--- title: "Made Smarter Adoption 2023-2025 Evaluation- Pre Market Engagement" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-035918" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-035918" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-035918.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-035918.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "BUSINESS ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY" published: "2022-09-12" --- # Made Smarter Adoption 2023-2025 Evaluation- Pre Market Engagement Buyer: BUSINESS ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-035918 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-035918) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-035918.json) ## Summary The Business Energy and Industrial Strategy department has released a tender for the "Made Smarter Adoption 2023-2025 Evaluation- Pre Market Engagement" service contract. This tender falls under the services category and aims to boost manufacturing SMEs' growth, productivity, efficiency, and resilience in regions like the North West, North East, Yorkshire and the Humber, and the West Midlands, with additional regions joining later. The key focus of the contract is on evaluating the impact and process of the Made Smarter Adoption Programme to support manufacturing businesses in adopting digital technology. This opportunity presents a chance for businesses involved in evaluation consultancy services and research and development services, particularly those interested in boosting productivity and energy/resource efficiency for manufacturing SMEs. The tender is currently in the planning stage with a pre-market engagement session scheduled for 13th September 2022. Interested parties should contact William Nicholson from the Business Energy and Industrial Strategy department for further details on attending the session. ## Notice The contract is for a two-year three-month PS400,000 (inc VAT) evaluation of the Made Smarter Adoption Programme (MSAP). The Programme aims to boost manufacturing SME's growth, productivity, efficiency, and resilience by supporting them with adopting industrial digital technology . It is available to manufacturing businesses in the North West, the North East, Yorkshire and the Humber, and the West Midlands. A fifth region will also join the Programme later this year. The Programme comprises of 1) intensive, expert adviser-led support, 2) digital road mapping, 3) match-funded grants of up to PS20k to purchase specialist services and equipment, and 4) a tailored leadership programme. The MSAP is identified as a top priority for the Department, contributing to Innovation, Enterprise and Net Zero success outcomes and forms a key part of the Government's approach through the Levelling Up White Paper. The contract is for both a process and impact evaluation of the Programme. For the process evaluation we are interested in understanding the journey of manufacturing businesses from submitting an initial enquiry to receiving support, the role of Made Smarter Advisors in this journey, businesses' experience of engaging with the support, and lastly, other stakeholders' interactions with and interpretations of the programme (e.g., delivery partners; other manufacturing and business support programmes; regional and local manufacturing businesses; relevant trade bodies; funders in government; and innovation facilities). The process evaluation will also need to engage with those who were not successful in their application to understand why they applied, why they did not proceed, and their thoughts on the applicant journey. This part of the project will also need to review the strengths and weaknesses of the different delivery approaches regions have taken in the rollout of the Programme to date. A key output of the process evaluation will be to deliver recommendations on how the Programme could be improved to achieve maximum reach across the regions in the most efficient and effective manner. The impact evaluation will need to assess the success of the Programme in achieving its aims which are to boost participating manufacturing SME's productivity, growth (both in terms of skills and jobs), business resilience, and energy/resource efficiency. It is anticipated that a range of techniques will be used to provide evidence on the success, or otherwise, of the Programme. We anticipate the below methods will be used: * A theory-based element to collect evidence to assess the Programme's Theory of Change. * A counterfactual evaluation using econometric techniques to provide an objective perspective on the additionality and impact of the Programme. * A value for money assessment. Specifically, this assessment will used to evaluate the benefit of the Programme to supported businesses' GVA, productivity, and turnover. To support the process and impact evaluations, a mixture of quantitative and qualitative data collection methods should be used, including surveys, analysis of management information, interviews, and case studies. To support the comparison of the Programme to comparator offers it is anticipated that a literature review will need to be undertaken to compare and contrast both the processes of, and impact arising from, the Made Smarter Programme against similar UK and international programmes. Improving productivity is a key aim of the Programme and so it will be essential that bidders devise and build on previous robust approaches to measuring productivity impacts of all the different elements (singly & in combination) of the offer over time including any early indicators. Suggested approaches must be able to distinguish between changes to productivity at the firm level and productivity at a regional level. The supplier will need to develop an approach to assessing the programme's impacts on efficiency and on resilience. ### Lot Information Lot 1 If you are interested in attending our pre-market engagement session on the 13 September 13:00-14:00 2022, please contact William Nicholson (william.nicholson@beis.gov.uk) ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025551-2022 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning, Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 12 Sep 2022 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 28 Nov 2022 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | BUSINESS ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South West London | | Postcode | SW1H 0ET | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London | | Local authority | Westminster | | Electoral ward | St James's | | Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## 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 - 79419000 - Evaluation consultancy services ## Release History - 12 Sep 2022 at 14:25 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025551-2022 - 4 Aug 2022 at 15:47 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021472-2022 ## Notice URLs - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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