DFID 6684 Evaluation of Online Research Portals and Repositories

Tender description

Actual CPV code is ‘75211200 Foreign Economic-Aid Related Services’. The objectives of this evaluation are: 1. To assess the quality and accessibility of online research portals and repositories and to collate and analyse the available evidence on their use. 2. To describe user populations and examine how they interact with online research portals and repositories 3. To estimate the impacts of online research portals and repositories on research uptake . This will involve consideration of what users do with the content once they have read it online or downloaded it. This objective primarily relates to the DFID-funded portals and repositories, but evaluators may choose to also consider those not funded by DFID as this will help to show how DFID-funded work could be improved. 4. To assess whether the DFID-funded portals and repositories present value for money, in their own right and in relation to portals and repositories not funded by DFID. DFID’s approach to value for money is outlined in published guidance. 5. To provide recommendations for how the DFID-funded programmes might be improved and better monitored.