Published date: 19 December 2019

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 13 January 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research services - 73110000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£50,000 to £100,000

Procurement reference

BIP459103117

Published date

19 December 2019

Closing date

13 January 2020

Contract start date

3 February 2020

Contract end date

15 May 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Research services. The Digital Skills and Inclusion Team within DCMS is looking for a Supplier to conduct a robust quantitative assessment of the data skills gap in the UK. The Supplier will lead on a comprehensive review of the data skills gap, gathering and assessing the existing evidence in this area and bringing together key stakeholders as appropriate to establish a robust definition and quantitative measure of the size of the UK data skills gap, where possible also reporting on this at regional level. The assessment will use to address the following questions.

Defining the data skills gap:
Measuring the data skills gap:
Key drivers and areas of future demand for data skills:
Shelf-life of the reported data skills gap

More information

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Additional text

Tenders must be submitted via the Delta e-sourcing portal to be received no later than 15:00hrs (GMT), 13th January 2020 (the deadline for receipt of Tender Responses). Please ensure that you allow yourself plenty of time when responding to this invite prior to the closing date and time, especially if you have been asked to upload documents.
The budget for this project is in the range of £45,000 to £60,000 exclusive of VAT. Please note that, while not the only criteria, pricing is a key element of our evaluation criteria.

About the buyer

Contact name

DCMS Commercial

Address

100 Parliament Street
London
SW1A 2BQ
England

Telephone

02072116000

Email

commercial@culture.gov.uk