Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13cae-c542-7236-937e-46e385c8ffa2/creative-people-and-places pending GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # Creative People and Places [University of Derby](https://tendernation.io/buyers/university-of-derby) Estimated value Not stated Published 27 Feb 2023 Deadline Rolling deadline ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. - 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 ### The brief Make/Shift is looking for an Evaluator to co-design and deliver an evaluation that identifies if and how our key aims are being met and the most significant changes emerging from our work. We want a collaborative and reflective evaluation framework that helps us to inform the programme as it develops and to understand what is and isn't working. It needs to help us learn, reflect, and change as the programme develops. The evaluation must be accessible to a wide range of audiences, providing them with compelling evidence, insights and stories of impact and change. We are looking for a supplier to provide the required services over a two year period and are currently working to a budget of £30,000 ### Context The evaluation needs to clearly answer the three research questions set by our core funder Arts Council England for the national Creative People and Places programme: Are more people from places of least engagement experiencing and inspired by the arts? To what extent was the aspiration for excellence of art and excellence of the process of engaging communities achieved? Which approaches were successful and what were lessons learned? Additionally, we want to assess the impact of the programme and how we are delivering against our vision and Theory of Change for Make/Shift. The priority is to meet ACE evaluation needs, but we would love to hear your ideas on how we can include evaluative aspects of story collecting, connections to people and place, and creative approaches to evaluation. The evaluation framework should measure Make/Shift's performance against our stated outputs, outcomes, and impact, as set out in our Theory of Change. These will be reviewed annually using data from the evaluation and will be reported to our strategic partners and funders including Arts Council England. Any evaluation framework must take into account that Make/Shift is an action research project, meaning we need to be able to learn quickly from what we're doing and adapt approaches accordingly. Work required: Evaluation of Make/Shift needs to be an iterative process and include both formative and summative methodology. Data collection will need to be integrated into all of our activities. The evaluation needs to inform our approach and decision making at every level, from projects to strategy and longer-term vision. Evaluation will be a reflective process focused on learning and change. Therefore, we are looking for a partner to work collaboratively with us on this journey, suggesting how lessons can be fed back into the programme as it develops. ### Additional information: Timeline • Deadline for expressions of interest is 10 March 2023 • Invitation for interview / discussion will be communicated by 14 March after which suppliers will be invited to register as a prospective supplier and complete a tender process Read full description ## CPV classification Data analysis services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/1be07740-d086-4268-980e-773f46c9e105) 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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