How to win: Tees Urban Nature Network (TUNN) Evaluation Partner

About this contract

Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, working in partnership with Middlesbrough Council, Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council, Tees Valley Wildlife Trust, Sport England's You've Got This initiative, Business in the Community, Teesside University and a range of environmental and voluntary sector organisations, is delivering the Tees Urban Nature Network (TUNN) as part of the Nature Towns and Cities programme. The project aims to create healthier, greener and more resilient urban networks by improving green and blue infrastructure, strengthening connections between people, place and nature, and supporting inclusive, community-led approaches to nature recovery across the Tees Valley. The Council is seeking to appoint a suitably experienced evaluation partner to work alongside the partnership as a critical friend, supporting ongoing learning, capacity building, reflective practice and evidence generation across a complex multi-partner system. The evaluation is intended to support continuous improvement during delivery while also providing robust evidence of outcomes, impacts and learning relating to people, place and nature.

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £35,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 26 August 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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