---
title: "Updating 'Childhood Origins of Social Mobility' Report"
ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-63e3616f-aa7c-4cbe-a633-1bec4c472d7d"
canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-63e3616f-aa7c-4cbe-a633-1bec4c472d7d"
markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-63e3616f-aa7c-4cbe-a633-1bec4c472d7d.md"
json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-63e3616f-aa7c-4cbe-a633-1bec4c472d7d.json"
source: "Contracts Finder"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "SOCIAL MOBILITY COMMISSION"
published: "2023-07-27"
---

# Updating 'Childhood Origins of Social Mobility' Report

Buyer: SOCIAL MOBILITY COMMISSION  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-63e3616f-aa7c-4cbe-a633-1bec4c472d7d

[View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-63e3616f-aa7c-4cbe-a633-1bec4c472d7d)  
[Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-63e3616f-aa7c-4cbe-a633-1bec4c472d7d.json)

## Summary

The Social Mobility Commission has awarded a contract for the project "Updating 'Childhood Origins of Social Mobility' Report" to The University of Oxford. The report aims to monitor progress towards improving social mobility in the UK. The procurement method used was a direct single tender action. The contract period is from 1st July 2023 to 15th March 2024, and the tender period ended on 6th December 2022. The project falls under the services category and is located in London, with a value of £22,825.

This opportunity created by The Social Mobility Commission can be particularly attractive for service providers in the social research industry, especially those with expertise in analysing socio-economic trends and inequalities. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE) are suitable for this contract. Businesses interested in social mobility and policy research could find this tender a valuable growth opportunity.

## 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 (CO). The report "The childhood origins of social mobility: socio-economic inequalities and changing opportunities" (henceforth "the original report") was published in 2016 and there are reasons to expect that the trends and patterns of inequality may have been evolving since then. The intervening period has seen increased levels of child poverty and the pandemic, with its extensive school closures, has highlighted concerns about inequality in conditions at home for study. It is worth remembering that the original report in 2016 was commissioned in response to Robert Putnam's influential book Our Kids, and many of the domains of family life and individual indicators of life at home were chosen to match, as far as possible, Putnam's book. These domains of life included: Parental Engagement, including time use ("Gruffalo time") and help with homework, parental support and eating family meals together, as well as physical and cultural activities, Children's behaviours including truancy and drug use, as well as wellbeing and behavioural problems, and 3) Parents social networks and community. Ten data sources were used in the original report and more recent data points are available for the majority of those.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c8dd0a95-5371-4209-8ca5-b4cfe7e038a2 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Single tender action (below threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 27 Jul 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 6 Dec 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 30 Jun 2023 |
| Contract period | 30 Jun 2023 - 15 Mar 2024 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £22,825 |
| 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 | SW1P 3BT |
| 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 UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79315000 - Social research services

## Release History

- 27 Jul 2023 at 17:00 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c8dd0a95-5371-4209-8ca5-b4cfe7e038a2

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c8dd0a95-5371-4209-8ca5-b4cfe7e038a2
  27th July 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/SupplierAttachment/00efe8d0-2ede-4d4a-9444-4ac26783658a
  Signed contract (redacted) between the University of Oxford and the Social Mobility Commission.

## Provenance

This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-63e3616f-aa7c-4cbe-a633-1bec4c472d7d. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-63e3616f-aa7c-4cbe-a633-1bec4c472d7d.json.