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Early Years Integration Pathfinder - Evaluation

NEATH PORT TALBOT COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL

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Summary of the contracting process

The Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council has awarded a contract for the "Early Years Integration Pathfinder – Evaluation" project. The council aims to evaluate the impact of improved coordination and integration of services to support children from conception to age 7. This project falls under the service category and involves research consultancy, administrative educational services, evaluation consultancy, and other related services. The contract was signed on 20th July 2022.

This tender provides opportunities for businesses in research consultancy, educational services, and social services sectors. The procurement process is in the award stage, and the deadline for submitting bids was on 1st July 2022. Businesses well-suited to compete are those with expertise in developing evaluation frameworks, assessing project outcomes, and understanding user experiences. The project aims to create a more responsive early years system and engage with diverse populations, including hard-to-reach groups and families in low-income areas.

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Notice Title

Early Years Integration Pathfinder - Evaluation

Notice Description

1.1 BackgroundThe Early Years Integration Pathfinder is a Welsh Government pilot programme aiming to 'build on our current early years programmes and create a more joined-up, responsive system that puts the unique needs of each child at its heart.' Prosperity for All - the National Strategy (Welsh Government). The programme looks at the co-ordination of services for children in their early years (from conception to age 7).Neath Port Talbot and Swansea Public Service Boards (PSBs) have agreed to become early years integration pathfinders working across the Swansea Bay Health Board area to take the programme forward.Programme objectives:- Children from all backgrounds have the best start in life- Parents will have access to a joined up and seamless EY service- Fully professionalised EY workforce - who feel part of a single EY system- More confident parents of happy, confident, thriving, resilient children- Reduced educational inequalities , reduction in ACEsThe two PSBs are working in partnership with Swansea Bay Health Board and Public Health Wales to take forward the programme and to pilot new ways of working to improve the early years system.Section 2 - Core Service2.1 Description of Service Being Commissioned (the "Specification")To develop an evaluation framework to evaluate the impact of the improved coordination and integration of services delivered as part of the Early Years Integration pilot models, as outlined in the NPT & Swansea Business Plan (overleaf).To apply the framework to the projects and to report findings to the regional steering group.The evaluation product will inform the future planning and arrangement of service delivery at local and regional level.Public Engagement Element:To ensure that we continue to work with the Future Generations Act at the heart of our guiding principles, and that any future proposals to support transformation are completed in a comprehensive and well planned out way it is essential that we engage with families, and service users who are either using, or have recently used services within Health, Education, Family support, Childcare and Play and this work will form part of the evaluation process.We are keen to ensure that all elements of population are considered, including, but not exclusively:- Hard to reach populations- New parents- Pregnant Mums- All ethnic populations- Families living in low income areas, and areas of high deprivation.Design brief:We wished to engage an organisation to undertake the following work:- Identification and collation of baseline data for each project outlined in the NPT & Swansea Business Plan and subsequent addendum for Early Years Integration Pathfinder funding- Identification of appropriate measures and/or tools to demonstrate project outcomes- Evaluating the benefits of improved co-ordination in providing support for children and families (possibly through control groups in non-pilot areas)- Understanding user experience of each of the projects (families and partner agencies)- Collating lessons learned in order to demonstrate strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of each projectA clear timeline indicating the anticipated start and end dates of all elements of the project should be provided with the quotation.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-kuma6s-120763
Publication Source
Sell2Wales
Latest Notice
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=120763
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
S2W Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

75 - Administration, defence and social security services

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

80 - Education and training services

85 - Health and social work services


CPV Codes

73210000 - Research consultancy services

75121000 - Administrative educational services

79419000 - Evaluation consultancy services

80100000 - Primary education services

80110000 - Pre-school education services

80340000 - Special education services

85321000 - Administrative social services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
7 Dec 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
1 Jul 2022Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
20 Jul 20223 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Not Specified
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NEATH PORT TALBOT COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL
Contact Name
Cathy Bowley, Marie fowler
Contact Email
m.fowler@npt.gov.uk, thinkfamilypartnership@npt.gov.uk
Contact Phone
+44 1639685300, +44 7970069970

Buyer Location

Locality
PORT TALBOT
Postcode
SA13 1PJ
Post Town
Swansea
Country
Wales

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLL Wales
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLL4 Mid and South West Wales
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLL44 Neath Port Talbot
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Neath Port Talbot
Electoral Ward
Briton Ferry West
Westminster Constituency
Aberafan Maesteg

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

PRD

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