Contract award · 17 Jul 2026

Social Mobility Commission - State of the Nation 2027

Social Mobility Commission awarded “Social Mobility Commission - State of the Nation 2027” to Nuffield College in the University of Oxford for £59,325.

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Key facts

Value
£59,325
Procedure
Open procedure (below threshold)
Sector
Business services · Social research services (CPV 79315000)
Region
London
Timeline
  1. Contract date17 Jul 2026
  2. Published27 Jul 2026Published 10 days after the contract date

Description

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. Its annual State of the Nation report is the Commission's main publication on UK-wide progress on social mobility and is laid before Parliament. The Commission is seeking a supplier to provide analytical support, methodological development, statistical quality assurance and interpretation for the 2027 State of the Nation report (with possible extension for the 2028 report). The supplier will work closely with the SMC secretariat. The emphasis of this contract is on robust analysis, reproducibility, interpretation and selected methodological improvements, rather than routine production work where SMC already has established in-house code. The Social Mobility Index provides the framework for State of the Nation. It includes mobility outcomes, intermediate outcomes and drivers of social mobility. The current indic…

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