Published date: 1 December 2020

Last edited date: 2 December 2020

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: 15 December 2020, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Market and economic research; polling and statistics - 79300000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0 to £13,500

Procurement reference

tender_259338/907746

Published date

1 December 2020

Closing date

15 December 2020

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

4 January 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive quotation (below threshold)

The buyer selects a group of potential suppliers to invite to tender.

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 Department for Education.
As part of its remit the Commission undertakes an annual State of the Nation report each year. This report is part of the Commission's statutory duty to monitor UK-wide progress on social mobility each year, and will be published by 31st March 2021.
This year we want to put more focus on the synthesis, analysis and critique of social mobility policy activity in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and England - to ensure that our State of the Nation report gives significant attention to what is happening in all nations of the United Kingdom.
We are seeking a supplier to produce an essay on social mobility policy activity across each of the four nations. These essays will each form the core of a chapter of in the final State of the Nation report. The report will be structured with an opening chapter on key statistics on social mobility, followed by four chapters each with an essay summarising and appraising policy activity on social mobility in each of the four nations separately.
This invite to tender is for an England essay. We have separate invites to tender out for essays on Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The Commission is seeking a supplier to provide new and insightful synthesis and analysis on social mobility policy activity in England. We have previously reported extensively on social mobility in England in our previous reports, and are seeking to provide a high-quality overarching narrative in our forthcoming State of the Nation.


https://education.app.jaggaer.com/

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About the buyer

Address

Sanctuary Buildings,
Westminster
SW1P 3BT
England

Email

michelle.lawrence@education.gov.uk