Published date: 31 May 2023

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: 28 June 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Business and management consultancy services - 79410000

  • Evaluation consultancy services - 79419000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£50,000 to £100,000

Procurement reference

BIP785070915

Published date

31 May 2023

Closing date

28 June 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

31 August 2023

Contract end date

31 August 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Arts Council England is seeking a Contractor to deliver Phase 1 of a programme evaluation of the Cultural Development Fund Round 3 (CDF3). The core focus of Phase 1 will require the Contractor to deliver the groundwork for delivering a robust and comprehensive impact evaluation at a later date. It is expected Phase 1 will involve the successful Contractor reviewing a programme-level logic model, developing project-level logic models for each project, developing an evaluation framework and monitoring data system including establishing a baseline, and delivering an evaluation scoping report. The evaluation framework and baseline is expected to support Arts Council and projects to monitor outcomes throughout and beyond the life of projects to add to the growing evidence base demonstrating how cultural capital investment drives economic growth and social benefits in place.

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Additional text

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

About the buyer

Contact name

Procurement Services

Address

The Hive, 49 Lever Street
Manchester
M1 1FN
UK

Telephone

01619344317

Email

Procurement.Services@artscouncil.org.uk