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title: "UK SBS FWRECR16018 Export services: Impact and qualitative evaluation"
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# UK SBS FWRECR16018 Export services: Impact and qualitative evaluation

Buyer: UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-4c9e21f7-adca-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

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## Summary

The procurement process involves UK Shared Business Services Limited, seeking proposals for the "Export services: Impact and qualitative evaluation" project within the market and economic research industry. The procurement stage is now complete, having started with the tender period that concluded on 8 March 2016, with the contract period running from 5 April 2016 to 31 December 2016. The total value of the contract awarded is £318,000, and the primary location for service delivery is London, United Kingdom. The procurement method is classified as 'Other', facilitating a direct appointment for qualified contractors.

This tender presents a significant opportunity for firms specialising in research and development consultancy services, particularly those with experience in impact evaluations and statistical analysis. Businesses engaged in qualitative and quantitative evaluations, and capable of employing innovative digital data collection techniques, would find this contract well-suited to their capabilities. In particular, larger consulting firms with a track record of working closely with government projects may benefit from this contract, which aims to address market failures and improve business performance indicators.

## Notice

UKTI will appoint professional service designers to design and implement the pilots. The contractors commissioned to evaluate the pilots will be expected to work closely with them and UKTI project leads to inform how the pilots are designed and delivered ideally using RCTs and if not feasible an alternative robust impact evaluation to follow cross government guidance on impact evaluation as set out in the supplementary guidance to the Magenta Book and BIS Guidance on Evaluating the Impact of Interventions on Business . The specification outlines the requirements for the design, development and delivery of an impact evaluation (ideally through RCT) and a qualitative evaluation (for the intention of informing practical recommendations for implementing best practice and addressing barriers). For this project contractor's roles include: * Proposal of a feasible robust impact evaluation ideally through RCT and proposal for qualitative evaluation to run alongside the impact evaluation * Undertaking impact and qualitative evaluation * Collect business data to develop robust evidence base for evaluating the RCT/Impact evaluation research questions. * Collect data on changes in business behaviour and compare it with the baseline data, captured at the application stage for both the treatment and control group * Collect data on business performance indicators as outlined in the logic model and analyse it over the 6/12/18 month waves of data collection to assess the impact of the programme (logic model to be finalised after contract is awarded). * Understand the extent of market failures and behavioural constraints related to the use of business advice from the participating businesses. * Measure direct impact to the business in comparison to what would have happen anyway, without the intervention (counterfactual) * Benefit cost ratio calculations * Gauge deadweight (would the outcomes have been achieved without the export service). We expect to have some comparable measures of outcomes and benefit cost ratios across the pilots. Contractors need to be mindful of maximising the use of digital data collection techniques for all aspects of the formative and impact evaluation. A pilot scheme advisory group formed by leading academics will be set up; contractors will be required to present their approaches to this panel for them to make a decision on the most appropriate impact evaluation method. Contractors will be expected to consider and take on board comments made by this advisory group.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/72fc49ef-f4ba-4715-aad4-f34414203160 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Other - |
| Tender suitability | VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 18 Nov 2016 |
| Submission deadline | 8 Mar 2016 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 8 May 2016 |
| Contract period | 4 Apr 2016 - 31 Dec 2016 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £318,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £318,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED |
| Locality | SWINDON |
| Post town | Swindon |
| Postcode | SN2 1FF |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire |
| ITL 3 | TLK71 Swindon |
| Local authority | Swindon |
| Electoral ward | Rodbourne Cheney |
| Westminster constituency | Swindon North |
| Delivery location | TLI London |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ICF CONSULTING SERVICES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
- 79300000 - Market and economic research; polling and statistics

## Release History

- 18 Nov 2016 at 20:17 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/72fc49ef-f4ba-4715-aad4-f34414203160

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/72fc49ef-f4ba-4715-aad4-f34414203160
  12th October 2016 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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