Published date: 27 July 2017

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


Closing: 7 July 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

  • Market and economic research; polling and statistics - 79300000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£60,000

Procurement reference

FWRECR17070BEIS

Published date

27 July 2017

Closing date

7 July 2017

Contract start date

19 July 2017

Contract end date

30 September 2017

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other:

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

• Description The final date and time for the submission of bids is 07/ 07/ 2017/ year at 14:00 DO NOT apply directly to the buyer. 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 All tender information MUST be submitted through the CCS eSourcing Portal.
The fundamental question to be answered by this research is: what would workers affected by NLW and NMW increases have earned in the absence of government intervention (i.e. assuming no further increase from the current NMW, NLW rate). This counterfactual question covers both wage level of those on NMW, NLW and wage growth of those on NMW, NLW in the absence of the annual uprating. Given that the minimum wage is nationally applicable, the pure counterfactual is unobservable and so final recommendations must be based on a thorough assessment of the theory and evidence.
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.

More information

Attachments

Additional text

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Award information

Awarded date

14 July 2017

Contract start date

19 July 2017

Contract end date

30 September 2017

Total value of contract

£59,694

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

National Institute of Economic and Social Research

Address

2 Dean Trench Street
London
SW1P 3HE

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Contracted Research Team

Address

Polaris House
North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1FL
England

Telephone

01793 867005

Email

research@uksbs.co.uk

Website

www.uksbs.co.uk