Research and Consultancy Services for the undertaking of research and a forecast on the demand for skills within the Irish Construction sector to 2030

Tender description

The Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation is commissioning research to determine the demand for, and nature of, the future skills needs of the Irish Construction sector to 2030. The Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGFSN), which advises the Irish Government on current and future skills needs of the Irish economy, and on other labour market issues that impact on Ireland’s enterprise and employment growth, will be the main client. In order to properly support the delivery of public and private construction activity over the coming decade, this study will seek to: - Identify the nature and quantify the scale of the skills needs of the Construction Sector to 2030. This will include the development of construction skills demand forecasts based on a number of assumptions, including assumptions related to productivity and environmental sustainability, as well as the targets set out in prevailing national strategies; and - Develop a suite of recommendations that can be drawn upon to ensure that the future skills needs of the Construction sector are fully addressed by stakeholders through the education and training system and any other relevant sources of skills supply. The successful tenderer will undertake a literature review, a research exercise conducted through structured surveys and workshops with companies, organisations and stakeholders, and a demand scenario for Construction skills in the years to 2030. DBEI will undertake an international review of actions to develop and attract future Construction sector skills needs, and an assessment of their current and planned supply. The tenderer will be required to integrate the findings from all these elements into a report containing recommendations aimed at addressing the identified skills needs. The project will commence in December 2019, with the final report due by May 2020 at the latest.