Published date: 1 September 2021

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 14 December 2020, 11:59pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£750,000 to £1,500,000

Procurement reference

DFERPPU20-21/028

Published date

1 September 2021

Closing date

14 December 2020

Closing time

11:59pm

Contract start date

30 June 2021

Contract end date

28 September 2029

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Expressions of interest are sought to undertake the design and delivery for an extension of the Study of Early Education and Development (SEED) until the study cohort reach the end of Key Stage 4.
SEED is a major longitudinal study commissioned by the Department for Education (DfE) that has followed nearly 6,000 children from across England from age two until the end of Key Stage One (age 7).

The key objectives of SEED are to explore how the characteristics of the early environment, including early childhood education and care (ECEC) and home and parenting, relate to child development and child outcomes over time. The aim of the SEED extension is to understand the medium-to-long term, as well as the wider, outcomes associated with the early years.

The study will utilise the current SEED cohort and produce new research outputs when the children reach the end of Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 4. It is envisaged that Key Stage 2 fieldwork will take place over 2022/2023 and that data linking to the NPD will commence in 2023. Further linkage to the NPD will take place in 2028 when the cohort reach the end of Key Stage 4.

Project design and set up will commence in Spring/ Summer 2021. We expect the project and contract to last until mid-late 2029.

Additional information about SEED can be found here at the SEED website.

Previous reports on SEED can be found here:
https://seed.natcen.ac.uk/

Additional information about SEED can be found here at the SEED website.
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/study-of-early-education-and-development-seed




We will produce a short Q&A during the EOI, with responses to any questions asked. Questions will be anonymised and any commercially sensitive information removed. Should you wish to ask a question and/or receive a copy of this note, please email madeleine.ell@education.gov.uk or Jonathon.blackburn@education.gov.uk

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Extension to the longitudinal Study of Early Education and Development (SEED)

  • Opportunity
  • Published 1 December 2020, last edited 1 December 2020

Attachments

Additional text

Contact details:

Madeleine.ell@education.gov.uk and Jonathon.blackburn@education.gov.uk

Award information

Awarded date

9 August 2021

Contract start date

12 August 2021

Contract end date

31 December 2029

Total value of contract

£1,010,353

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH

Address

35 Northampton Square
LONDON
EC1V 0AX
GB

Reference

Companies House number: 04392418

Value of contract

£1,010,353

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

About the buyer

Contact name

Jonathon Blackburn and Madeleine Ell

Address

Picadilly Gate
Manchester
M12WD
England

Email

Madeleine.ell@education.gov.uk