ITT Evaluation - BBO Project

Invitation to Tender

Evaluation of the Norfolk Community College project

A partnership project led by East Coast College as part of the Big Lottery's Building Better Opportunities Programme

Introduction

On behalf of the Norfolk Community College Project, East Coast College is looking for a suitably qualified evaluation provider, to help measure the impact of the project over a two year period. The provider should have the academic capabilities to carry out both qualitative and quantitative methods of research and evaluation. They should also have the expertise to involve and train local people in research and evaluation practice, and in particular, people who have experienced long periods of unemployment or economic inactivity.

2: Scope

Over 30 months, the Norfolk Community College Project will support a minimum of 1000 unemployed and economically inactive adults across Norfolk. The breakdown of these minimum requirements is provided below, and the applicant should explain in their tender the percentage of this volume that they expect to form part of the evaluation, along with the breakdown of methods they will use to evaluate personal and project outcomes.

Description of Requirement Volume

Number of people engaged in activities to improve their work readiness 1000 comprising 500 men, 500 woman, 500 unemployed, 500 economically inactive, 160 aged 50 or over, 205 with disabilities, and 41 from ethnic minorities.

Number of people that move into education or training on leaving.

200. out of 1000 representing 20% of all people.

3: Background

On behalf of a partnership comprising a range of local delivery organisations, East Coast College made a successful application to the Big Lottery Fund's Building Better Opportunities Programme, which is co-financed by the European Social Fund. The project forms part of the EU Structural and Investment Fund Strategy of the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership.

The Norfolk Community College Project is underpinned by three project principles, which provide the foundations for the overarching impacts to be achieved by the project between now and 31 December 2019. These principles are outlined below, and it is expected that applicants will give full consideration to these when making their responses to the evaluation ITT.