Published date: 9 January 2025
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Contract summary
Industry
Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000
Location of contract
E14 4PU
Value of contract
£20,000 to £50,000
Procurement reference
LPC2024/03
Published date
9 January 2025
Closing date
10 February 2025
Closing time
2pm
Contract start date
3 March 2025
Contract end date
31 December 2025
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?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
The Low Pay Commission (LPC) invites tenders from researchers to identify and assess the impact of recent increases to the National Living Wage on businesses, and provide findings to us by September 2025 at the very latest.
The aim of this study is to gain a better understanding of the impact of minimum wages, especially the National Living Wage, on businesses. We are particularly interested in the impacts of the more recent increases.
This research will contribute to our understanding of how firms are adjusting to the NLW and will complement the tender for longer-term research on the impact on businesses (LPC2024/04).
Potential areas of investigation might include the impact of the NLW and how firms are responding/adapting in terms of: profits; productivity; capital investment; training; prices; contracts and outsourcing; hours and employment; and differentials and pay progression.
We are interested in firms' approaches to coping with the recent increases in the NLW, especially the increase of 6.7 per cent to £12.21 that will be implemented in April 2025. At the same time, the recently announced changes to employers' National Insurance Contributions will also come into effect.
This project will provide evidence of how firms are coping with the recent increases in the NLW, and how they vary sectorally, by size of firm, by geography, and type of ownership.
This research would ideally use firm-level data available for the same firms over time. It might want to compare the behaviour of firms before and after the increase in April 2025. We are also open to other approaches that can capture the impacts on businesses. The findings will contribute to our understanding of how firms are adjusting to the NLW.
The full requirement is set out in Schedule 07 of this Invitation to Tender (LPC2024/03). Further information can be found on our website https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/low-pay-commission-call-for-research-2025
You must submit your tender to tim.butcher@lowpay.gov.uk. It must arrive no later than 14:00 on 10 February 2025.
More information
Links
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- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/low-pay-commission-call-for-research-2025
- Tender notice
- The documents on this page set out the requirements of the tender and the application process
About the buyer
Contact name
Tim Butcher
Address
GROUND FLOOR, 10 SOUTH COLONNADE
LONDON
E14 4PU
England
Telephone
07741 617057
Website
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/low-pay-commission-call-for-research-2025
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Closing: 10 February 2025, 2pm