# Make Work Pay \(MWP\) Monitoring & Evaluation \(M&E\) Scoping Study

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department for Business and Trade](/buyers/department-for-business-and-trade/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [IPSOS \(MARKET RESEARCH\) LTD](/contract-winners/ipsos-market-research/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £120,730
- Tender value: £120,730
- Award date: 28 November 2025
- Published: 12 December 2025
- Contract start: 28 November 2025
- Contract end: 28 March 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 11d1b47d-5106-49f2-9469-58c20b8ca9e9-875800
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-385058fd-2e0a-4674-bb9f-95089886a2e2

## Description

Research commission to deliver the Make Work Pay \(MWP\) Monitoring & Evaluation \(M&E\) Scoping Study\. This shall involve a mapping exercise including logic models and theory of change, the creation/identification of baseline data and the design of programme-level metrics and evaluation plans to measure impact\. The Supplier shall explore Monitoring & Evaluation techniques and best practice methodology for large-scale policy reform and critique and develop the current M&E framework through a combination of mapping and stakeholder engagement, workshops, desk-based research, and deep dives into data sources\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/11d1b47d-5106-49f2-9469-58c20b8ca9e9-875800)