Provision of Analysis of Consultation Responses to the Scottish Government Equality and Human Rights Mainstreaming Strategy

Tender description

The Scottish Government (SG), on behalf of the Scottish Ministers, is seeking to commission a Contractor to undertake analysis of responses to a public consultation on the Scottish Government Equality and Human Rights Mainstreaming Strategy. The overall aim of the contract is providing robust and timely analysis and reporting on the responses to the consultation, to inform the Scottish Government review of the Strategy. Lot 1: The Scottish Government (SG), on behalf of the Scottish Ministers, is seeking to commission a Contractor to undertake analysis of responses to a public consultation on the Scottish Government Equality and Human Rights Mainstreaming Strategy. The overall aim of the contract is providing robust and timely analysis and reporting on the responses to the consultation, to inform the Scottish Government review of the Strategy. The contract is anticipated to last two months, starting on the 13th February 2025 and finishing on the 11th April 2025. There will be the option of a no-cost, time only, extension of one month. The key deliverables for the project will be required in electronic format only and are listed below: - An inception report – which should detail the agreed full project plan and include a minute of the inception meeting as an appendix, full project plan (methodological approach, task allocation, corresponding timescales, reporting schedules, risk management, management arrangements and contingencies etc.) and received within one week of the inception meeting. - A draft report, leading to a final report, of publishable standard which includes key findings summary report of publishable standard, as described below. - Presentation of key findings to the team responsible for the contract – The Mainstreaming Unit Team (this may be done via video conference). - Final auditable database in Excel. This should include all the responses with catalogues of the ones that wants to be excluded, the ones included, from publishing, responses have been excluded from analysis and why, etc.