Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c6c-efca-73e4-b6ca-c47123966173/skills-and-productivity-board-skills-taxonomy awarded GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # Skills and Productivity Board: Skills Taxonomy [Department For Education](https://tendernation.io/buyers/department-for-education) Open field Estimated value Not stated Published 26 Feb 2021 Deadline Closed 5 Mar 2021 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender As announced in September 2020, the new Skills and Productivity Board (SPB) will undertake expert analysis of national skills needs to inform government policy. The board is independent, composed of labour market and skills economists and chaired by business leader Stephen van Rooyen (CEO and EVP of Sky). The government established the board to provide it with evidence and analysis on gaps in our knowledge of the labour market, including identifying which skills add the most value to the economy and locating the most significant skills mismatches, both now and in the future. Given its scope and role outlined above, the SPB requires clear definitions of skills and skills mismatches. Specifically, the SPB requires: • A functional and operational skills 'taxonomy' - to be able to name, define and classify skills (e.g., knowledge skills, workplace skills, transferable skills). • A way of linking these skills/skill sets to occupations and, possibly, qualifications. We are seeking expressions of interest to undertake a scoping report on how the SPB could: • Develop a functional skills taxonomy, possibly building on the work of others, for use • Use this skill taxonomy to identify areas of significant skills shortage. This report should provide: • An overview of other work in this area (such as that based on O\*NET and ESCO), outlining the pros/cons of these taxonomies and which is best to map to jobs in the UK. • Bringing together the work currently taking place on skills taxonomies in the UK to consider how the SPB could use this within their own work to identify skills shortages. Possible extensions - including techniques such as information from web scraping vacancies and other RTI - should also be explored. • Extending this work further to understand whether it is possible to link skills to both qualifications and occupations using these taxonomies. Therefore, the main research question are: • What skills taxonomies exist in the UK, and what are the pros/cons of using them to identify skill mismatches/shortages? • How might the SPB use these taxonomies within their work given their scope/interest? • How could these taxonomies be developed to include mapping of skills to qualifications as well as occupations? Further information can be found in the attachment. ### Assessment criteria • Evidence of suppliers' understanding of the policy area • Evidence of suppliers' technical/professional ability to undertake the work • Evidence of relevant research experience. EOI responses should be limited to 3 A4 pages maximum. Additional information: EOI responses should be limited to 3 A4 pages. Read full description ## CPV classification Research and development services and related consultancy services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/4247c83b-3359-4c6a-96d5-b8cfa39ea58e) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. 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