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title: "Sussex Violence Reduction Partnership (VRP) Project Evaluation"
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# Sussex Violence Reduction Partnership (VRP) Project Evaluation

Buyer: POLICE & CRIME COMMISSIONER FOR SUSSEX  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-035405

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## Summary

The Sussex Violence Reduction Partnership (VRP) has awarded a contract to National Children's Bureau for the project evaluation. The procurement stage was in the Award phase as of 24th November 2022. The project involves evaluation consultancy services in Sussex, focusing on interventions with young people in schools, colleges, detached youth work, mentoring, and training. The contract value is £230,000, with the contract signed on 23rd November 2022. The main procurement category is services, and the project aims to design a process and impact evaluation for two interventions running for 12 months.

This tender provides an opportunity for consultancy or research firms specializing in evaluation services to grow their business. Businesses with expertise in areas such as evaluation methodologies, data security, and risk mitigation are well-suited to compete. The contract requires a quality-based award evaluation, focusing on criteria such as expertise, methodology, and data security. The project location is in Sussex, United Kingdom, with a contract period starting from 16th September 2022 to 31st May 2023, with potential extensions. The buying organisation, Police & Crime Commissioner for Sussex, aims to contribute to the knowledge on effective strategies to tackle serious violence through the project evaluation.

## Notice

The Sussex Violence Reduction Partnership (VRP) received multi-year settlement funding from the Home Office, which runs until the end of March 2025. This funding is used to facilitate a range of projects across Sussex, which are a mix of interventions with young people in schools, colleges and through detached youth work, mentoring and training for professionals and parents and more intensive work with families, communities and young people involved in serious violence. Evaluation is a mandatory element of the grant funding, designed to ensure that the VRU is undertaking sufficient evaluation activity to actively contribute to what is known about 'what works' in tackling serious violence. The contract has been awarded to the supplier to design a process and impact evaluation for two interventions that have been running for 12 months.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Sussex Violence Reduction Partnership (VRP) is one of 20 Home Office funded units across England and Wales, which were launched in 2019. The VRP received Home Office funding of PS880k via a successful bid by the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner (SPCC) in its inaugural year and now, as with other VRUs, has a multi-year settlement of funding, which runs until the end of March 2025. This funding is used to facilitate a range of projects across Sussex, which are a mix of interventions with young people in schools, colleges and through detached youth work, mentoring and training for professionals and parents and more intensive work with families, communities and young people involved in serious violence. Evaluation is a mandatory element of the grant funding to all VRUs, and this year the Home Office has stated that it expects all VRUs to spend 10% of the total amount allocated to interventions on its evaluation. This baseline evaluation spend requirement is designed to ensure that the VRU is undertaking sufficient evaluation activity to actively contribute to what is known about 'what works' in tackling serious violence. In 2021/22 we externally evaluated three of our interventions. In this funding year we have reduced this to two interventions and are seeking process and impact evaluations for both. The Contract has been awarded to the successful supplier to design a process and impact evaluation for two interventions that have been running for 12 months. The Home Office require a project evaluation to be undertaken each year, therefore, the Contract includes the option to extend by two further periods of 12 months.

Renewal: The contract will commence from 16 September 2022 for the delivery of all the requirements set out in this Invitation to Tender by 31 May 2023. The Home Office require a project evaluation to be undertaken each year, therefore, we would like to include the option to extend any Contract for two further periods of 12 months.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033343-2022 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 24 Nov 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 17 Aug 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 23 Nov 2022 |
| Contract period | 15 Sep 2022 - 31 May 2025 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £230,000 |
| Lots value | £230,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £230,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | POLICE & CRIME COMMISSIONER FOR SUSSEX |
| Locality | LEWES |
| Post town | Brighton |
| Postcode | BN7 2FZ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex |
| ITL 3 | TLJ22 East Sussex CC |
| Local authority | Lewes |
| Electoral ward | Lewes Bridge |
| Westminster constituency | Lewes |
| Delivery location | TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | NATIONAL CHILDREN'S BUREAU |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
- 73110000 - Research services
- 79315000 - Social research services
- 79419000 - Evaluation consultancy services

## Release History

- 24 Nov 2022 at 11:37 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033343-2022
- 20 Jul 2022 at 15:42 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019805-2022

## Notice URLs

- http://https://www.ncb.org.uk
- https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=50730&B=BLUELIGHT
- https://www.sussex-pcc.gov.uk

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