Published date: 27 November 2024

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 18 October 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 79000000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£175,000

Procurement reference

GMCA001-DN745224-88632367

Published date

27 November 2024

Closing date

18 October 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

16 January 2025

Contract end date

30 April 2027

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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

GMCA seeks the appointment of an evaluation partner whose role it will be to carry out an end-to-end, longitudinal evaluation of GM's IWP project, alongside a literature review of in-work progression in GM and nationally.\r
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The IWP project is expected to go live between October and December 2024 and will operate until January 2027. The contract of the evaluation partner will end in March 2027 to account for final data gathering and publication of final report. The partner will be expected to engage with the GMCA and each of the local authority delivery providers at the point of the programme's go live in order to finalise an evaluation plan and monitoring framework.\r
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The intention is for the commissioner, local authorities (and where applicable other delivery partners) and evaluation partner to work collaboratively . The GMCA considers evaluation and performance measurement to be a critical enabler in making informed and intelligence led decisions. With this information, we aim to determine whether the provision makes a tangible difference. The evaluation will be used to determine future investment decisions in in-work progression programmes in Greater Manchester and aim to influence local and national policy and funding decisions.\r
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The evaluation partner will be expected to work closely with the local authorities and any other delivery partners. All outputs from the evaluation must be fit to influence both local (GM) and national policy and be fit for stakeholder and public consumption. This includes a requirement to maximise learning arising from the programme in relation to how different levels of system and service level integration impact on programme-level outcomes. As such, the evaluation partner will be expected to have demonstrable awareness of the factors that government - including but not limited to HM Treasury - would take into account when considering the efficacy, value for money, and wider application/scalability of pilot activity.\r

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

GMCA 1221 Greater Manchester in Work Progression (GM: IWP) Service Evaluation Partner

  • Opportunity
  • Published 30 September 2024

Award information

Awarded date

26 November 2024

Contract start date

30 November 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2027

Total value of contract

£172,566

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Ipsos (market research) Limited

Address

3 Thomas More Square
London
UK
E1W 1YW

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Emily Taylor

Address

GMCA Offices
1st Floor, Churchgate House, 56 Oxford Street
Manchester
M1 6EU
England

Email

ewsframework@greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk

Website

http://www.manchesterfire.gov.uk/