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title: "Evaluation of the Child Poverty Pathfinders - Phase 2"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000723282"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT"
published: "2023-02-27"
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# Evaluation of the Child Poverty Pathfinders - Phase 2

Buyer: SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000723282

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## Summary

The Scottish Government is planning a tender for the Evaluation of the Child Poverty Pathfinders – Phase 2. This tender aims to understand the impact of Child Poverty Pathfinders on families, child poverty, and the economy. The procurement stage is currently at the planning phase, with a future notice date of July 31, 2023. The location of the procurement is in Glasgow, UK, and falls under the industry category of General public services.

This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses with expertise in evaluation services targeting child poverty initiatives. Companies specialising in social impact assessment, economic evaluation, and process evaluation are well-suited to compete. As the Scottish Government plans to initiate an open tender procedure in April 2023, interested businesses should prepare to demonstrate their capacity in holistic support programmes and their ability to work on multi-year evaluations with budgets likely to range between 200-400k GBP.

## Notice

Phase 2 of the Child Poverty Pathfinder Evaluation has four key objectives: 1) Impact: To understand the impact the Child Poverty Pathfinders have on families, child poverty and the system that supports them 2) Economic impact: To understand the impact of the Child Poverty Pathfinders on the economy and public expenditure and understand how the costs of the initiatives compare to their benefits and who the costs and benefits accrue to. 3) Process: To understand the effectiveness of the way Pathfinders have been implemented 4) Learning: To understand how lessons from the Pathfinders can be captured to support scaling up and rolling out elsewhere

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Child Poverty Pathfinders are initiatives of Best Start: Bright Futures (https://www.gov.scot/publications/best-start-bright-futures-tackling-child-poverty-delivery-plan-2022-26/pages/3/), the second Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan. A number of phased Pathfinder initiatives are being developed over the lifetime of the Plan, with the overall aim of providing holistic and person-centred support that meets the specific needs of families most at risk of being in poverty. Glasgow City Council, the Scottish Government, COSLA and the Improvement Service are working together in Glasgow to provide access to support for citizens, break down siloed working and share funding, data and accountability to achieve this. Using a 'No Wrong Door' approach, families in contact with various services in the city will be proactively connected with the benefits and support they are entitled to, as well as employability and other support to thrive, live well and maximise independence. The Child Poverty Dundee Pathfinder is a collaborative initiative between the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP); Dundee City Council; the Scottish Government and other partners. It focuses on a cohort of parents in Dundee who are looking for employment and aims to support them out of poverty on a sustained basis, working across boundaries to provide holistic approaches centred around a family's specific needs. The contractor will be required to build on the first phase of the evaluation (which involved development of a theory of change, monitoring framework and early implementation process study to inform an evaluability assessment) and work with Pathfinders and the Scottish Government to carry out a process evaluation, impact evaluation and economic evaluation of the Child Poverty Pathfinders. The budget for this evaluation is likely to be in the range of 200-400k GBP. This will be a multi-year evaluation and some elements of the evaluation are likely to run up to March 2026 - although early outputs will be required to inform ongoing policy development. This evaluation (and the multi method approach required) will require contractors to draw on a number of areas of expertise. Because of the range of specialist expertise and knowledge that is required consortium bids are strongly encouraged.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB472192 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Prior Information 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 |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 27 Feb 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 31 Jul 2023 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £345,000 |
| 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 | SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT |
| Locality | GLASGOW |
| Post town | Glasgow |
| Postcode | G2 8EA |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM3 West Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM32 Glasgow City |
| Local authority | Glasgow City |
| Electoral ward | Anderston/City/Yorkhill |
| Westminster constituency | Glasgow North |
| Delivery location | TLM Scotland |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79311410 - Economic impact assessment
- 79315000 - Social research services

## Release History

- 27 Feb 2023 at 00:00 - Planning - PCS Notice - Website Prior Information Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB472192

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=FEB472192&idx=2
  27th April 2023 - Q&As from the supplier event
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=FEB472192&idx=1
  27th April 2023 - Slides from the supplier event presentation
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB472192
  Evaluation of the Child Poverty Pathfinders - Phase 2 - Phase 2 of the Child Poverty Pathfinder Evaluation has four key objectives: 1) Impact: To understand the impact the Child Poverty Pathfinders have on families, child poverty and the system that supports them 2) Economic impact: To understand the impact of the Child Poverty Pathfinders on the economy and public expenditure and understand how the costs of the initiatives compare to their benefits and who the costs and benefits accrue to. 3) Process: To understand the effectiveness of the way Pathfinders have been implemented 4) Learning: To understand how lessons from the Pathfinders can be captured to support scaling up and rolling out elsewhere

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.scotland.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000723282
- https://www.gov.scot/publications/best-start-bright-futures-tackling-child-poverty-delivery-plan-2022-26/pages/3/
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=723282

## Provenance

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