Published date: 28 August 2020

Last edited date: 3 September 2020

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: 2 October 2020, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

East of England

Value of contract

£0 to £250,000

Procurement reference

SOSBC001-DN492819-07498964

Published date

28 August 2020

Closing date

2 October 2020

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 January 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2025

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

A Better Start Southend (ABSS) is seeking to commission an independent summative evaluation that will provide evidence of programme-wide outcomes and impact of the ABSS Programme. This will be in line with the ABSS Outcomes framework. The summative evaluation approach will be designed by the successful bidder (the Delivery Partner) in collaboration with ABSS, with evaluations taking place in 2021, 2023 and concluding in 2024/2025. The opportunity is open to Higher Education Institutions or Research Institutions/Agencies operating within the field of health, education, social care or social sciences. Certification to ISO/IEC 27701, Security techniques, which is an extension to ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 27002 for privacy information management (a management system for protecting personal data (PIMS)) and completion of the Data Security and Protection Toolkit, and certification to ISO/IEC 27001:2019 for market, opinion and social research, including insights and data analytics; or evidence of compliance with other relevant professional quality assurance standards for data management and social research, such as those established by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), will be a requirement.

The contract start date is 1st January 2021 and will expire on 31st March 2025, with no option to extend. The closing date for submitting a tender response is Friday 2nd October 2020 at 12noon.

Tender Responses must be submitted electronically via the Electronic Tender Facility (ETF) ProActis. All documents can be found at https://procurement.southend.gov.uk

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

ABSS Summative Evaluation Services

  • Opportunity
  • Published 28 August 2020

About the buyer

Contact name

Corporate Procurement

Address

Civic Centre
Victoria Avenue
Southend-on-Sea
SS2 6LR
England

Telephone

+44 1702215083

Email

procurementops@southend.gov.uk

Website

http://www.southend.gov.uk/