Published date: 27 July 2023

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


Closing: 6 December 2022, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Social research services - 79315000

Location of contract

SW1P 3BT

Value of contract

£0 to £22,825

Procurement reference

SMC 2223-41

Published date

27 July 2023

Closing date

6 December 2022

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

1 July 2023

Contract end date

15 March 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Single tender action (below threshold)

A direct contract with a single supplier, without competition.

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 Social Mobility Commission (SMC) monitors progress towards improving social mobility in the UK and promotes social mobility in England. It is an independent statutory body created by an Act of Parliament and is sponsored by the Cabinet Office (CO).

The report "The childhood origins of social mobility: socio-economic inequalities and changing opportunities" (henceforth "the original report") was published in 2016 and there are reasons to expect that the trends and patterns of inequality may have been evolving since then. The intervening period has seen increased levels of child poverty and the pandemic, with its extensive school closures, has highlighted concerns about inequality in conditions at home for study. It is worth remembering that the original report in 2016 was commissioned in response to Robert Putnam's influential book Our Kids, and many of the domains of family life and individual indicators of life at home were chosen to match, as far as possible, Putnam's book. These domains of life included:

Parental Engagement, including time use ("Gruffalo time") and help with homework, parental support and eating family meals together, as well as physical and cultural activities,

Children's behaviours including truancy and drug use, as well as wellbeing and behavioural problems, and 3) Parents social networks and community. Ten data sources were used in the original report and more recent data points are available for the majority of those.

Award information

Awarded date

1 July 2023

Contract start date

1 July 2023

Contract end date

15 March 2024

Total value of contract

£22,825

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

Address

University Offices,Wellington Square
OXFORD
Oxfordshire
OX1 2JD
GB

Reference

No reference - other

Value of contract

£22,825

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

About the buyer

Address

Social Mobility Commission
Sanctuary Building
LONDON
SW1P 3BT
England

Email

contact@socialmobilitycommission.gov.uk