Published date: 28 February 2023

Last edited date: 28 February 2023

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Closing: 23 March 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

SW1Y 5DG

Value of contract

£7,500 to £8,500

Procurement reference

ITT: Evaluation of systems capabilities in government workshops

Published date

28 February 2023

Closing date

23 March 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

3 April 2023

Contract end date

29 September 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other: Evaluation of product service

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Royal Academy of Engineering is seeking a supplier to evaluate the impact of its systems workshops which take a systems approach to tackle complex policy challenges. The evaluation will provide qualitative evidence of the impact of there workshops and understand the value of its methods and processes from the perspective of policymakers.

The Academy's evaluations should aim to evaluate causality (i.e., that out work had (or lacked) real impact) and provide evidence of change. Our funders expect us to 'demonstrate/evidence value for money of our programmes or impact compared to a counterfactual'.

Through this evaluation the Academy wishes to learn:
- About the needs of policymakers with regards to the understanding
and use of systems thinking/approaches in policy/government.
- How successfully the Academy's workshops offer is increasing the
understanding and use of systems thinking/approaches in
policy/government.
- In what way the Academy's workshops offer is supporting policy
teams to develop better policies.
- How successfully the lessons from the Academy are being passed on
from direct participants to other policymakers.
- How the systems workshops and wider systems offer can be
improved.
- What indicators can be used to measure the impact of the Academy's systems offer and how to improve our monitoring and evaluation activities.

We expect the following deliverables from the evaluation:
- A Theory of Change/logic model showing the inputs, activities,
outputs, outcomes and impacts of the workshops.
- A report expanding on:
- The intended and unintended impacts of the workshops
- The relative importance of inputs, activities and outputs in
achieving outcomes and impacts
- Recommendation for how the programme itself can improve
- Recommendation for how the programme can improve its
monitoring and evaluation activity including the data it needs
to collect or access to be able to demonstrate causality in future
evaluations
- A summary of the evaluation, suitable for publication, written in
an engaging style that is suited for a non-specialist audience.

A full invitation to tender can be found here: https://raeng.org.uk/media/gf2dwz0g/scottish-government-evaluation-commission-itt_v3.pdf

Deadline for proposals: 12pm on 23 March 2023
Please send submissions with subject line ITT: Evaluation of 'systems
capabilities in government' workshops to: calum.savage@raeng.org.uk

About the buyer

Contact name

Calum Savage

Address

3-4 Carlton House Terrace
LONDON
SW1Y5DG
England

Telephone

0207 766 0796

Email

calum.savage@raeng.org.uk