# Monitoring, Evaluation, and Benefits Management for the UK's investments in the European Space

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED](/buyers/uk-shared-business-services-limited/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [RAND EUROPE COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY](/contract-winners/rand-europe-community-interest/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £594,323
- Award date: 17 November 2023
- Published: 11 December 2023
- Contract start: 28 November 2023
- Contract end: 28 March 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 460ef603-5fa3-4382-9891-b4238aeb65e6-705869
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-90f55a06-34ae-4187-b1b1-31a757cfe0a9

## Description

\*\*\*\*\* THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION \*\*\*\*\* This procurement is being concluded following a mini competition under the CCS RM6126 Research &amp; Insights DPS Brief Description of Requirement UKSA requires monitoring and evaluation \(M&amp;E\) of the spend that UKSA commits to ESA programmes at the three-yearly Ministerial Councils \. There are two overarching aims of monitoring and evaluation \(M&amp;E\) of the UK's investments in ESA\. Firstly, it should allow UKSA to be held accountable for the c\.70% of the annual budget that is currently allocated to spending on ESA programmes\. Frequent provision of monitoring outputs will inform benefits management , which itself allows for an assessment of progress towards realising the intended effects of the spending\. Evaluation will facilitate the transparent provision of information on the overall impacts and value of the UK's investments in ESA, providing evidence of effectiveness for, e\.g\., Spending Reviews and parliamentary committees\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/460ef603-5fa3-4382-9891-b4238aeb65e6-705869)
