Evaluation consultancy services

Tender description

The alternative raw materials with low impact (ARLI) project is a part funded ERDF initiative established to support SMEs, which started in July 2017 and will complete at the end of June 2020. In line with latest ERDF guidance published in August 2017, the University of Birmingham invites tenders to undertake an evaluation of the ARLI Project and provide a final summative/evaluation assessment report together with a summary (both word and pdf documents) in line with the requirements of the ERDF summative assessment guidance and further requirements noted within the tender document. The Summative assessment is intended to provide insights into project performance and impact. The summative assessment should help us to understand the difference that the ARLI Project has made in the local economy, communities and beneficiary groups. The alternative raw materials with low impact (ARLI) project is a part funded ERDF initiative established to support SMEs, which started in July 2017 and will complete at the end of June 2020. In line with latest ERDF guidance published in August 2017, the University of Birmingham invites tenders to undertake an evaluation of the ARLI Project and provide a final summative/evaluation assessment report together with a summary (both word and pdf documents) in line with the requirements of the ERDF summative assessment guidance and further requirements noted within the tender document. The summative assessment is intended to provide insights into project performance and impact. The summative assessment should help us to understand the difference that the ARLI Project has made in the local economy, communities and beneficiary groups. Although the value of this procurement is below the EU Public Procurement Threshold the University has self-imposed a 14 day full open publication of this tender. The budget for the evaluation service is up to a maximum of 12 500 GBP inclusive of VAT for ARLI.