The Social Enterprise Exchange partners are seeking to commission an external evaluator to accompany and report on Social Enterprise Exchange 2, a £2.2m investment to promote, support and develop new and existing social enterprise in Sheffield City Region, part-funded by European Regional Development Fund and The National Lottery Community Fund.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of good practice in social enterprise support and impact evaluation. The evaluation is to include project design and process, performance against output targets, project outcomes, project impacts (social, economic and environmental) and value for money. The deliverables for the external evaluation will include a detailed assessment framework and methodological statement, an interim progress report, a final evaluation report and a published summary with case stories of good practice and lessons learned. The individual or team appointed will have a good understanding of social enterprise and significant experience of evaluation and impact assessment.

Further information is available to download here:
SEE2 – Evaluation – RFP v1.0

Additional information in response to questions received is available here (updated 31 March 2020):
SEE – Evaluation – RFP – Response to questions

The maximum value for this contract is £15,000 (including VAT).

Deadline for proposals is 12 noon, 30 April 2020