Published date: 21 January 2021

Last edited date: 21 January 2021

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: 3 February 2021, 11:59pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£60,000 to £80,000

Procurement reference

20-21/014

Published date

21 January 2021

Closing date

3 February 2021

Closing time

11:59pm

Contract start date

15 March 2021

Contract end date

31 July 2021

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?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The aim of this research is to scan the horizon of the labour market over the next 15-20 years to identify the drivers and emerging trends, (including EU Exit, technological advances, globalisation, an ageing population, migration, environmental change, and Covid-19) to create several possible labour market scenarios and to assess the broad implications of these scenarios for the jobs, skills, and qualifications that will be needed in adult and technical education.

In the short-term, the results of this research will help to shape the Department for Education's assessment of what mix of qualifications the Department should fund to meet the demands of the future labour market. In the longer-term it will help to inform what the Department's ambition for the future should look like.


Research Questions:
• What are the global drivers and key trends of the labour market? How might these evolve over the next 15-20 years? Which of these are likely to be most important in defining the future of UK jobs and skills?
• How do global and local trends interact in the UK labour market?
• Given the key global and local trends, what are the different possible scenarios about how the labour market might develop over the next 15-20 years? What would have happened anyway? What is the impact on different sectors likely to be?
• What are the implications of these scenarios for jobs, skills, and qualifications? How might the jobs, skills, and qualifications needed now change over the short term (0-5 years) and long term (15-20 years)?
To narrow the findings, it may be useful to focus on some specific sectors of high interest.

We expect that the research will involve a review of existing evidence on the future of the labour market, interviews with key experts and qualitative scenario building, including a 'business as usual' scenario and several possible labour market scenarios that have broad implications for the jobs, skills, and qualifications.

We anticipate that an experienced contractor will undertake this work who is familiar with scenario development and futures methods.

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Please note progression of this project is subject to Ministerial Approval

About the buyer

Contact name

Olivia Bolt

Address

Santuary Buildings
Sheffield
SW1 3BT
England

Email

Jobshare.BOLT-BELSMAN@education.gov.uk