Tender: Low Pay Commission: Research on Impacts of the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage — Two‑Year Projects (Open Call)

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The Low Pay Commission is seeking research teams to deliver large-scale, two-year projects that generate substantial new insight into the impacts and workings of the National Living Wage (NLW) and the National Minimum Wage (NMW), with particular attention to changes since 2019 and opportunities from new data sources and data linking. Up to three projects will be commissioned under this open call, with final results required in Autumn 2028. The maximum budget for any single project is £100,000 excluding VAT (£120,000 including VAT), and bids are expected in the £60,000–£100,000 range; tenders will be evaluated on value for money. There is also a separate call for smaller projects (LPC 2026/01) with final results by September 2027 and a bids deadline of 1 September 2026 for that call. Complete tenders must include written responses to the three quality criteria (A01: understanding the requirements and context; A02: methodology and approach; A03: ability to deliver), a detailed pricing schedule and the commercial documents specified in Section 5, Part E of the Invitation to Tender.