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Supporting mental health in a small company - guidance and workplace cases
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)
The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) is planning to launch a call for tender for the provision of a practical guidance and workplace cases on supporting mental health in small companies. The overall objectives of the contract to be awarded are: To provide practical guidance and workplace cases on how employers of small companies can support workers experiencing work and non-work-related mental health issues. The guidance will be suitable for those who see themselves as non-experts on mental health, explaining how their role and responsibility in terms of workers health can be successfully fulfilled within the limited resources. The workplace cases will present the implemented actions in small companies across different sectors and regulatory contexts. They will be based on the field research capturing the actual experiences of the employers and workers. The outcomes will be promoted during the Healthy Workplaces Campaign ‘Together for Mental Health at Work’...
Research, Evaluation and Surveys Psychology, Mental Health and Behaviour Change Health
Request for Tender for the provision of a rapid evidence review in relation to confidence in maths among children and young people in Ireland with a particular focus on girls and young women
Department of Education and Youth
The Department is seeking research services from a suitably qualified contractor(s) to conduct a rapid evidence review in relation to confidence in mathematics among children and young people in Ireland, with a particular focus on girls and young women. For the purposes of this review, the terms children and young people and girls and young women refer to learners from the early learning and care (ELC) sector through primary and post-primary education. The review should therefore consider evidence relating to confidence in mathematics and numeracy, including learners' self-belief, mathematical self-efficacy, attitudes towards mathematics, and willingness to engage with mathematical learning across the continuum of educational provision, including key developmental and educational transition points.
Education and Skills
Well-Led Review of Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS trust
Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust (AWP) provides mental health services across Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire, from more than 90 community and inpatient sites and through partnerships with external organisations. Services include acute mental health, recovery, liaison and dementia services, forensic services, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and a range of highly specialist mental health services. AWP is currently in segment 3 of the NHS Oversight Framework and rated Amber-Green under the Provider Capability assessment. Following a Care Quality Commission inspection in 2024, reported in May 2025, the Trust’s well-led rating was ‘requires improvement’. AWP operates across two financially challenged Integrated Care Systems and works with the South West Provider Collaborative for mental health services. The Board has invested in strengthening external stakeholder relationships and...
Health Organisations and Management Consulting Psychology, Mental Health and Behaviour Change
Exploring the appeal of 30by30 for Landowners/Managers
Natural England
Please note the budget is for £45,000 exclusive of vat. The project will run until the end of March 2027. The overall aim of this qualitative social science research project is to understand what a diversity of landowner or managers, who have not been directly engaged in the process of designing the 30by30 delivery target, think of the opportunity offered by 30by30 for them, and why. The focus will be on landowners and/or managers of medium and large-sized landholdings, reflecting the fact that encouraging involvement of this group, particularly those that can meet the silver and gold tier thresholds described in the 30by30 Delivery Plan, is a priority. The purpose of the research is to use this understanding to help facilitate uptake of the target among this group.
Research, Evaluation and Surveys Organisations and Management Consulting
Innovation Marketplace (FWC)
Government Commercial Agency
Description The Commercial Innovation Hub (CIH) is a cross-government centre of excellence that is pioneering new approaches to service design and procurement, established to drive procurement of innovation across government and the wider public sector. The CIH was created in the context of the Procurement Act 2023 coming into force and is framed as a joint DSIT-GCA initiative announced as part of the National Procurement Policy Statement. The CIH will tackle a persistent set of barriers that limit procurement-led innovation Traditional procurement approaches are not suited for acquiring novel technologies and not always accessible for SMEs and Start Ups" and there is a perceived risk culture that limits "psychological safety to 'fail fast'". The CIH rationale highlights the need to improve awareness and practical use of "commercial innovation opportunities" through briefs, tools and templates, and to help departments pilot innovations and contract with new supply chains. This...
Government, Regulation and Public Administration Technology and Innovation
Preparation and implementation of the pilot survey on company use and productivity impact of AI - 250001/7820
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
Preparation and implementation of a cross-national company survey examining the use and impact of artificial intelligence at the workplace. The contractor will conduct a mixed-mode telephone and online survey of establishments in Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden, targeting 1,000 completed interviews per country. Services include sampling, register enrichment, questionnaire scripting, pilot testing, fieldwork, data processing, weighting, quality control and methodological reporting, producing comparable evidence on AI adoption, productivity, wages, workplace practices and job quality.
Research, Evaluation and Surveys Organisations and Management Consulting
Study for the end-term evaluation of the EU strategic framework on health and safety at work 2021–2027 and support to the preparation of the post-2027 strategic framework
European Commission, DG EMPL - Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
This call for tenders is for an external independent study for the end-term evaluation of the EU strategic framework on health and safety at work 2021–2027 and to support the contracting authority in relation to the open public consultation in preparation of the post-2027 strategic framework. The strategic framework sets out three crosscutting key objectives and a range of actions for promoting workers’ health and safety. The three objectives are: anticipating and managing change in the new world of work brought about by the green, digital and demographic transitions; improving prevention of workplace accidents and illnesses; increasing preparedness for any potential future health crises. The implementation of these three objectives is underpinned by: (i) social dialogue; (ii) strengthening of the evidence base; (iii) strengthening of enforcement; (iv) awareness raising; and (v) funding. At its plenary meeting in December 2025, the tripartite Advisory Committee on Safety and Health...
Research, Evaluation and Surveys Organisations and Management Consulting Health
Liverpool City Region Active Travel Maps
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) is looking to create a new active travel map (walking, wheeling and cycling), primarily concentrating on cycle routes and facilities across the city region. The supplier will work with the LCRCA and the six constituent authorities (Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral) to develop a map that is both clear and easy to use. The result of the contract will be six maps (1 for each local authority area) of active travel facilities such as segregated cycle lanes, off road cycle networks and on road quiet routes. The mapping data that is created by the successful supplier will be owned solely by the LCRCA. This is so that when new routes and facilities are built, the maps can be easily updated by the internal personnel using a standard specification. The maps will need to include key destinations, safety information, key landmarks, bike shops, repair stations, and links to public transport hubs. These will be...
Urban Planning, Infrastructure and Transport Organisations and Management Consulting Technology and Innovation
Supporting the AI Observatory
European Commission, DG CNECT - Communications Networks, Content and Technology
This project aims to support the objectives of the Apply AI Strategy, in particular the establishment of an AI Observatory, providing robust indicators to assess the impact of AI in strategic sectors, monitoring its developments and the changes it may bring to the labour market and the economy overall, and supporting the organisation of sectorial discussions.
Research, Evaluation and Surveys
Evaluation Services: Events & Participation Programme (2026-2029)
North East Combined Authority
The North East MSA intends to appoint a single supplier to deliver independent evaluation services for the Events & Participation Programme (2026-2029). The appointed supplier will be required to design and deliver a comprehensive programme-level evaluation covering all approved activity funded through both the Events Investment Programme and the Sport and Cultural Participation Programme. The evaluation will assess:  Programme delivery and implementation  Achievement of programme outputs and outcomes  Economic impact and value for money  Participation and behaviour change  Health and wellbeing outcomes  Volunteering impacts  Equality, diversity and inclusion impacts  Environmental sustainability impacts  Social value generated through investment  Lessons learned and recommendations for future investment The estimated contract value is £90,000 excluding VAT. The proposed contract period is from January 2027 to March 2029, with the option for the North East MSA to extend...
Research, Evaluation and Surveys Organisations and Management Consulting Equality, Inclusion and Social Policy