Bulgaria – Economic impact assessment – „Последваща оценка на Програма за развитие на селските райони за периода 2014-2020 г.“

The Ministry of Agriculture and Food, hereinafter referred to as the "Contracting Authority" or MZH, is organising a public procurement procedure for the subject: "Ex-post evaluation of the Rural Development Programme for the period 2014-2020", in accordance with the requirements of the Contracting Authority, detailed in the Technical Specification. The present public procurement covers the preparation of a report with the ex-post evaluation of the RDP 2014-2020. The report should provide answers to all common evaluation questions on the development of rural areas, presented in Annex V of the Implementing Regulation (EU) No 808/2014 of the European Commission of 17 July 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development. For each priority area included in the RDP, the corresponding question should be answered in the ex-post evaluation report of the RDP 2014-2020, but answers to these common evaluation questions have also been provided in the annual implementation reports of the RDP 2014-2020 for 2017 and 2019. The specific implementation activities are: Activity 1: Kick-off meeting with the Contracting Authority; Activity 2: Collection and review of relevant documents and data; Activity 3: Preparation of a draft ex-post evaluation report of the RDP 2014-2020; Activity 4: Preparation of a final version of the ex-post evaluation report of the RDP 2014-2020.