Summative Assessment AMTECAA (Smart Factory Hub) Project Evaluation Services

Smart Factory Hub (SmartFub) branded as AMTECAA Advanced Manufacturing Technologies to Create, Activate and Automate is an ERDF-supported programme for the Black Country, Greater Birmingham and Solihull, Coventry & Warwickshire, and Stoke-On-Trent & Staffordshire LEP regions. In this document AMTECAA and SmartFub are the same project and from hereon in the document will be referred to as AMTECAA (SmartFub). AMTECAA (SmartFub) programme started in October 2018, and will run until June 2023 supporting SME businesses involved in manufacturing within various industry sectors. In line with latest ERDF guidance (Summative Assessment Guidance - ESIF-GN-1-033, version 4), the University of Birmingham invites tenders to undertake an evaluation of the AMTECAA (SmartFub) Project and provide a final summative/evaluation assessment report together with a summary (both word and pdf document) in line with the requirements of the ERDF summative assessment guidance and further requirements noted within the tender document. The Summative assessment is intended to provide insights into project performance and impact. The summative assessment should help us to understand the difference that the AMTECAA (SmartFub) Project has made in the local economy, communities and beneficiary groups. The budget for the evaluation service is up to a maximum of £30,000 inclusive of VAT.