Published date: 1 July 2019

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


Closing: 14 January 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£0 to £115,000

Procurement reference

UK SBS CR18178

Published date

1 July 2019

Closing date

14 January 2019

Contract start date

5 June 2019

Contract end date

1 November 2019

Contract type

Service 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?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The final date and time for the submission of bids is Monday 14th January 2019 at 14:00

DO NOT apply directly to the buyer.

All tender information MUST be submitted through the CCS eSourcing Portal.

Brief Description of Requirement

The main aim of this study is to produce reliable, updated estimates of the impact of AI on jobs, sectors and the UK regions for the short-, medium and long-term. The approach also needs to consider differences across sector, region and socio-economic background of employees. We expect the research to address the following broader issues:

1. What is the impact of AI on individual skills within each occupation? Which human skills would be more in demand and which will be less in demand?
2. What is the impact of AI on individual occupations? What occupations would be in demand given AI?
3. What is the impact of AI on those specific skills which are currently in shortage in the UK?
4. What are most probable occupation trends, ie new occupations, in the future?
5. What is the impact on labour market by short/ medium/long term?

Please ensure you review all attached information to ensure a full understanding of this requirement. All attachments can be found with the RFx attachments tab within the Emptoris System.

This contract will be awarded based on the evaluation criteria set out in the ITQ document.

How to Apply

As part of the strategic alliance between UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) and Crown Commercial Service (CCS), UK SBS will be using the CCS eSourcing Suite for this procurement.

To register on the CCS eSourcing portal please follow the details contained within the Additional Information section of this notice.

If you are already registered on the CCS eSourcing portal and wish to register your interest in this opportunity please email; expressionofinterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk

Your email must clearly state:
• the name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for;
• the name of the registered Bidder;
• the name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email.

Please disregard any content in this notice that requests your organisation "to apply directly to the buyer" as this unfortunately a system generated error, that is outside of the Contracting Authorities control.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

UK SBS CR18178 Impact of AI on the Labour Market in the UK

  • Opportunity
  • Published 7 December 2018

Attachments

Links

Additional text

DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO BUYER

All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, for procurement values that exceed Regulation 5 (Threshold amounts)

Responses must be received by the date in the tender documentation; responses received outside of the deadline or not sent via the eSourcing portal will not be accepted or considered further for this opportunity.

How to Register on the CCS eSourcing Suite

If you have not yet registered on the eSourcing Suite, this can be done online at https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk by following the link 'Register for CCS eSourcing'.

Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so.

Once you have registered on the eSourcing Suite, a registered user can express an interest for a specific procurement. This is done by emailing expressionofinterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk.

Your email must clearly state:
• name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for;
• name of the registered Bidder;
• name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email.

Crown Commercial Service will process the email and then enable the Bidder to access the procurement online via the e-Sourcing Suite. The registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done. The Sourcing documents can then be accessed on the eSourcing Suite at: https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk using the instructions detailed in the Specification documents within Contracts Finder.

As a user of the e-Sourcing Suite you will have access to Emptoris email messaging service which facilitates all messages sent to you and from you in relation to any specific RFX event.

Please note it is your responsibility to access these emails on a regular basis to ensure you have sight of all relevant information.

For technical assistance on use of the e-Sourcing Suite please contact Crown Commercial Service Helpdesk: Telephone: 0345 010 3503

Training documents to support Bidders to utilise Emptoris CCS eSourcing are available in the Contracts Finder Tender documents section.

About UK Shared Business Services

UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) brings a commercial attitude to the public sector; helping our contracting authorities to improve efficiency, generate savings and modernise.

Where UK SBS is not named as the Contracting Authority within the documentation, UK SBS will be acting as an agent on behalf of the Contracting Authority.

Our broad range of expert services is shared by our customers. This allows our customers the freedom to focus resources on core activities; innovating and transforming their own organisations.

Award information

Awarded date

4 June 2019

Contract start date

5 June 2019

Contract end date

1 November 2019

Total value of contract

£110,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

Address

1 Embankment Place
LONDON
WC2N 6RH
GB

Reference

Companies House number: OC303525

Value of contract

£110,000

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

About the buyer

Contact name

Declan Ward

Address

Polaris House
North Star Avenue
SWINDON
SN21FF
England

Telephone

01793867005

Email

research@uksbs.co.uk

Website

www.uksbs.co.uk