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Contract for the provision of the Crime Survey for England and Wales
Market research services
Social research services
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Office for National Statistics: "Contract for the provision of the Crime Survey for England and Wales". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | Office for National Statistics | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | complete No deadline published |
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| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | Not published |
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Coverage: 3 active published awards; 1 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityOffice for National Statistics | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statuscomplete | Framework / DPSNot published | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published15 Jul 2022, 16:39 BST | Last source update15 Jul 2022, 16:39 BST | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationMarket research services, Social research services | ||
Delivery area UK | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0352bd | ||
What is being bought
The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) contract for research & data services supports the Office for National Statistics' (ONS) strategic objective of reliable and trusted data, which informs policy makers, Parliament and the public about crime.
The services improve knowledge of the volume and changing nature of criminality and victimisation which, in turn, informs the public policy response to crime.
The services under the CSEW contract act as a research and data source for ONS to produce crime statistics and inform the development of public policy response to crime. The Contractor provides the rolling annual datasets, on a quarterly basis, based on research interviews with a representative sample of:
(a) Households and adults' resident in England and Wales; this covers their experience of crime in the previous 12 months, attitudes to crime and crime-related issues, awareness and use of crime prevention measures and essential demographic and background information to inform further analyses.
(b) Children aged 10 to 15 years living in such households; this covers similar topics to the main interview but with a narrower focus on experience of personal crime and issues related specifically to children, such as bullying.
What changed
From the official release history
- Status changed to complete
15 Jul 2022, 16:39 BST - Official notice release published
15 Jul 2022, 16:39 BST - Buyer information updated
15 Jul 2022, 16:39 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedStatus not publishedPublished valueNot publishedONS is seeking to increase the sample size for the survey, following requests from the Home Office and the UK Government's Implementation Unit, with an increase in the target number of interviews to 70,000 per year by 2024. This will include a boost to the face-to-face interview numbers and the introduction of a longitudinal panel element to the survey with further interviews conducted by telephone at 12 month intervals. Additional information: The total value at the time of conclusion of the contract in Section V.2.4 (Information on value of the contract/lot/ concession) does not take into consideration indexation. Under the terms of the CSEW contract, the Contractor is permitted to increase charges in line with an agreed inflationary indexation adjustment. As such, the total value of the contract after indexation is £19,234,018.23.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Procedure published
15 Jul 2022, 16:39 BST - Award active
Not published · Not published - Contract active
Signed 9 Mar 2018, 00:00 GMT · £34,099,818
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards Kantar Public Not published · Not published · active |
Contracts Contract £34,099,818 · signed 9 Mar 2018, 00:00 GMT · active |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
Office for National Statistics
Contracting authority GB-FTS-2240Documents (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published |
No-engagement rationaleNot published |
Procedure rationaleDue to COVID-19, all face-to-face survey operations ceased in March 2020 and the CSEW changed to a telephone survey operation (TCSEW), with the option of changing back to face-to-face surveys.
In April 2019, Kantar announced that it was unifying all its legacy brands (including Kantar TNS) and consolidating all services and offerings under the Kantar brand name, hence the name change to Kantar Public.
It is under a contract variation in July 2021 that ONS confirmed it would continue to operate the contract with Kantar for a further two years to 31 March 2024. A Modification Notice was published on 13 July 2021 for this contract variation (2021/S 133-355188), with an increased total value of £28,849,818.23.
ONS is seeking to increase the sample size for the survey, following requests from the Home Office and the UK Government's Implementation Unit, with an increase in the target number of interviews to 70,000 per year by 2024. This will include a boost to the face-to-face interview numbers and the introduction of a longitudinal panel element to the survey with further interviews conducted by telephone at 12 month intervals.
ONS will be running a competitive tender exercise for the CSEW Contract 2024 - 2029. A Prior Information Notice was published on 24 June 2022 (2022/S 000-017318) to inform the market of our intentions. ONS will update the market further in relation to the requirements for the future CSEW Contract in due course.
The CSEW interview is conducted using trained interviewers and a specialised script programmed by Kantar. Another contractor would need to adapt the script to its systems, which would be a considerable amount of work. A new panel of interviewers would have to be trained to conduct the survey, which would result in a significant additional cost for ONS. It would not be possible to develop a new telephone script to complete the follow up interviews within the required timeframes.
ONS (and the Home Office) require the uplift in sample size from October 2022, with the telephone survey starting at the same point. The rapid mobilisation of the uplift in interview numbers is critical and appointing a new contractor would cause significant delay to ONS' ability to deliver the increased interviews.
ONS will continue to update the market, and recommends that interested suppliers register their for upcoming market warming & engagement events on our e-tendering portal Intend via the following link - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/ons/aspx/Home. |