2014-2020 programme is on identifying and providing evidence to support outcomes/results and impacts to understand ‘why’ and ‘how’ an intervention works.

The Computational Foundry began in 2015 and had undergone an inception and mid-term evaluation in 2019. A final evaluation of the operation is required, using the theory of change logic model developed during the mid-term evaluation, to evaluate against that model and the recent data collected.

NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=118570

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

Final Evaluation of Computational Foundry Operation with deliverables:

A draft report to include a detailed methodology, work plan, risk register and roles and responsibilities of the evaluation to be issued before the oral presentation (referred to below) which will be reviewed by WEFO.

An oral presentation of the initial findings to the Project Board and other stakeholders, prior to sign off of the final draft report.

A final report to include an executive summary, which will be translated into Welsh.

10 month contract between April 2022 and February 2023

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

This tender is being conducted electronically via etenderwales BravoSolutions:

https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml

All tender documents can be found in ITT 93052 within BravoSolution and only submissions uploaded into this website by the tender submission deadline can be considered

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

SU67(22)

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:118570)

Relates to the following project/programme financed by EU Community Funds: The Computational Foundry is funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) operation via the Welsh European Funding Office (WEFO)

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

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice