Skills Forecasting Contract
Details
- Supplier(s)
- Cogent Skills
- Value
- £25,000
- Duration
- 5 months
- Topic
- Education and training services
- Published
- 18 April 2024
- Source
- uk:contracts_finder
Tender description
Awarded contract for the Office for Life Sciences and Cogent Skills to deliver a research project to evaluate the future skills needs of the UK Life Sciences industry over the next decade (up to 2035). The project, is a joint initiative led by the Futures Group, comprising Cogent Skills, OLS, the Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), and the BioIndustry Association (BIA).
Timeline
- Completed: Award date5 March 2024
- Completed: Award published18 April 2024Current notice
- Completed: Contract expiry date23 July 2024
About the buyer
The Department for Science Innovation and Technology is a central government department, and a dedicated commercial directorate leads on its procurement work alongside project and delivery teams. Larger opportunities are advertised as notices on the Find a Tender Service. Common goods and services are bought through Crown Commercial Service frameworks. UK Shared Business Services, a shared-services provider, manages many of the department's lower-value procurements on its behalf. Low-value orders require multiple supplier quotes to ensure value for money. Supplier diversity targets guide how contracts reach small and medium-sized enterprises across the supply chain.
Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.
Over the past 5 years, most of the Department for Science Innovation and Technology's contract awards have been in IT services, research and development and software and information systems.
Relevant CPV codes
- 80000000 · Education and training services
Decision makers
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| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@department-for-science-innovation-and-technology.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@department-for-science-innovation-and-technology.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@department-for-science-innovation-and-technology.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@department-for-science-innovation-and-technology.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@department-for-science-innovation-and-technology.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@department-for-science-innovation-and-technology.gov |
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