RFP for The Oakland Children’s Initiative 2-Year External Evaluation

The City of Oakland (City) is seeking an external evaluator to develop and implement the initial 2-year evaluation for the Oakland Children’s Initiative (OCI) and its selected Implementation Partners. In accordance with the ordinance, proposals from evaluation firms shall focus on identifying how the Initiative can show collective impact and overall delivery of services in relation to each of the Implementation Partners; this includes strategies, sub-strategies, and activities to increase access and enhance quality early care, education, and college access support services. It will be important to consider the impact of the Initiative on broader community/population well-being, as compared to how the evaluation will document program design and deployment. Based on performance in the initial evaluation phase, the City may consider a longer-term partnership to support the 2-year evaluation requirement set forth in the ordinance. Bids are requested for estimated costs for services with a total not to exceed $700,000.00, annually. For transparency, funding for the evaluation will be paid for through the Oversight, Accountability and Evaluation Fund, a seven percent subset of the OCI funding. At least one-third (1/3) of the monies deposited in the Oversight, Accountability and Evaluation Fund are appropriated for independent, third-party evaluations. Allowable uses are specified in the voter-approved Charter amendment.