Award criteria
Weighting description
Evaluation Criteria
Type: quality
Name
Relevant Experience & System Leadership Expertise
Description
• Demonstrated experience delivering OD, culture change, or system leadership interventions in NHS/public sector settings.
• Evidence of supporting multi organisation or regional collaborations.
• Case studies showing measurable impact at Board, Executive, and wider leadership levels.
Type: quality
Name
Understanding of Context, Culture & Collaborative Challenges
Description
• Understanding of the South Wales regional context, statutory Boards, and shared accountability challenges.
• Appreciation of cultural, behavioural, and relational factors that influence collaboration.
Type: quality
Name
Methodology, Project Plan & Deliverability
Description
Assess the clarity, robustness, and feasibility of the proposed delivery approach, including:
• A clear and coherent methodology for Discovery → Sensemaking/Design → Mobilisation.
• A detailed project plan aligned to the required phases and deliverables, showing timelines, milestones, dependencies, and roles.
• Approaches to engaging Boards, Executives, and wider leadership groups.
• How trust building, alignment, and collaborative behaviours will be supported.
• Use of evidence based OD and leadership models.
• Clarity on how key deliverables (insight reports, development sessions, leadership narrative, charter, learning synthesis) will be produced.
Type: quality
Name
Capability to Work Across Multiple System Levels
Description
• Skills in facilitation, coaching, cultural development, and action learning methods.
• Ability to adapt interventions for Boards, Executive Directors, and wider leadership groups while maintaining consistency.
Type: quality
Name
Value, Risk & Social Responsibility
Description
• Quality and seniority of the proposed delivery team and clarity of resourcing.
• Value for money within the £100–150k budget and alignment with expected impact.
• Identification and mitigation of delivery risks (e.g., culture, governance, capacity).
• Social value commitments, including Welsh economic footprint, skills development, wellbeing, and sustainability.