Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE FUND(THE)
3 Spital Yard Spital Square
LONDON
E16AQ
Contact
Gavin Richards
Telephone
+44 7527205422
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKI42 - Tower Hamlets
Charity Commission (England and Wales)
266780
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://ahfund.org.uk/news/latest/external-evaluation-consultant-for-hdts-programme/
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other type
Registered charity
one.5) Main activity
Other activity
Heritage funding
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Heritage Development Trusts programme evaluation
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 66000000 - Financial and insurance services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Architectural Heritage Fund is working with the National Lottery Heritage Fund as a strategic partner for a capacity building programme targeted at the heritage trust sector, working alongside the Heritage Trust Network and other infrastructure support organisations where required. This £5 million programme will provide capacity building support and project development grants to between 10 and 13 'Heritage Development Trusts' operating in locations of need and potential across the UK. We wish to appoint an external evaluation consultant for the programme, who will design and implement an evaluation plan to enable us to monitor and assess to what extent the project is achieving the programme aims.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £90,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
We expect the evaluation to be based around four main areas to report on the social, economic, and environmental impact of the programme:
1. Project delivery - To evaluate AHF's performance in delivering the programme. This includes meeting the spend targets in the budget profile, achieving the right balance of geographical and level of HDTs, the amount and type of specialist support offered to grantees, and the fair distribution of grants, in line with our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy. This quantitative information can be accessed through our internal database.
2. Impact on the beneficiaries - To assess evidence of capacity growth in terms of organisational development and the development of a portfolio of heritage assets, as well as the level of engagement and new partnerships with local stakeholders. We envisage this will be collected through the development of a resilience framework with a mix of self-assessment, discussion and interviews in relation to each Heritage Development Trust.
3. Impact on local areas - To evaluate the wider impacts of HDTs and the value they add to their local areas through the projects they deliver and the social benefits they bring, such as employment and skills, tourism, inward investment, new housing and community cohesion. While we appreciate that this is a large and complex task owing to the diversity of HDTs and how the outputs and impacts ripple out into their local areas, we would like the evaluator to build a toolkit or framework that allows the key outputs to be standardised to allow for impacts to be reported across the programme. In order to analyse the lasting impact of the HDTs' activities, this element of work should incorporate a longitudinal survey that will enable the gathering of data over ten years after the programme's completion.
4. Deep-dive learnings from pilot HDTs - To ensure the programme and its evaluation are maximising the insight able to be gleaned from the pilot phase of the HDTs, we wish to commission in-depth studies of the impact that three pilot HDTs have had within their local communities, including economic and social impact modelling on the change that HDT projects have fostered and interview-based insight into local perceptions of the value of conserved buildings and the role played by the HDTs. The chosen areas are: Great Yarmouth, Sunderland and Coventry.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
36
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: Yes
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
17 July 2023
Local time
5:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English, Welsh
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
18 July 2023
Local time
9:00am
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Architectural Heritage Fund
London
Country
United Kingdom