Tender: External Evaluation of the Continuous Improvement Programme 2026-29 for Adult Social Care (Partners in Care and Health)

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Partners in Care and Health (PCH) is seeking a supplier to design and deliver an external evaluation of the Continuous Improvement Programme 2026-29, a grant-funded programme commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Care to deliver improvement support to councils and systems that provide adult social care services. The contract requires designing the evaluation methodology in Year 1 and undertaking the evaluation in Years 2 and 3, focusing on capturing and assessing the programme's value and impact in line with grant funding contractual requirements. Priority objectives include developing and implementing a robust, transparent evaluation approach with clear measures to assess, monitor and evaluate PCH improvement support activity; identifying opportunities to improve how PCH demonstrates value across targeted, intensive and universal support offers under the Sector Support Requirements: Key Themes workstreams; and using the agreed methodology to evaluate the impact of the support within the programme. Secondary objectives include providing a critical review of the current PCH Impact Management Framework, mapping information captured and gaps, and recommending improved evaluation and reporting processes.