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title: "Scottish Approach to Change Evaluation and Learning Partner"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078d41"
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# Scottish Approach to Change Evaluation and Learning Partner

Buyer: Healthcare Improvement Scotland  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078d41

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## Summary

Healthcare Improvement Scotland is commissioning an independent evaluation of the Scottish Approach to Change, a programme across Scotland’s health and social care system. The work is to assess how the programme has been implemented and its impact, and whether it continues to reflect its principles of openness, collaboration and responsiveness to feedback from the system. The evaluator is expected to provide objective challenge, learning, reflection and assurance, then produce practical insights and recommendations to support improvement, build stakeholder confidence and encourage wider adoption. This is research and evaluation consultancy work, rather than a technology or application-hosting contract, despite the additional service classification in the procurement. Delivery is in Scotland; Healthcare Improvement Scotland is based in Edinburgh.

Healthcare Improvement Scotland invited offers through an open procedure. The procurement comprises one lot, covering the independent evaluation and recommendations for the Scottish Approach to Change; variants are not allowed. The submission deadline set by the buyer was 25 November 2026 at 12:00 noon. The contract period is 21 December 2026 to 31 March 2028. The published tender does not state a contract value or a separate enquiry deadline. Award-period and bid-opening dates are set for the submission deadline. The procurement is for services, with electronic submissions required and English accepted. Bids are assessed against technical and economic selection criteria; the tender data does not provide their detailed thresholds or an award-scoring breakdown.

This opportunity suits independent evaluation, research and organisational-learning consultancies with a suitably qualified team and experience assessing complex programmes in health and social care. Suppliers will need to design and deliver a robust evaluation, provide credible challenge and assurance, and turn findings into actionable recommendations. Strong capability in evaluating implementation and outcomes, gathering and interpreting feedback across a system, and working constructively with diverse stakeholders is directly relevant to the stated brief. Providers should be able to examine whether a programme’s practice matches its principles, including openness, collaboration and responsiveness, and communicate learning in a way that supports continuous improvement and wider adoption across Scotland’s health and social care system. The work calls for independence and sufficient capacity to deliver the evaluation over the contracted period.

## Notice

We are seeking to commission a suitably qualified and experienced provider to design and deliver a robust, independent evaluation of the Scottish Approach to Change. The evaluation should provide objective challenge, learning, reflection and assurance regarding the implementation and impact of the programme, including the extent to which it continues to embody its core principles of openness, collaboration and responsiveness to system feedback.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

We are seeking to commission a suitably qualified and experienced provider to design and deliver a robust, independent evaluation of the Scottish Approach to Change. The evaluation should provide objective challenge, learning, reflection and assurance regarding the implementation and impact of the programme, including the extent to which it continues to embody its core principles of openness, collaboration and responsiveness to system feedback. The evaluation should generate actionable insights and recommendations to inform continuous improvement, strengthen stakeholder confidence, and support wider adoption of the Scottish Approach to Change across Scotland's health and social care system.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/099661-2026 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 21 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 25 Nov 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 21 Dec 2026 - 31 Mar 2028 |
| 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 | Active |
| Lots status | Active |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Healthcare Improvement Scotland |
| Locality | EDINBURGH |
| Postcode area | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH12 9EB |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM13 City of Edinburgh |
| Local authority | City of Edinburgh |
| Electoral ward | Drum Brae/Gyle |
| Westminster constituency | Edinburgh South West |
| Delivery location | TLM Scotland |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 72416000 - Application service providers
- 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services

## Release History

- 21 Oct 2026 at 16:27 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/099661-2026

## Notice URLs

- http://healthcareimprovementscotland.org
- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000846262
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00363
- https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/

## Provenance

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