Published date: 20 December 2021

Last edited date: 17 January 2022

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: 27 January 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£116,666

Procurement reference

NHMF 309

Published date

20 December 2021

Closing date

27 January 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

21 February 2022

Contract end date

30 September 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Green Recovery Challenge Fund was first announced by DEFRA in June 2020, as a new fund of up to £40 million for nature recovery and conservation. In November 2020 an additional £40 million was announced to further support environmental renewal while creating and retaining a range of jobs in England. The Green Recovery Challenge Fund brings forward public investment to help charities and environmental organisations start work on projects across England that will restore nature, tackle climate change and connect people to the natural world.
90 projects were awarded funding in June and July 2021, adding to the 69 projects awarded funding in round one. The 90 round two projects are scheduled to complete by the end of March 2023.
Full guidance on round two of the Green Recovery Challenge Fund can be found on the National Lottery Heritage Fund's website.

Green Recovery Challenge Fund round 2 | The National Lottery Heritage Fund
An interim report evaluating the progress of round one is in draft but has not yet been published, and will be shared with the successful supplier.

Evaluation of round two of the GRCF
This brief is for the programme evaluation of the second round of the Green Recovery Challenge Fund. It also includes outline proposals for drawing together some common findings across both rounds of the Green Recovery Challenge Fund- as an £80 million intervention delivered from late 2020 to March 2023.

The evaluation of round two will also consider how the lessons that funders and key stakeholders have learned from round one have been applied, the impact of the updates that were made to the grant-making processes for the second round of funding and the impact of projects funded in round two.
The outline method and research requirements section of this brief covers the five proposed strands of research, with the evaluation focussing more heavily on impact and overall value for money, and taking a lighter touch approach to examining the process for delivering the second round of GRCF funding - focussing on the delivery context for round two projects and changes to Heritage Fund processes that were put in place after round one.

Aims and Objectives of the Evaluation
The objective of this evaluation is to provide insight into round two of the GRCF, including its outcomes and value for money, and triangulating those with findings from round one of the funding, to give an initial picture for the GRCF overall.

The focus of the evaluation will be in providing insight into the delivery and outcomes of round two projects, learning the lessons from the second cohort of projects.

FULL DETAILS ARE INCLUDED IN THE ATTACHED ITT
VALUE £140,000. INCLUDING VAT.

Your tender proposals must be sent electronically via e-mail before the tender return deadline of Noon, Thursday 27 2022 to the following contact:
Diane LaRosa
Bii.Admin@heritagefund.org.uk

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Address

International House, St Katharines Way
London
E1W 1UN
United Kingdom

Email

Bii.Admin@heritagefund.org.uk

Website

https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/