Live tenders / North East Combined Authority
Community Impact Fund - Evaluation Partner
What the buyer is asking for
The North East Mayoral Strategic Authority is seeking to appoint an independent Evaluation Partner to undertake a programme-level evaluation of the £12 million North East Community Impact Fund (CIF). CIF aims to improve outcomes for children and families experiencing poverty by strengthening the capacity, capability and sustainability of the VCSE sector and enabling more preventative and outcomes-based approaches to service delivery. The evaluation will assess CIF’s implementation, emerging outcomes and value for money across its different components, including its support to strengthen VCSE capability and commissioning readiness and the development and delivery of preventative and outcomes-based services. It will draw together evidence from across CIF-supported activity and establish the foundations for assessing CIF’s longer-term contribution to outcomes for children and families. The Evaluation Partner will also support continuous learning and improvement throughout delivery, providing practical findings and recommendations to inform future commissioning, investment and VCSE support across the North East.
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- 80%qualityQuality
- 20%pricePrice
- Value
- £300,000
- Submission deadline
- 10 Nov 2026 (3 days left)
- Enquiry deadline
- 05 Nov 2026
- Award decision expected by
- 22 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract start
- Not stated
- Contract end
- Not stated
- Category
- services
- Lots
- 1
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- CPV codes
- 73210000, 79315000, 79419000
- Legal basis
- 2023/54
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Timeline
4 published dates · Europe/London
- Tender notice published29 days ago8 Oct 2026, 15:16 BST
- Clarification questions by2 days ago5 Nov 2026, 00:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 3 days10 Nov 2026, 00:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 46 days22 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
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Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
- Pipeline or early engagement notice8 Oct 2026, 15:16 BST095314-2026
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