Evaluation consultancy services

Tender description

UKRI is seeking to secure a service provider or a consortium of service providers to carry out the evaluation of its Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) healthy ageing challenge likely over a 4-year period, using a pre-existing shared measurement and learning framework. The healthy ageing challenge is part of UKRI’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund and was set up to support delivery of the Government’s Ageing Society Grand Challenge. The aim of this challenge is to enable businesses, including social enterprises, to develop and deliver products, services and business models that will be adopted at scale which support people as they age. This will allow people to remain active, productive, independent and socially connected across generations for as long as possible. About UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Operating across the whole of the UK and with a combined budget of more than 7 000 000 000 GBP, UK Research and Innovation represents the largest reform of the research and innovation funding landscape in the last 50 years. As an independent non-departmental public body UK Research and Innovation brings together the 7 Research Councils (AHRC, BBSRC, EPSRC, ESRC, MRC, NERC, STFC) plus Innovate UK and a new organisation, Research England. UK Research and Innovation ensures the UK maintains its world-leading position in research and innovation. This is done by creating the best environment for research and innovation to flourish. For more information, please visit: www.ukri.org Healthy ageing challenge overview: The healthy ageing challenge is part of UKRI’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (https://www.ukri.org/innovation/industrial-strategy-challenge-fund/) and was set up to support delivery of the Government’s Ageing Society Grand Challenge. It encompasses a broad scope which offers opportunities for a wide range of industries and established sectors. The aim of this challenge is to enable businesses, including social enterprises, to develop and deliver products, services and business models that will be adopted at scale which support people as they age. This will allow people to remain active, productive, independent and socially connected across generations for as long as possible. Through the healthy ageing challenge, government funding will bring together UK businesses and researchers to support people to stay in their homes for longer, tackle loneliness, and increase independence and well*being. The objectives of the challenge are to: — focus investments to enable self-sustaining, near to market propositions which have clear potential to move to scale and spread to new markets, — stimulate consumer markets in the UK by enabling business-led consortia to develop large-scale markets for healthy ageing services and products, — attract private investment to drive onward business growth, — make the most of the UK’s strengths, particularly in design and manufacturing, to attract inward investment, — stimulate economic growth in the UK by enabling UK-based companies to exploit global markets for healthy ageing services and products. The requirement UKRI is seeking to secure the services of service provider or a consortium of service providers to carry out the evaluation of its Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) healthy ageing challenge likely over a 4-year period, using a pre-existing shared measurement and learning framework. There are 3 key aims for the service provider under this tender (not yet finalised): 1) Provide independent evaluation of the impact of the HA Challenge drawing on evidence from a number of areas; 2) To provide a process evaluation – including how UKRI has set up the programme, the portfolio of funded activities, and the governance model; 3) Provide support to the Trailblazers, and the social, behavioural and design research programme (SBDRP) to help them create and provide a ‘self-evaluation’ plan and indicators showing progress and learnings, along with their own metrics and narrative of success of their funded activities.