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title: "Invitation to Tender (ITT) for Social Mobility Commission State of the Nation 2024"
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# Invitation to Tender (ITT) for Social Mobility Commission State of the Nation 2024

Buyer: SOCIAL MOBILITY COMMISSION  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-01f2ca48-fa73-427d-8f7b-8044932a6f98

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## Summary

The Social Mobility Commission is inviting tenders for the provision of updated analysis for their State of the Nation report 2024. The report focuses on monitoring social mobility in the UK and promoting social mobility in England. The Commission seeks to improve their Social Mobility Index and data explorer tool, aiming to report on composite indices such as Promising Prospects and Sociocultural Advantage. The deadline for bid submission is 6 December 2023, with a contract period from 1 January 2024 to 30 September 2024.

This tender opportunity presents a chance for businesses in the social research services sector to collaborate with the Social Mobility Commission. Suppliers interested in contributing to the development of social mobility indices and statistical analysis within the UK context are well-suited to compete. The Commission emphasises the importance of accurate and robust data interpretation in assessing social mobility outcomes, highlighting the need for suppliers to work closely with their internal report team to provide valuable insights for the upcoming State of the Nation report.

## Notice

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 and is sponsored by the Cabinet Office. As part of its remit, the Commission undertakes an annual "State of the Nation" report. This report is part of the Commission's statutory duty to monitor UK-wide progress on social mobility each year. The production and synthesis of key statistics related to social mobility will be part of the report, which will be published in autumn 2024. The Commission is seeking a supplier to provide updated analysis for inclusion in our State of the Nation report this year. The successful supplier will create the statistics for the report and work with our internal report team to interpret and build a narrative around them. This report will then be laid before Parliament. The SMC wishes to continue building and improving on its Social Mobility Index and data explorer tool. The new and improved Index offers a much more accurate and robust framework to measure social mobility. It includes three main components: drivers (or enablers); intermediate outcomes (such as educational attainment) and their relationship to socio-economic background, with breakdowns by geography and protected characteristics such as sex, ethnicity, and disability, and their interactions with socio-economic background; and full social mobility outcomes with respect to occupation, income, education, housing and wealth (see www. https://social-mobility.data.gov.uk/ for the full suite of indicators and Annex 1 Table 1 for more information on what is needed for the upcoming report). For 2024, our aim is to improve and report on the five "composite indices" that were first published in 2023. These indices collectively summarise 15 individual indicators, and so allow a greater level of geographical detail, as well as being clearer for the public. The indices are: Based on intermediate outcomes: - Promising Prospects - Precarious Situations Based on drivers of social mobility: - Childhood poverty and Disadvantage - Sociocultural Advantage - Research and Development Environment Bidders must submit their Bids before 4 pm on 6 December 2023. All Bids must be submitted to contact@socialmobilitycommission.gov.uk. Failure to return Bids by the time and due date or in the required format may disqualify Bidders from consideration.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0d13753d-59e6-4118-b546-e553d1836c6c |
| 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 | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 18 Jan 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 6 Dec 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Jan 2024 |
| Contract period | 1 Jan 2024 - 30 Sep 2024 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £50,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SOCIAL MOBILITY COMMISSION |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1A 2HQ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | THE WARDEN AND FELLOWS OF NUFFIELD COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79315000 - Social research services

## Release History

- 18 Jan 2024 at 21:47 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0d13753d-59e6-4118-b546-e553d1836c6c
- 1 Dec 2023 at 09:22 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f6299d44-9e2e-4fe9-839d-5567e6f16901
- 17 Nov 2023 at 15:33 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f6299d44-9e2e-4fe9-839d-5567e6f16901

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0d13753d-59e6-4118-b546-e553d1836c6c
  18th January 2024 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f6299d44-9e2e-4fe9-839d-5567e6f16901
  1st December 2023 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/8154dd12-307e-4855-b9ef-7d8f4c95efef
  Invitation to tender for Social Mobility Commission State of the Nation 2024
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/8bebfec2-c7b6-4191-9456-94faaa6fb46e
  Answers to clarification questions.
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/SupplierAttachment/10cdc637-edb6-4d84-89ca-3b637be1843c
  Contract (redacted) between Nuffield College, University of Oxford and the Social Mobility Commission.

## Notice URLs

- https://social-mobility.data.gov.uk/

## Provenance

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