Summative Assessment of EWOE

Title: Enterprising West of England Programme Description: Enterprising West of England is a £3.8m ERDF funded business support programme, delivered in the West of England only. It is run by a consortium of 7 partner organisations including Business West (lead), Bristol City Council, Bath and East Somerset Council, South Gloucestershire Council, North Somerset Council, YTKO and Prince's Trust. EWOE is expected to support over 1000 potential entrepreneurs to become enterprise ready, refer over 1000 businesses to appropriate business support and support over 500 businesses with w either grants or business advice. The consortium is now looking to procure a supplier to deliver the Summative Assessment for the programme.

Key objectives for the summative assessment will need to: • Identify whether the programme was relevant for the local context • Identify whether expected outputs, outcomes and impact were achieved (including an assessment of equality and diversity) • Demonstrate the economy, efficiency and effectiveness offered by the consortium in delivering the programme. This includes an assessment of the management capability. • Combining the above, assess whether the project provided VFM. • Identify lessons learned. Region(s) of supply: Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

Timeline: The final summative assessment report will be due to CLG in September 2019.

For more information please see the attached 'Call for Proposals'