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# Cash First Learning and Evaluation: Independent Evaluation

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cash-first-learning-and-evaluation-independent-evaluation-ocds-h6vhtk-041cb4). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Scottish Government: "Cash First Learning and Evaluation: Independent Evaluation". Published status: complete. Published Value: £100,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 15 Jan 2024, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Scottish Government](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/scottish-government-GB-PPON-PVCB-3739-TNGL)
- **Published Value:** £100,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 15 January 2024 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Market research services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £99,854 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-041cb4`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cash-first-learning-and-evaluation-independent-evaluation-ocds-h6vhtk-041cb4#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cash-first-learning-and-evaluation-independent-evaluation-ocds-h6vhtk-041cb4#participate

## Description
The Scottish Government wants to work with local partners towards our shared ambition of ending the need for food banks in Scotland, as set out in our recently published Cash-First Plan.
Our two-year Cash-First Programme (‘the Programme’) will provide funding and practical assistance for up to eight local Partnerships to collaborate and deliver activities that improve urgent access to cash in a crisis, generating evidence that can be shared to inform future policy and practice.
The Scottish Government is seeking to procure the services of an organisation to undertake an independent evaluation of this Programme.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79310000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £100,000
- **Description:** The Evaluator will assess the implementation of cash-first activities by Partnerships, the role of the Learning Partner (who will assist partnerships to deliver interventions) and the impact of the Programme as a whole.
The Scottish Government has al...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 006430-2024-689808-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **ekosgen**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-68275`
  - Value: £99,854 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 006430-2024-689808-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £99,854
  - Signed Date: 12/02/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F006430-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-02-28T16:23:27.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T13:28:54.172Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-041cb4