# Social Mobility Commission - State of the Nation 2027

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Social Mobility Commission.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Social Mobility Commission](/buyers/social-mobility-commission/contract-awards)
- Supplier: Nuffield College in the University of Oxford
- Award value: £59,325
- Tender value: £70,000
- Award date: 17 July 2026
- Published: 27 July 2026
- Contract start: 17 July 2026
- Contract end: 31 July 2027
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: a3430cef-ce90-496a-afc5-96831193ae3a-908344
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d2d28752-c760-46b8-9503-e94ea07104b3

## 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 indicators are available through the SMC State of the Nation data explorer: https://social-mobility\.data\.gov\.uk/

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a3430cef-ce90-496a-afc5-96831193ae3a-908344)