Published date: 15 May 2017

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


Closing: 13 January 2017

Contract summary

Industry

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Location of contract

SW1H 0ET

Value of contract

£56,326

Procurement reference

UK SBS FWRECR16126BEIS - Quantitative Analysis of individuals in the gig economy - adding questions

Published date

15 May 2017

Closing date

13 January 2017

Contract start date

23 January 2017

Contract end date

28 April 2017

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other:

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

BIS Research & Evaluation Framework Lot 1

The gig economy is an emerging and rapidly developing area. The gig economy comprises of individuals finding work via online employment platforms eg. Uber, Taskrabbit. The Government is interested in understanding the role of this new way of working, how many people are finding work in this way, what role skills and training have to play in the gig economy, and the experiences of those who have found work through the gig economy.
Therefore the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is commissioning two separate pieces of research on this:
1. This specification relates to quantitative analysis involving estimating the number of people working in the gig economy and to examine their characteristics (outlined in this document)
2. Qualitative analysis involving interviews with individuals who have found work in the gig economy is a separate strand of work which is outside the scope of this specification.

This mini competition invites bids to supply quantitative analysis in order to estimate the number of people working in the gig economy and to examine their characteristics. We think this work would lend itself to inserting a small number of questions in to an existing survey.

Award information

Awarded date

1 March 2017

Contract start date

2 March 2017

Contract end date

31 August 2017

Total value of contract

£56,326

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

The National Centre for Social Research

Address

35 Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0AX

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Polaris House
Swindon
SN2 1ET
England

Email

Research@uksbs.co.uk