Published date: 6 December 2022
Last edited date: 14 December 2022
This notice was replaced on 21 April 2023
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Awarded contract (published 21 April 2023)
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Contract summary
Industry
Research services - 73110000
Location of contract
England
Value of contract
£0 to £500,000
Procurement reference
CPD4124005
Published date
6 December 2022
Approach to market date
9 January 2023
Contract start date
15 March 2023
Contract end date
31 January 2024
Procedure type
Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established dynamic purchasing system.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) wishes to commission a feasibility study and evaluation to assess the implementation and impact of the Local Growth Fund (LGF) and Getting Building Fund (GBF) with a budget of up to £500,000 (£100,000 for the feasibility study and £400,000 for the evaluation).
Background:
The LGF (£12bn) was the government flagship local economic development policy between 2015/16 and 2020/21, GBF provided LEPs with £900m to support 'shovel ready schemes' to stimulate areas most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic between 2020/21 and 2021/22. More information on allocations, projects and budgets can be found here: Getting Building Fund - https://www.gov.uk/guidance/getting-building-fund ; Local Growth Deals - https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-growth-deals.
Scope & Requirements:
The study will be divided in two phases: feasibility study (phase 1) and evaluation (phase 2). Phase 1 will aim to understand if process, impact and/or value for money evaluations of LGF and/or GBF would be feasible and robust. The process, impact and value for money evaluations of the programmes (phase 2) should focus on what was delivered, what can be learned, what difference the funds have made and what changed were caused, and how cost-effective were the funds. The contractor will be required to investigate a series of issues around scope, data, approaches, methods, analysis and propose options and related project plans for phase 2. The evaluation will implement the project plan proposed in the feasibility study.
Timelines & Governance:
The feasibility study will run from March to July 2023. The contract will continue into phase 2 in August 2023, only if the feasibility study findings will show that evaluation work would be feasible and robust enough. The project will be overseen by DLUHC's analysts and relevant stakeholders.
Invitation to tender: January 2023
More information
Spend profile
| Financial year | Budget |
|---|---|
| 2022/2023 | £100,000 |
| 2023/2024 | £400,000 |
Additional text
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The project will be procured through the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) - RM6126 Research and Insights Market Place.
Suppliers are able to apply to join the DPS at any time. During application to join the DPS, suppliers indicate which services they may be able to provide under the DPS.
Please note that new suppliers are able to register with the DPS via the following link and that this process can take at least 2 weeks: https://supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/dps#research
DLUHC will apply filter categories relevant to the requirement in order to create a supplier shortlist for running a further competition.
If you have any questions about the DPS and would like to contact a member of the CCS team please use the links provided on the website above.
PLEASE NOTE: The dates specified for the procurement exercise in this Notice are indicative and are subject to change. Current indications are that the Invitation To Tender will now go live during the week commencing 9 January 2023.
About the buyer
Contact name
Temi Akinde
Address
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
England
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