Provision of Covid-19 Business Support Meta-Evaluation

Concepts

• research services
• business support schemes
• business loan schemes
• covid-19
• hmt’s covid business support
• covid-19 business support meta-evaluation
• business support meta-evaluation
• meta
• covid
• research and development

Location

London

Description

Call-off procurement from RM6126 Framework Research and Insights for the Provision of Covid-19 Business Support Meta-Evaluation for HM Treasury.

Total Quantity or Scope

HMT is seeking insights on a number of questions about the impact and effectiveness of HMT’s Covid business support during the peak period for the UK Government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic (March 2020 to March 2022). This period coincides with when widespread non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), e.g., social distancing and self-isolation policies, were in place. This will form part of HMT’s work to capture and distil lessons from the experience of supporting businesses through the pandemic. This will require specialist research that covers the full range of business support schemes initiated by HMT and other government departments during that period. The Supplier will be able to draw upon evaluations (published or due to be published) on individual schemes or groups of schemes (for instance, local authority grants; business loan schemes) published by other departments and organisations such as Ipsos to provide a meta-evaluation answering the question “What lessons can we learn from supporting business in a crisis?”

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 73110000 - Research services
• 73300000 - Design and execution of research and development
• 79311400 - Economic research services

Indicators

• Award on basis of price and quality.

Other Information

As part of this contract award notice the following can be accessed at: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/209a63b8-3289-4112-b236-c6ba53... 1) Redacted Commercial Agreement 2) List of Successful Suppliers 3) Approved Customer list 4) Transparency Agenda On 02/04/2014, Government introduced its Government Security Classifications (GSC) scheme which replaced Government Protective Marking Scheme (GPMS). A key aspect is the reduction in the number of security classifications used. All bidders were required to make themselves aware of the changes as it may impact this requirement. This link provides information on the GSC at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security- classifications Cyber Essentials is a mandatory requirement for Central Government contracts which involve handling personal information or provide certain ICT products/services. Government is taking steps to reduce the levels of cyber security risk in its supply chain through the Cyber Essentials scheme. The scheme defines a set of controls which, when implemented, will provide organisations with basic protection from the most prevalent forms of threat coming from the internet. To participate in this procurement, bidders were required to demonstrate they comply with the technical requirements prescribed by Cyber Essentials, for services under and in connection with this procurement.