# Employment Retention and Advancement: Public Use Data Preparation\.

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Crown Commercial Service](/buyers/crown-commercial-service/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: MDRC
- Award value: £0
- Award date: 16 May 2017
- Published: 8 June 2017
- Contract start: 19 May 2017
- Contract end: 30 September 2017
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 6a998686-4480-4a82-894a-20343223ecd4-152993
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-1a0d8c6a-1b7d-4d1d-a5da-e849e69adeac

## Description

To create public use data files to be deposited at the UK Data Archive, and to co-ordinate the deposit with the Archive\. MDRC is creating ERA public use files to be deposited at the UK Data Archive\. MDRC will convert all SAS data files recently received from DWP to SPSS data files\. MDRC will verify that the SPSS files have been converted correctly\. Both file types will be deposited\. MDRC will finalize the public use file documentation\. MDRC will coordinate with the UK Data Archive the needed steps to complete the deposit

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6a998686-4480-4a82-894a-20343223ecd4-152993)