Independent Third Party Evaluation Services

The Vendor is required to provide for an independent third-party developmental evaluation of the proposed project.
- Services include:
• Provide support for college communication with the national evaluator.
• Provide support to college in documenting outcomes.
• Provide real-time feedback to inform the development of the intervention.
• Identify and communicate potential adaptations to the intervention to address systemic barriers and dynamic environments.
• Provide support to college to track performance data to inform project implementation.
• Assist college in identifying and evaluating data sources.
• Assist college in the development of metrics or timeframes outside of the national evaluation
• Advise college on the data infrastructure necessary to evaluate the metrics.
• Provide assistance to college in improve data reporting capacity.
• Support college in instituting a good jobs and equitable employment outcomes data review and analysis process.
• Provide assistance to college by developing interim and final versions of 5-10 briefing slides that provide an overview or summary of grant accomplishments, particularly as relate to reducing or closing the equity gap(s). 
• The slides will address lessons learned, sustainable systemic changes, and other grant highlights.
• Comply with regulations for the use of confidential information.
• Provide unlimited telephone, fax, email, and videoconferencing and/or onsite consultations concerning evaluation of the grant project.
• Provide consultation regarding the status of the project, including addressing barriers to progress toward objectives.
• Supports the project by developing a conceptual model of the project and identifying key evaluation points to ensure all participants and stakeholders understand the project’s structure and expected outcomes.
• Develops an evaluation plan that is consistent with project goals and complies with federal regulations and the department review criteria for program evaluation.
• Provide assistance with or preparation of optional interim and annual performance reports required by the funding agency.
• Works with project staff to design and execute evaluation activities in accordance with department expectations and requirements.
• Collaborates with project director to determine outcomes associated with the program effectiveness.
• Provide consultation regarding the status of the project, including addressing barriers to progress toward objectives.
• Conduct review of the colleges work plan to assure the evaluation plan is consistent and appropriate for the proposed project.
• Provide support for college communication with the national evaluator.
• Develop an evaluation plan that is consistent with project goals and complies with federal regulations and the department review criteria for program evaluation.
• Provide support to college in documenting outcomes
• Assist college in identifying and evaluating data sources.
• Conduct start-up meetings with key stakeholders to discuss timelines, current progress on the project methods and sources of data collection, etc.
• Assist college in the development of metrics or timeframes outside of the national evaluation
• Analyzing progress against strategy implementation.
• Provide real-time feedback to inform the development of the intervention.
• Assessing project outcomes.
• Work with project personnel to finalize the research questions and further refine the logic model.
• Provide support to college to track performance data to inform project implementation.
• Provide assistance to college in improve data reporting capacity.
• Offer technical guidance and review in compiling information. 
• This data collection will be used for an assessment of the impact of the project.
• Comply with regulations for the use of confidential information
• Support college in instituting a good jobs and equitable employment outcomes data review and analysis process.
• Provide unlimited communication through telephone, e-mail, or online meetings and/or onsite consultations concerning the evaluation of the grant project.
• Provide consultation regarding the status of the project, including addressing barriers to progress toward objectives.
- Contract Period/Term: 3 years
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: July 9, 2025