Evaluation consultancy services

Tender description

Norfolk County Council in its capacity as Managing Authority of the Interreg VA France (Channel) England Programme 2014-2020 (FCE programme) sought to procure evaluations of the implementation and impact of the FCE programme. The FCE programme seeks to address common challenges on both sides of the Channel through cooperation. The programme funds projects under 5 specific objectives: innovation, social innovation, low carbon initiatives, enhancing the attractiveness of the area and coastal and transitional water ecosystems. The evaluations will cover all 5 specific objectives and will involve working with material in both English and French. Norfolk County Council in its capacity as Managing Authority of the Interreg VA France (Channel) England Programme 2014-2020 (FCE programme) sought to procure evaluations of the implementation and impact of the FCE programme. The evaluations will support programme implementation by assessing whether the programme is on target to realise the intended change in the programme area and whether its approach to achieving this change could be improved: this will be undertaken as part of the Implementation Evaluation. Evaluations will also assess the extent to which the programme has achieved the intended change: this will be undertaken as part of the Impact Evaluation and Evaluation of Future Cooperation Potential. The value outlined in II.1.7) does not include all expenses: Once expenses are taken in to account the total value of the contract will be higher, but is not anticipated to exceed 200 000 EUR over the lifetime of the contract.