Pipeline Framework: Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Evaluation

A pipeline has been launched for Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Evaluation.The contract start Date is 21 August 2023. Approach to market date is 6 March 2023.The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) wishes to commission a systems wide evaluation of the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping system, along with the delivery of a Test and Learn project. The budget is up to £14.2 million (£2.2 million for the systems wide evaluation, and £12 million for the Test and Learn project).The Homelessness and Rough Sleeping (HRS) Programme provides funding for programmes designed to end rough sleeping and reduce homelessness. While there is some evidence on the impact of specific funds and interventions delivered by DLUHC, these interventions are delivered as part of a complex system where homelessness and rough sleeping is driven by both structural and individual factors, and service users interact concurrently with a wide range of government and third sector interventions. This overlap, in addition to the national roll out of most interventions, limits our ability to robustly evaluate different interventions in isolation from each other.Scope & Requirements:The study will be divided in two programmes: Test and Learn Programme (£12m); This covers the administration, delivery and research related to the trials programme (programme 1) and System Wide Evaluation (£2.2m) (programme 2).The Test and Learn Programme of work will aim to improve outcomes by focusing on gaining a better understanding of ‘what works’, for who, where, why, and in what context. This will extend across prevention, intervention, and recovery programmes, and will include identifying, implementing, evaluating, and scaling effective practice.The System Wide evaluation will provide contextual information to better understand delivery at the system and at the local level, providing a broader understanding of how the system does work and should work as a whole; provide a better understanding of how people enter and move through the homelessness and rough sleeping system and interact with different services or support, and; measure delivery and interventions using a common set of metrics, to understand the effectiveness of the HRS system and service delivery.This evaluation will incorporate qualitative and quantitative methods to test how, and how well, interventions work and interact across the HRS system and their value for money.Both will also facilitate knowledge sharing and support capability building for local leaders and practitioners, with the aim of advancing the understanding and use of evidence to improve services.Feasibility studies are currently underway and will inform the specification of the main project.This is a potential opportunity from the government, and the pipeline gives advance notice of an opportunity that might be offered by the public sector in the future – allowing potential suppliers to plan accordingly. When a public sector organisation publishes a pipeline notice, it does not necessarily mean that an opportunity will be offered in the future.For more information contact: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, 2 Marsham Street, LONDON SW1P4DF. Email: commercialtenders@levellingup.gov.uk (Temi Akinde)