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UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED

UK SBS National Minimum and National Living Wage Impact Assessment - Counterfactual Research

R&DCPV 73200000 79300000
Value£60k
Awarded6 Jul 2017
Published27 Jul 2017
RegionSouth West
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£60ktotal contract value
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this tender£0£561k

This sits in the lower-middle of the Research & Development band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 20,405 valued Research & Development tenders in our corpus.

The brief

• Description The final date and time for the submission of bids is 07/ 07/ 2017/ year at 14:00 DO NOT apply directly to the buyer.

Please disregard any content in this notice that requests your organisation "to apply directly to the buyer" as this unfortunately a system generated error, that is outside of the Contracting Authorities control All tender information MUST be submitted through the CCS eSourcing Portal.

The fundamental question to be answered by this research is: what would workers affected by NLW and NMW increases have earned in the absence of government intervention (i.e. assuming no further increase from the current NMW, NLW rate).

This counterfactual question covers both wage level of those on NMW, NLW and wage growth of those on NMW, NLW in the absence of the annual uprating.

Given that the minimum wage is nationally applicable, the pure counterfactual is unobservable and so final recommendations must be based on a thorough assessment of the theory and evidence.

Please ensure you review all attached information to ensure a full understanding of this requirement.

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This contract will be awarded based on the evaluation criteria set out in the ITQ document.

How to Apply As part of the strategic alliance between UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) and Crown Commercial Service (CCS), UK SBS will be using the CCS eSourcing Suite for this procurement.

To register on the CCS eSourcing portal please follow the details contained within the Additional Information section of this notice.

If you are already registered on the CCS eSourcing portal and wish to register your interest in this opportunity please email; expressionofinterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk Your email must clearly state: • the name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for; • the name of the registered Bidder; • the name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

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Given that the minimum wage is nationally

Given that the minimum wage is nationally applicable, the pure counterfactual is unobservable and so final recommendations must be based on a thorough assessment of the theory and evidence.

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What this notice demands of you

2 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Crown Commercial Service frameworkFrameworks & routes to market
How to Apply As part of the strategic alliance between UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) and Crown Commercial Service (CCS), UK SBS will be using the CCS eSourcing Suite for this procurement.
Real living wagePolicies & commitments
UK SBS National Minimum and National Living Wage Impact Assessment - Counterfactual Research

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