Published date: 24 July 2024

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 23 August 2024, 2pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Business and management consultancy and related services - 79400000

  • Evaluation consultancy services - 79419000

Location of contract

PO1 2BJ

Value of contract

£300,000

Procurement reference

IT-26-4984-P00004984

Published date

24 July 2024

Closing date

23 August 2024

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

2 January 2025

Contract end date

31 December 2029

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Portsmouth City Council ('the council') is inviting tenders from suitably qualified suppliers to provide expert evaluation partner services for their HDRC project.

The Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) is a new element of NIHR research infrastructure funded by its Public Health Programme that will be based in local government. The purpose is to enable local authorities to become more research-active, undertake new research and use existing evidence to inform our decision making, and undertake evaluation activities. There will be a central focus on health inequalities and actions to tackle issues faced by disadvantaged groups and areas.

Portsmouth City Council has successfully bid to be one of thirty HDRCs nationally. Funding has been awarded for a Development Year from 1st January 2024 and, subject to satisfactory achievement of the agreed milestones for this year, for a full HDRC for five years from January 2025 until December 2029.

Our HDRC model draws on whole systems approaches that recognise the complexity inherent in 'human systems'. We want to see proposals that engage with this, setting out how the learning partner would work with our HDRC team to design a layered evaluation strategy that includes elements addressing the following:
o how our HDRC principles are meaningful to those working within the HDRC; whether they are adhered to; and to what extent and in what ways they are helping the programme to meet its objectives.
o how the programme has delivered against the logic model that informed the bid to achieve impact. This will bring together a rich evidence base of whether, how, when, why and for whom the programme has created value and impact.
o How the learning from our HDRC can draw on and contribute to the wider learning of the HDRC programme

The estimated value of the contract is ?300,000 over the lifetime of the contract. This value is fixed as this is a funded contract, the Council reserves the right to set aside any tender submission that comes in above this value.

Please note that the funder for this project does not automatically include inflation in annual uplifts. The expectation is therefore that bids should be for the full amount required to deliver the work over 5 years, inclusive of inflation.

The contract term will be for 5 years with no extension options.

Action Target date
Contract notice published on Find a Tender Wednesday 24th July 2024
Procurement documents available on In-tend Wednesday 24th July 2024
Deadline for requests for clarification Friday 9th August 2024, 23:59
Tender return deadline Friday 23rd August 2024, 14:00
Interviews (if required) W/c 9th September 2024
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Additional text

Portsmouth City Council is currently in the process of seeking expressions of interest for the following project - Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) Evaluation Project.

The full details and ability to express an interest will be via our e-sourcing system Intend. This filepath will take you to the relevant area of Intend,

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/portsmouthcc/aspx/Tenders/Current

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Procurement Service

Address

Guildhall Square
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO1 2BJ
United Kingdom

Telephone

023 9268 8235

Email

procurement@portsmouthcc.gov.uk