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AwardedAwarded 6 November 2026

Skills England Call-off Contract for Labour Market Research and Analysis

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) · Central government

In brief

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) awarded research work to NatCen Social Research on 6 November 2026.

The notice gives a value of £1,250,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 30 months, starting 6 November 2026.

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What the notice says

This is a call-off contract for research and analysis on the UK labour market. Skills England will use this to commission projects at pace to support priority and/or emerging evidence gaps.

Who won

WinnerValueDates
NatCen Social Research£1,250,000
Awarded 6 November 2026

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Contract award notice · notice a0ec24f7-6c16-490c-9165-170a81c7465d-921027

Last time this was bought

Skills England - AI Contract

Awarded
30 October 2026
Value
£225,211

Matched on Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), the type of work and the title; it may be a related contract rather than the same one. Check the notice to be sure.

About the buyer

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)Last 12 months

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From notice a0ec24f7-6c16-490c-9165-170a81c7465d-921027 on Contracts Finder, first published 9 November 2026. We last checked for changes on 9 November 2026.