Tender: Summative and Economic Evaluation of the NSW Marine Estate Management Strategy 2018–2028

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Independent evaluator needed to deliver a summative and economic evaluation of the NSW Marine Estate Management Strategy 2018–2028 (MEMS). The work will assess Strategy implementation, delivery, outcomes, efficiency and value for money, and identify realised, emerging and unrealised environmental, social, cultural and economic outcomes and benefits. The evaluation will build on the 2021 baseline evaluation, 2024 mid-term evaluation, existing outcome assessments, Marine Integrated Monitoring Program (MIMP) monitoring and reporting evidence, and MEMS project implementation and reporting evidence, and will include process and outcome evaluation plus an economic evaluation incorporating benefits realisation assessment and cost–benefit analysis to assess net social benefit and value for money. The supplier must review and synthesise monitoring, reporting, implementation, governance, expenditure and other relevant evidence from MEMS inception to the most recent available data, undertake targeted and proportionate supplementary data collection only where required to address material evidence gaps, follow the Integrated Monitoring and Evaluation Framework and relevant NSW Treasury guidance and procurement requirements, and deliver agreed project materials including schedule, evaluation methodology and Evidence and Data Plan, analysis against key evaluation questions, economic evaluation, draft and final reports, executive summary, recommendations and supporting appendices and analytical material by 30 June 2027.