Appointment of a Consultant to provide a Social Value Evaluation of the Liverpool City Region Spatial Development Strategy to help shape Policy Development

The objective of the tender is to secure an ongoing social value evaluation of the LCR SDS as it progresses to an initial non-statutory consultation, on to policy development through to the final version. The different stages of evaluation will be:- (1) To provide input into the social value potential of the Shaping / Scoping / Visioning Consultation version of the SDS - likely to be going to consultation in the summer / autumn 2019.

(2) To provide input into the social value potential of policies as they are developed, anticipated to be between 30 and 40 policies. This will be ongoing over a likely period between autumn 2019 - summer 2020.

(3) To provide a costed and justified social value evaluation of the statutory 'Public Participation' (akin to 'Submission') version of the SDS - likely to be completed in the summer / autumn 2020. (4) To provide, where necessary, input prior to and during the examination of the SDS to justify the social value of the policies and any necessary modifications to them.