Notice Information
Notice Title
ITT: Good Recruitment for Older Workers: Understanding and improving recruitment language, imagery and messaging
Notice Description
We know from our previous work that perceived age-bias is quite common in the recruitment process, with our own polling showing that nearly a third of people aged over 50 feel they have been turned down for a job because of their age . Age-related stereotypes - sometimes negative, sometimes positive - abound and can affect people's attitudes and behaviour, but we do not have enough evidence directly linking stereotypes to hiring decisions, or very much evidence on promising approaches to overcoming age-bias and discrimination in the recruitment process. For this Invitation to Tender we are interested in commissioning a research team to help build our understanding of the kinds of language and imagery commonly used in recruitment messaging (including job advertisements, job descriptions etc.) that might display or reinforce bias against older applicants. This ITT follows on from our previous evidence work and is one of three projects we are commissioning in 2020 on the topic of reducing recruitment bias against older workers. The three projects are: -Understanding and improving recruitment language, imagery and messaging (this ITT) -Understanding the recruitment landscape and system in the context of older applicants -Understanding the recruitment experience for older workers We are happy for bidders to bid for multiple Invitations to Tender, but we will evaluate each bid based on its own individual merit. Taken together, the three projects commissioned through these ITTs will feed into a broader two-year programme of work developing, testing and communicating new and improved recruitment approaches directly with employers and recruitment organisations. We plan to tender for this broader phase of work in the latter half of 2020. As such, the outputs from this piece of work should be geared towards directly supporting the developing, testing and communicating phase. Additional information: Closing date 5pm on 25 February
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-32433295-b3f1-4814-b65d-d473e7ce4de8
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2edbca07-64fc-4d44-af63-987a1e12b4c3
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
-
- CPV Codes
73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £60,000 Under £100K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £59,385 Under £100K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 6 May 20205 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 25 Feb 2020Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 13 Apr 20205 years ago
- Contract Period
- 13 Apr 2020 - 31 Dec 2020 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CENTRE FOR AGEING BETTER LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- W1T 4HD
- Post Town
- West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI36 Camden
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Camden
- Electoral Ward
- Bloomsbury
- Westminster Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2edbca07-64fc-4d44-af63-987a1e12b4c3
6th May 2020 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/eb7a7f11-01c4-4775-a9fb-319304881006
7th January 2020 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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