# Skills Forecasting Contract

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by DSIT.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [DSIT](/buyers/dsit/contract-awards)
- Supplier: Cogent Skills
- Award value: £25,000
- Tender value: £25,000
- Award date: 5 March 2024
- Published: 18 April 2024
- Contract start: 5 March 2024
- Contract end: 23 July 2024
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 0f036052-c0ba-46a9-91d7-e337d96c6423-742292
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a0d5589d-877a-4017-a0c6-b6e0c5fefca0

## Description

Awarded contract for the Office for Life Sciences and Cogent Skills to deliver a research project to evaluate the future skills needs of the UK Life Sciences industry over the next decade \(up to 2035\)\. The project, is a joint initiative led by the Futures Group, comprising Cogent Skills, OLS, the Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry \(ABPI\), and the BioIndustry Association \(BIA\)\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0f036052-c0ba-46a9-91d7-e337d96c6423-742292)