Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c01-2e2b-71a1-bf9e-7eb5c6a441b5/0292-family-innovation-fund-evaluation-consultancy awarded GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # 0292 Family Innovation Fund Evaluation Consultancy [Essex County Council](https://tendernation.io/buyers/essex-county-council) Estimated value £140,000 to £170,000 Published 18 Nov 2016 Deadline Closed 23 Sept 2015 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender Essex County Council (ECC) are looking to evaluate the Family Innovation Fund Early Help programme in Essex. The Family Innovation Fund provides a suite of early help services with the purpose of maintaining or improving family stability and resilience and to subsequently ensure better outcomes for children, young people and parents/carers in Essex. ECC is seeking a partner to carry out an evaluation of the programme; the insight gathered by the evaluation will help make the economic case for early help, both locally and nationally, and evidence the delivery of sustainable outcomes for children, young people and their parents/carers. Bidder Instructions - How to Express Interest in this Tender: Potential Tenderers must contact Essex County Council to request to be invited to this tender by following these instructions:- - Send an email with your organisation name in the subject title field to asking to be invited to this event and providing your contact name and Supplier ID/User ANID from your Ariba registration details. - If you have more than one registered user who you want invited to the event, provide the name(s) of each registered user in your request as it may not be possible to include additional users at a later stage. If you are not registered in Ariba at all, go to [ecc.supplier.ariba.com/ad/register/SSOActions](http://ecc.supplier.ariba.com/ad/register/SSOActions?type=full) and follow the instructions to register then follow steps 1 and 2 above. (PLEASE NOTE: 35% completion (i.e. mandatory fields only: organisation/user details, commodity, sales territory) is the minimum required for your Ariba cloud registration, you do not need to reach 100% completion). Once you have been invited to the project all communication will need to be via the project message board. Additional information: Declarations of interest need to be made via the link Read full description ## CPV classification Research and development services and related consultancy services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/badebf77-adc8-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. 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