# Downward mobility: understanding the glass floor

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department For Education](/buyers/department-for-education/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £150,000
- Published: 26 April 2019
- Planned start: 3 June 2019
- Planned end: 31 March 2020
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 8ff4c350-3cc0-474a-a82d-2126628bb346-286151
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-20edfb82-045e-4c08-8f05-0b4d91dfbb0e

## Description

See Attachments for full description\. The Social Mobility Commission is inviting proposals for research to better understand the incidence of downward mobility in Great Britain\. This will seek to build upon previous work on downward mobility in Great Britain, particularly around the 2015 report by the Social Mobility Commission, "Downward mobility, opportunity hoarding and the 'glass floor'", and work on downward mobility by Sam Friedman, a Social Mobility Commission commissioner\. It will look at understanding our society's 'fear of falling' and what occupations those from higher socio-economic backgrounds do when they 'fall down' the ladder\. This research forms part of the Social Mobility Commission's role to produce relevant research that provides new data and insights on social mobility in the UK\.

## Related contract awards

- [Call-off Contract for the November 2026 cohort of the National Professional Qualifications \(NPQs\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ce0d651b-c3d5-481d-ad4d-3f5dc8bbd35e): Department for Education
- [Contract Award Notice Independent review into 2DP fire and structural safety](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-5297e4b5-9ab5-4948-95c5-119730f371ef): Department for Education
- [Inclusion Bases: exploring evidence of impact and models\.](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-76dee6b0-7bcc-49cd-b784-34d2192c05a4): Department for Education

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8ff4c350-3cc0-474a-a82d-2126628bb346-286151)