# Evaluation partner: engagement with children and young people - National Keyworking Evaluation

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit](/buyers/nhs-arden-and-greater-east-midlands-commissioning-support-unit/contract-awards)
- Supplier: National Childrens Bureau
- Award value: £180,000
- Award date: 13 October 2022
- Published: 4 November 2022
- Contract start: 1 November 2022
- Contract end: 31 March 2024
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 81a696e8-95d0-46d7-997e-b2b2d9dcdca2-586853
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-87cc36c0-65ee-4ed9-92b3-24d0d693294b

## Description

NHS Arden and GEM Commissioning Support Unit \(AGEM\) has been commissioned to conduct an evaluation of the Keyworking Programme\. The evaluation will focus on early adopter areas and use mixed methods to test the theory of change described in a single logic model\. The aim of this exercise is to contract with a suitably experienced and qualified supplier to ensure appropriate engagement, using qualitative evaluations methods, with autistic Children and Young people \(CYP\) and CYP with learning disabilities and parents/ carers\. The successful bidder will be responsible for designing and completing robust and adaptive data collection, in line with the Evaluation Framework, from CYP allocated a Keyworker, and parents/ carers in participating sites\. The successful bidder will also be responsible for analysing and reporting findings to inform the wider national evaluation led by NHS Arden & GEM CSU\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/81a696e8-95d0-46d7-997e-b2b2d9dcdca2-586853)