Evaluation of the Quality & Engagement Act

The Welsh Government intends to procure a contract for an independent evaluation of the implementation and impact of the Health and Social Care (Quality and Engagement) (Wales) Act 2020.
The evaluation will build on findings from a completed evaluability assessment and is expected to adopt a theory-based approach, assessing both the individual duties established by the Act and their collective contribution to the Act's overarching objectives.
https://www.gov.wales/evaluability-assessment-health-and-social-care-quality-and-engagement-wales-act-2020
The current intention is to procure the contract in 2026/2027 to commence the contract during the 2027/28 financial year.
Estimated total contract value: up to £275,000 GBP (excluding VAT)
Contract duration: 24 months (with up to 3 months extension for final outputs with no additional budget available).
Structure of contract:
The Welsh Government is considering a variety of models whereby:
• The requirement is either tendered as one whole contract or divided into five lotted work packages (Work Packages 0-4).
• Work Package 0 will be responsible for providing overall programme integration, coordination and synthesis across all work packages.
• Work Packages 1 to 4 will be the evaluation strands.
• At this stage we are considering whether suppliers are interested in bidding for one individual work package as an expert on a specific topic, multiple work packages or all work packages as a lead supplier co-ordinating the whole contract.
• Where multiple suppliers are appointed they will be required to operate within a shared theory-based evaluation framework.
• Effective collaboration and data sharing between suppliers will be a contractual requirement to support programme-wide synthesis, learning and reporting.
• The approaches being considered reflect the recommendations made through the evaluability assessment, which identified the benefits of a single overarching evaluation delivered through distinct but connected...