New Scots Refugee Integration Evaluation

  • Scottish Government

F14: Notice for changes or additional information

Notice reference: 2021/S 000-014630

Published 28 June 2021, 9:05am



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Scottish Government

4 Atlantic Quay, 70 York St

Glasgow

G2 8EA

Contact

Gary Crombie

Email

Gary.Crombie@gov.scot

Telephone

+44 7392287522

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKM - Scotland

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.scotland.gov.uk

Buyer's address

https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10482


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

New Scots Refugee Integration Evaluation

Reference number

Case Ref: 560741

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 79315000 - Social research services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The aims of the evaluation are to:

- Evaluate the New Scots strategy and approach, including whether the New Scots outcomes, objectives and actions are being met.

- Assess the implementation of the AMIF-funded projects, including the extent to which they are achieving their intended outcomes.

- Support funded projects to develop their own self-evaluation, and support sharing of learning between funded projects.

- Generate insight, learning and recommendations from the projects and New Scots in relation to good practice, widening impact and innovation, including exploration of what has worked well and what hasn’t.

- Present and communicate findings and outputs in ways that are accessible and useful to a wide range of audiences, including for policymakers and practitioners.

The outputs of this work, alongside the other research and learning activity being carried out, will form part of a series of outputs from the AMIF-funded programme which are intended to contribute to a resource or ‘exemplar’ that will be useful to others working in this field, and which can be referred to as an example international good practice in refugee integration. It will also contribute to the existing evidence-base on refugee integration and help to guide the future New Scots approach in Scotland.

A range of potential questions for the evaluation have been identified, both in relation to the evaluation of the New Scots strategy (Table 1) and the evaluation of the AMIF-funded projects (Table 2), which provide a starting point for types of questions the evaluation should seek to answer. The questions draw on the evaluation questions set out in the MEL framework and cover three key areas: process, outcomes, and learning.

It should be noted that the questions identified do not need to be taken as a definitive list, but should instead act as a guide to the sort of questions we would anticipate the evaluation to address in order to meet the overarching aims outlined above. Tenderers are free to modify, add to, or replace questions in the proposed list, providing that a clear rationale is given, and it is apparent how the alternatives will address the evaluation aims.


Section six. Complementary information

six.6) Original notice reference

Notice number: 2021/S 000-013637


Section seven. Changes

seven.1) Information to be changed or added

seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice

Section number

IV.2.2

Place of text to be modified

Time limit

Instead of
Date

23 July 2021

Local time

12:00pm

Read
Date

30 July 2021

Local time

12:00pm

seven.2) Other additional information

tender return deadline has been extended by 1 week