Published date: 24 June 2022

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


Closing: 14 February 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Social research services - 79315000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£0 to £96,000

Procurement reference

SMC-2122-35

Published date

24 June 2022

Closing date

14 February 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

7 March 2022

Contract end date

7 March 2023

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.

The SMC is establishing a Policy and Evidence Advisory Panel of subject-matter experts to provide advice on a range of issues that impact social mobility:

Academic roles:
1. Education (Lot 1)
2. Measurement (quantitative analysis) (Lot 2)
3. Routes to employment and the labour market (Lot 3)
4. Families expert (Lot 4)

Policy roles:
5. Education (schools) (Lot 5)
6. Education (further education) (Lot 6)
7. Families expert (Lot 7)
8. Levelling up - geographic/ place inequalities (Lot 8)

The panel will consist of both academic leaders in their field as well as seasoned policy experts. The panel 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 but is expected to be approximately 8 individuals.

Being an expert on the Policy and Evidence Advisory Panel provides a unique opportunity to help shape the SMC's mission of improving social mobility for all. We intend to use advice arising from this contract to inform our thinking - we do not expect suppliers to engage on our behalf.

A key task will be to review and provide input into the Social Mobility Commission's annual statutory report, The State of the Nation. This is laid before Parliament each year. In 2022 we expect to launch the report in April, so this will be one of the Panel's first tasks. On a more ongoing basis, we will request panel members 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 holding a role on the panel will not be excluded from bidding for future contracts offered by the SMC. Nor will holding a role on the panel provide anyone with any advantages in being considered for future bids for SMC contracts. To avoid a conflict of interest, experts on the panel 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
A. Bids should not exceed a total of 2 pages per role (excluding CV, publications list, declarations/annex).
a. 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.
B. Bidders must also please complete and submit the 'Declarations' (Document 5).
C. Bidders must also complete and submit the 'Conflict of Interest' (Annex One).

Bidders must submit their Bids before 12 Noon on Monday 14 February 2022, to: Colin.Seymour@cabinetoffice.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

Opportunity to be an Expert Adviser on the Social Mobility Commission's Policy and Evidence Advisory Panel

  • Opportunity
  • Published 18 January 2022, last edited 8 February 2022

Attachments

Award information

Awarded date

3 March 2022

Contract start date

7 March 2022

Contract end date

7 March 2023

Total value of contract

£86,786

This contract was awarded to 14 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

Private individual

Address

Redacted

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

Family Kids and Youth

Address

146 Freston Road
LONDON
W10 6TR
GB

Reference

Companies House number: OC397600

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

University Of Surrey

Address

388 Stag Hill
GUILDFORD
Surrey
GU2 7XH
GB

Reference

Companies House number: RC000671

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

Sibieta Economics of Education

Address

1 Derwent Business Centre, Clarke Street, Derby, DE1 2BU

Reference

Companies House number: 11258656

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

Exogeneity Ltd

Address

91 Northcote Road, Walthamstow E177DH

Reference

Companies House number: 13835771

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

METRO DYNAMICS LIMITED

Address

3 Waterhouse Square,138 Holborn
LONDON
EC1N 2SW
GB

Reference

Companies House number: 09422707

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT STUDIES

Address

185 Dyke Road City Gate
HOVE
East Sussex
BN3 1TL
GB

Reference

Companies House number: 00931547

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

Yes

Attachments

EDSK

Address

6 Sherborne Way, Croxley Green, Hertfordshire WD3 3PF

Reference

Companies House number: 11795717

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

About the buyer

Address

Sanctuary Building
London
SW1P3BT
England

Telephone

020 7340 8397

Email

contact@socialmobilitycommission.gov.uk

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/social-mobility-commission