Published date: 19 September 2017

Last edited date: 19 September 2017

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


Closing: 16 December 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£79,494

Procurement reference

EOR/SBU/2016/042/1

Published date

19 September 2017

Closing date

16 December 2016

Contract start date

17 January 2017

Contract end date

8 September 2017

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other: Open

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Government has committed to closing the Gender Pay Gap (GPG) within a generation. The Government Equalities Office (GEO) in the Department for Education (DfE) is responsible for policy to reduce the GPG. Much of GPG policy activity focuses on employers, and in particular, on the GPG transparency regulations. These regulations require all employers with over 250 employees to annually publish GPG statistics. The aim of these regulations is to encourage employers to take informed action to close their GPG where there is one.

To support implementation of these regulations, the GEO have commissioned research with large employers in the private, voluntary and public sectors in Great Britain to provide representative evidence on employers' response to the transparency regulations, their understanding of the transparency regulations and GPG, and the types of actions they are taking to close it.

This research will comprise:
• A nationally representative telephone survey to understand the extent to which employers affected by the regulations are aware of the regulations and what the GPG is, the support they need to comply with the GPG regulations, and the extent to which employers are planning to or are already tacking action to close the GPG in their organisation.

• Qualitative interviews with employers identified by the survey as having varying levels of engagement on GPG, from not taking any action to tackle their GPG, to planning to take action and already taking action. This will help us understand in more depth how employers interpret the GPG and the drivers of it, barriers to taking action, and the types of actions they are taking/intending to take to address their GPG.

The initial commission for this project included an option for a second wave of both the quantitative and qualitative elements. However, this is subject to approval by senior officials, and is not covered by this contract.

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Award information

Awarded date

8 December 2016

Contract start date

17 January 2017

Contract end date

6 October 2017

Total value of contract

£83,394

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

OMB Research Limited

Address

The Stables, Bradbourne House, East Maling, West Maling, Kent. ME19 6DZ

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Level 5, 2 St. Paul's Place, 125 Norfolk Street,
Sheffield,
S1 2FJ
England

Email

lauren.probert@education.gov.uk