NHS Leeds Clinical Commissioning Group (the ‘Contracting Authority’) is seeking to establish a multi-supplier, multi-lot framework of suitably qualified providers to deliver Health and Care Evaluation (HaCE) services to support the CCG’s in-house HaCE service.

The Health and Care Evaluation (HaCE) service is a team operating across Leeds Clinical Commissioning Group and evaluates services implemented across the health and care system in the city. The service supports commissioners wishing to evaluate a service through either carrying out an evaluation of the service themselves, or finding a partner to evaluate some or all of the service for us. We are currently working on a range of evaluations including of interventions into the urgent care system in Leeds, better conversations — a culture change programme operating across the health and care system in the city and the introduction of a new service for patients with recently diagnosed diabetes.

Part of a larger evaluation. Evaluators will be tasked with the delivery of specific elements of qualitative evaluations. Typically this will include but not be limited to organising and executing interviews and focus groups, and transcribing the data, initial coding, summary analysis before handing the data and analysis to the HaCE Service for inclusion in the report.

The development and execution of evaluation strategies and delivery of evaluation products for aspects of projects e.g. either a qualitative or economic report. Typically this will include but not be limited to gathering of data, for example organising and running interviews and focus groups and the transcription of the data generated. Economic evaluation work.

Organising an evaluation from start to end. Including the development and execution of evaluation strategies and delivery of reports and evaluation products for the whole of a project. Typically this would include but not be limited to development of a comprehensive evaluation framework and strategy including the qualitative, quantitative and economic analysis and preparation, drafting and presentation of findings.