Published date: 15 April 2019

This notice was replaced on 11 November 2019

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Awarded contract (published 22 November 2019, last edited 22 November 2019)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

DFERPPU/2018/100

Published date

15 April 2019

Closing date

29 April 2019

Contract start date

3 June 2019

Contract end date

31 March 2026

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 invited to deliver two waves of an established Department for Education longitudinal survey, LSYPE2 (also known as Our Future). The contract will encompass survey design, fieldwork, data provision, managing data access and report writing.
The Department for Education has an excellent track record of managing high-quality longitudinal studies which have been used effectively to influence policies affecting young people and their families. We plan to build on this success by undertaking additional waves of LSYPE2.
LSYPE2 is currently in its seventh wave and here we invite suitable organisations to express interest in conducting waves 8 and 9.
Wave 8 will survey only those young people who have been involved in Further Education or are presently in Higher Education (FE or HE) at ages 20/21. Wave 9 will survey the entire cohort at ages 24/25 following a re-contact exercise. A 'keep in touch' strategy will be in place between these waves to help sustain engagement of the whole cohort.
Complimenting waves 6 and 7, wave 8 will collect a range of data about the decisions that young people make during FE and HE, their experiences of these phases of education, and their preparedness for work. These topics are of key interest to policy makers, as are the economic and wellbeing outcomes of all young people once they have left education, which will be the focus of wave 9.
As LSYPE2 is an established longitudinal study, it will be important to maintain high standards and consistency with previous waves. The sampling frame for wave 8 will be those participating in wave 7. The fieldwork will begin in March 2020.
For wave 8 (age 20/21), only those who have ever been involved in FE (excluding school sixth form) or those who are currently in HE will be surveyed using web and telephone surveys. For wave 9 (age 24/25), the full cohort will be surveyed using the sequential mixed mode design of earlier waves.
As there will be a four year gap between waves 8 and 9, it will be important to run an effective, annual 'keep in touch' strategy with the cohort will be used to re-engage participants lost to the study in advance of wave 9.
As outputs for each wave, we require high quality, timely, cleaned and fully weighted datasets suitable for conducting high quality analysis, and research and technical reports which meet Department standards.
THE DEADLINE FOR RECEIVING EOI RESPONSES IS 23:59 ON 28th APRIL 2019

More information

Attachments

Additional text

Expressions of interests submitted must be no more than 1000 words.
More information about LSYPE2 can be found on the following websites:
https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/series/series?id=2000110
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/longitudinal-study-of-young-people-in-england-cohort-2-wave-1

About the buyer

Contact name

Rushda Khandker

Address

St Paul's Place
Sheffield
S1 2FJ
England

Email

rushda.khandker@education.gov.uk