TC645 - Research, Evaluation and Data Sciences

Description

Manchester City Council (MCC) is looking to establish a procurement framework to help
delivery its research and intelligence work, in support of its wider objectives. The framework
will provide a mechanism through which expert support and advice can be effectively
obtained to meet the myriad of needs of Manchester.
The Performance Research and Intelligence (PRI) function in MCC is establishing a
procurement framework which will help support the work of the directorate, The Council and
our partners. The Research, Evaluation and Data Science (REDS) Framework covers a broad
range of activities which have been structured into six areas, known as LOTs. There will be a
maximum of 15 providers on each LOT. The LOTs are as follows:
LOT 1 - Data management, open text coding, text analytics and transcribing
• Coding of text, including responses to open text consultation questions and internal case
notes
• Sentiment analysis
• Machine learning analysis
• Transcribing audio files
• Recoding and transforming datafiles
LOT 2 - Primary Research
• Opinion research - Measuring perceptions and opinions of residents, businesses, service
users via interviews, survey, focus groups
• Observation/ ethnographic research
• Insights including behavioral insights
LOT 3 - Evaluations and Impact Assessments of Projects and Programmes
• Theory of Change and Logic Model development
• Evaluation and Impact Assessments of projects and programmes including both outcome
and process evaluation
• Cost Benefit Analysis
• Randomised Controlled Trials
• Rapid Evidence Reviews of services, systems and current internal practice
• Equality Impact Assessments (EIA) and Health Impact Assessments (HIA)
LOT 4 - Property & Economic Intelligence
• Residential property market analysis
• Commercial property market analysis
• Economic research including businesses, employment and skills
LOT 5 - Analytics and Modelling
• Analysis of complex data and presentation to a wide range of audiences
• Statistical Analysis, including descriptive statistics of time series, trends and demographic
information
• Statistical Modelling, including classification and regression modelling to support
population segmentation, risk stratification and predictive modelling
• Analysis of markets, including Social Care Markets
• Population and Service needs assessments to inform policy and commissioning
• Implementing data standards, quality and supporting approaches / systems
• Analysis and Modelling of demand for services to support service planning and
commissioning decisions
• Presentation of analytics and modelling output to non-specialist audiences within bespoke
and existing reports
• Development of analytical and modelling processes into standard workflows.
LOT 6 - Expert Networks: Cross-cutting Research and Evidence Generation
• Rapid review and synthesis of multiple and complementary evidence sources
• Complex systems modelling
• Advanced and cross-discipline economic analysis

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The Council is using the e-business portal known as the Chest. Applicants will need to register their details at the following link www.the-chest.org.uk. Applicants will need to electronically submit their completed tender documents, including standard selection questionnaire, via the on-line portal by 11am on 15th September 2022