LGF/GBF Feasibility Study and Evaluation

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The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) wishes to commission a feasibility study and evaluation to assess the implementation and impact of the Local Growth Fund (LGF) and Getting Building Fund (GBF) with a budget of up to £500,000 (£100,000 for the feasibility study and £400,000 for the evaluation). Background: The LGF (£7.1bn) was the government flagship local economic development policy between 2015/16 and 2020/21, GBF provided LEPs with £900m to support 'shovel ready schemes' to stimulate areas most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic between 2020/21 and 2021/22. More information on allocations, projects and budgets can be found here: Getting Building Fund - https://www.gov.uk/guidance/getting-building-fund ; Local Growth Deals - https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-growth-deals. Scope & Requirements: The study will be divided in two phases: feasibility study (phase 1) and evaluation (phase 2). Phase 1 will aim to understand if process and/or impact evaluations of LGF and/or GBF would be feasible and robust. The process and impact evaluations of the programmes (phase 2) should focus on what was delivered, what can be learned, what difference the funds have been made and what changed were caused. The contractor will be required to investigate a series of issues around scope, data, approaches, methods, analysis and propose options and related project plans for phase 2. The evaluation will implement the project plan proposed in the feasibility study. Timelines & Governance: The feasibility study will run from March to May 2023. The contract will continue into phase 2 in June 2023, only if the feasibility study findings will show that evaluation work would be feasible and robust enough. The project will be overseen by DLUHC's analysts and relevant stakeholders. Note: A draft of the scope of requirements and milestones will be published on the 15th of December for information. Additional information: The project will be procured through the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) - RM6126 Research and Insights Market Place. Suppliers are able to apply to join the DPS at any time. During application to join the DPS, suppliers indicate which services they may be able to provide under the DPS.  Please note that new suppliers are able to register with the DPS via the following link and that this process can take at least 2 weeks: https://supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/dps#research DLUHC will apply filter categories relevant to the requirement in order to create a supplier shortlist for running a further competition. If you have any questions about the DPS and would like to contact a member of the CCS team please use the links provided on the website above. PLEASE NOTE: The dates specified for the procurement exercise in this Notice are indicative and are subject to change. Current indications are that the Invitation To Tender will now go live during the week commencing 9 January 2023.

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