Published date: 20 March 2024

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


Closing: 19 July 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Social research services - 79315000

Location of contract

SW1P 3BT

Value of contract

£0 to £91,000

Procurement reference

SMC-2324-51

Published date

20 March 2024

Closing date

19 July 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

7 August 2023

Contract end date

6 August 2024

Contract type

Service 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 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.

The SMC is looking to procure subject-matter experts to provide advice on a range of issues that impact social mobility:

Academic:
Education (Lot 1)
Measurement (quantitative analysis) (Lot 2)
Routes to employment and the labour market (Lot 3)
Families expert (Lot 4)
Research surveys - design, development and application (Lot 5)

Policy:
Education (schools) (Lot 6)
Education (further education) (Lot 7)
Families expert (Lot 8)
Levelling up - geographic/ regional inequalities (Lot 9)

The experts will consist of both academic leaders in their field as well as seasoned policy experts. The final number of experts recruited will depend on the quality of bids received and budget considerations, however, the SMC would like at least one expert per thematic interest.

If successful in the tendering process, the expert will have a unique opportunity to help shape the SMC's mission of improving social mobility for all. The Commission intends to use advice arising from this contract to inform our thinking - the Commission does not expect suppliers to engage on our behalf.

A key task will be to provide input into the Social Mobility Commission's annual statutory report, The State of the Nation. This is laid before Parliament each year. In 2023 we expect to launch the report in September 2023. On a more ongoing basis, we will request experts to be a sounding board for us - on our research pipeline, our policy recommendations, as well as when we are scoping new areas that may have causal links to social mobility.

Anyone who is successful in this tender will not be excluded from bidding for future contracts offered by the SMC. Nor will provide any advantages in being considered for future bids for SMC contracts. To avoid a conflict of interest, experts would not be expected to advise on work they have been separately contracted by the SMC to do. In this case, we would aim to allocate experts to work where there is no such conflict of interest.

Length of Bids
Bids should not exceed a total of 2 pages per role (excluding CV, publication list, declarations/annex).
Any bids above that will not be considered. The font size should not be smaller than 11. Embedded links or files will not be considered.
Bidders must also please complete and submit the 'Declarations' (Document 5).
Bidders must also complete and submit the 'Conflict of Interest' (Annex One).

Bidders must submit their bids by Wednesday 19 July 2023 at noon to the Social Mobility Commission:
contact@socialmobilitycommission.gov.uk.

Failure to return bids by the time and due date or in the required format may disqualify bidders from consideration.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

INVITATION TO TENDER (ITT) to be an expert adviser for the Social Mobility Commission on a specific academic and/or policy area for the period of August 2023 - July 2024

  • Opportunity
  • Published 16 June 2023, last edited 10 August 2023

Attachments

Award information

Awarded date

1 November 2023

Contract start date

1 November 2023

Contract end date

31 October 2024

Total value of contract

£81,399.55

This contract was awarded to 12 suppliers.

Private individual

Address

Redacted

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

Private individual

Address

Redacted

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

Private individual

Address

Redacted

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

Private individual

Address

Redacted

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

Private individual

Address

Redacted

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

Private individual

Address

Redacted

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

University of Brighton

Address

Mithras House
Lewes Road
Brighton
East Sussex
BN2 4AT

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

Private individual

Address

Redacted

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

Private individual

Address

Redacted

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

Private individual

Address

Redacted

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

EDSK

Address

6 Sherborne Way
Croxley Green
Hertfordshire
WD33PF

Reference

Companies House number: 11795717

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

Institute for Employment Research

Address

University of Warwick,
Coventry,
CV4 8UW

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

About the buyer

Address

Social Mobility Commission
Sanctuary Buildings,
LONDON
SW1P 3BT
England

Email

contact@socialmobilitycommission.gov.uk