Description of the contract
Evaluation of the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol (March 2011 to date)
Tender reference: T06HE/2013/14
The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) wishes to let a contract for the bilingual evaluation of the outcomes of the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol (the Coleg) in response to a 2013-14 remit letter request from the Welsh Government. This requires us to undertake an evaluation of the outcome of the Coleg’s activities, including a review of the funding provided to the Coleg, in order to produce a final report by September 2014.
The Coleg was established during March 2011 as a company limited by guarantee and is also a registered charity. The Coleg was established to increase, develop and broaden the range of Welsh medium study opportunities at universities in Wales and to increase the numbers of students studying through the medium of Welsh. The work will therefore include carrying out interviews/focus groups through the medium of Welsh, analysing feedback submitted in the Welsh language, and producing a final report in both English and Welsh. The evaluation occurs too early in the lifetime of the Coleg to assess the final outcomes of its work: our expectation is therefore that the work will look at what has been achieved thus far against key objectives. The evaluation will need to enable us to assess whether the Coleg has achieved its aims and objectives to date, assess the delivery and management of the Coleg’s objectives, assess the effectiveness of various elements of its activities; examine value for money on the basis of outputs and outcomes, and make evidence-based recommendations for improvements and the development and delivery of future activity.
We anticipate that the contract for this work will be awarded during March 2014 and will run until July 2014. The successful bidders will need to attend a project inception meeting, prepare a detailed project plan as a result of that meeting and participate in regular progress meetings. They will need to present the emerging findings (in Welsh) to the Coleg’s June board meeting, and subsequently submit a draft report for discussion at the final project meeting. They will then need to submit a final bilingual report, including an executive summary. We will then provide this report to the Welsh Government.
We are interested in receiving pre-qualification questionnaires from organisations that have experience and/or knowledge of evaluating Welsh medium projects, and/or projects similar in nature to the Coleg ie focussing on increasing specific types of provision. We are also interested in receiving pre-qualification questionnaires from organisations with experience or understanding of Welsh medium evaluation more generally.
Award of this contract will be subject to a satisfactory financial evaluation.
If you have any queries about the Coleg or the contract please contact Kimberley Meringolo, Student Experience Manager on kimberley.meringolo@hefcw.ac.uk, telephone 029 2068 2258.
HEFCW will be short listing interested suppliers using a Pre-Qualification Process. A maximum of eight suppliers will be invited to tender. If you are interested in tendering, you will need to complete a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire via the eTenderwales portal by no later than Noon 20 January 2014.
If you have any queries with the completion of the questionnaire or any other part of the procurement process please contact Mrs Karen Wolliner, Senior Procurement Manager, on 029 2068 2216 or via email at karen.wolliner@hefcw.ac.uk.
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Gwerthusiad o'r Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol(Mawrth 2011 hyd heddiw)
Cyfeirnod y tendr: T06HE/2013/14
Mae Cyngor Cyllido Addysg Uwch Cymru (CCAUC) am osod contract i gynnal gwerthusiad dwyieithog o ganlyniadau'r Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol (y Coleg) mewn ymateb i gais llythyr cylch gwaith 2013-14 gan Lywodraeth Cymru. Mae hyn yn ei gwneud yn ofynnol i ni gynnal gwerthusiad o ganlyniadau gweithgareddau'r Coleg, gan gynnwys adolygiad o'r cyllid a ddarparwyd i'r Coleg, er mwyn llunio adroddiad terfynol erbyn Medi 2014.
Cafodd y Coleg ei sefydlu yn ystod mis Mawrth 2011 fel cwmni cyfyngedig drwy warant ac mae hefyd yn elusen gofrestredig. Cafodd y Coleg ei sefydlu i gynyddu, datblygu ac ehangu ystod y cyfleoedd i astudio trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg ym mhrifysgolion Cymru a chynyddu nifer y myfyrwyr sy'n astudio trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg. Felly bydd y gwaith yn cynnwys cynnal cyfweliadau/grwpiau ffocws drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg, dadansoddi adborth a gyflwynwyd yn y Gymraeg, a llunio adroddiad terfynol yn Saesneg ac yn Gymraeg. Gwneir y gwerthusiad yn rhy gynnar yn oes y Coleg i asesu canlyniadau terfynol ei waith: felly rydym yn disgwyl y bydd y gwaith yn edrych ar yr hyn sydd wedi'i gyflawni hyd yn hyn, yn erbyn amcanion allweddol. Bydd angen i'r gwerthusiad ein galluogi i asesu a yw'r Coleg wedi cyflawni ei nodau ac amcanion hyd yn hyn, asesu'r gwaith o gyflenwi a rheoli amcanion y Coleg, asesu effeithiolrwydd elfennau amrywiol ei weithgareddau; archwilio gwerth am arian ar sail allbynnau a chanlyniadau, a gwneud argymhellion yn seiliedig ar dystiolaeth ar gyfer gwelliannau a datblygu gweithgareddau'r dyfodol.
Rydym yn rhagweld y bydd y contract ar gyfer y gwaith hwn yn cael ei ddyfarnu yn ystod Mawrth 2014 a bydd yn cael ei gynnal hyd at fis Gorffennaf 2014. Bydd angen i'r ymgeiswyr llwyddiannus fynychu cyfarfod am ddechrau'r prosiect, paratoi cynllun prosiect manwl o ganlyniad i'r cyfarfod hwnnw a chymryd rhan mewn cyfarfodydd cynnydd rheolaidd. Bydd angen iddynt gyflwyno'r canfyddiadau (yn Gymraeg) i gyfarfod bwrdd y Coleg ym mis Mehefin, a chyflwyno adroddiad drafft i'w drafod yn ystod cyfarfod terfynol y prosiect. Yna bydd angen iddynt gyflwyno adroddiad dwyieitheg terfynol, gan gynnwys crynodeb gweithredol. Yna byddwn yn rhoi'r adroddiad hwn i Lywodraeth Cymru.
Mae diddordeb gennym mewn derbyn holiaduron cyn-gymhwyso wrth sefydliadau sydd â phrofiad a/neu wybodaeth mewn gwerthuso prosiectau trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg a/neu brosiectau sy'n debyg i rai'r Coleg h.y. yn ffocysu ar gynyddu mathau penodol o ddarpariaeth. Mae hefyd diddordeb gennym mewn derbyn holiaduron cyn-gymhwyso wrth sefydliadau a chanddynt brofiad neu ddealltwriaeth o werthusiadau cyfrwng Cymraeg yn fwy cyffredinol .
Bydd dyfarnu'r contract hwn yn ddibynnol ar werthusiad ariannol boddhaol.
Os oes gennych unrhyw ymholiadau ynglyn â'r Coleg neu'r contract cysylltwch â Kimberley Meringolo, Rheolwr Profiad Myfyrwyr drwy kimberley.meringolo@hefcw.ac.uk, neu ffoniwch029 2068 2258.
Bydd CCAUC yn creu rhestr fer o'r cyflenwyr sydd â diddordeb gan ddefnyddio Proses Cyn-gymhwyso. Bydd uchafswm o wyth cyflenwr yn cael eu gwahodd i gyflwyno tendr. Os oes diddordeb gennych chi mewn cyflwyno tendr, bydd angen i chi gwblhau Holiadur Cyn-gymhwyso drwy borthol eDendrocymru erbyn canol dydd 20 Ionawr 2014 fan bellaf.
Os oes gennych unrhyw ymholiadau sy'n ymwneud â chwblhau'r holiadur neu unrhyw ran o'r broses caffael, cysylltwch â Mrs Karen Wolliner, Uwch Reolwr Caffael drwy ffonio 029 2068 2216 neu anfonwch neges karen.wolliner@hefcw.ac.uk
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