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Published 17 Sept 2026, 17:11 BST
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Expression of Interest: Engaging deaf people, domestic abuse survivors, young people and New Scots in democracy

Official notice
Authority:The Electoral Commission(Public Body)
Multi-lot
services
Below threshold - open competition
Below threshold
SME suitable
Published estimate
£143,750
≈ £143,750 / year
Submission deadline
28 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
40d 17h leftTypical competition: 3 bids2-digit CPV 98 · n=2,116 bid reports
Clarification Cut-Off
28 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
Tender enquiry deadline · 4 lots
Contract duration
1 yr (with extension options)
Starts 13 Nov 2026, 00:00 GMT

What is being bought & procurement scope

Procurement Scope & Specification
Tenderline summary generated from the published notice
Executive Summary: The Electoral Commission: "Expression of Interest: Engaging deaf people, domestic abuse survivors, young people and New Scots in democracy". Published status: active. Published value: £143,750. 4 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 28 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: in-tendorganiser.co.uk.

Official Requirement Description:

Action Research Projects 2026 27 The Electoral Commission is the independent public body which oversees elections and regulates political finance in the UK. We work to promote public confidence in the democratic process and ensure its integrity. We also use our expertise to make and advocate for changes to our democracy, aiming to improve fairness, transparency, and efficiency. Our voter engagement work aims to promote greater consistency in political literacy education, increase knowledge and understanding of democracy, and increase voter confidence to engage in our democratic system. To date, we have worked with partners to develop and deliver a range of activities and resources designed to educate voters, particularly under-registered groups and others facing barriers to participation, about how to register to vote, ways to vote and changes to elections (such as the introduction of the voter ID requirement). For further details see attached Expression of Interest form.

Lots and requirements (4)

Procurement Structure
1 page · 5 per page
  • Lot #1
    Deaf people, including but not limited to British Sign Language users
    active
    Renewal
    Published value£80,000
    We intend to work with organisations that embed participatory approaches, such as co-creation and co-design. Successful organisations will ensure their projects are developed with meaningful involvement from the communities they will benefit. Deaf people, including but not limited to British Sign Language users
    Contract period:
    13 Nov 2026 — 12 Nov 2027 (1 yr)
    Eligibility:
    SME eligible
    Turnover benchmark:
    ~£160,000/yr
    Options / extension:
    Extensions of 12 months if budget approved and requirements to be continued.
  • Lot #2
    Supporting Domestic Abuse Survivors Project
    active
    Renewal
    Published value£50,000
    We intend to work with organisations that embed participatory approaches, such as co-creation and co-design. Successful organisations will ensure their projects are developed with meaningful involvement from the communities they will benefit. Supporting Domestic Abuse Survivors Project
    Contract period:
    13 Nov 2026 — 12 Nov 2027 (1 yr)
    Eligibility:
    SME eligible
    Turnover benchmark:
    ~£100,000/yr
    Options / extension:
    Extensions of 12 months if budget approved and requirements to be continued.
  • Lot #3
    Supporting Young Voices in Democracy Project
    active
    Renewal
    Published value£30,000
    We intend to work with organisations that embed participatory approaches, such as co-creation and co-design. Successful organisations will ensure their projects are developed with meaningful involvement from the communities they will benefit. Supporting Young Voices in Democracy Project
    Contract period:
    13 Nov 2026 — 12 Nov 2027 (1 yr)
    Eligibility:
    SME eligible
    Turnover benchmark:
    ~£60,000/yr
    Options / extension:
    Extensions of 12 months if budget approved and requirements to be continued.
  • Lot #4
    Supporting New Scots project
    active
    Renewal
    Published value£12,500
    We intend to work with organisations that embed participatory approaches, such as co-creation and co-design. Successful organisations will ensure their projects are developed with meaningful involvement from the communities they will benefit. Supporting New Scots project
    Contract period:
    13 Nov 2026 — 12 Nov 2027 (1 yr)
    Eligibility:
    SME eligible
    Turnover benchmark:
    ~£25,000/yr
    Options / extension:
    Extensions of 12 months if budget approved and requirements to be continued.

Published award criteria & contract terms

From this notice
Only criteria and terms published on this notice. Conditions of participation in the tender pack are not inferred.
Published terms
Contract duration1 yr (with extension options)

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

Other community, social and personal services (CPV 98) in North East England — and who usually turns up

The Electoral Commission has too little published record in this market to describe on its own; the North East England market stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: sector page →

1

How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards report one bid by definition and are left out. Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

The Electoral Commission

contract notices in 36 months: 1 in division 98 · 7 in all categories

Bids per lot—no bid reports published
Single-bid lots—no bid reports published
Award vs estimate—no comparable estimate → award pairs
Deadline → award—no award dates published
Notice updates0all categories · 24m · n=9 notices
Awarded without competition0%all categories · 36m · n=7 notices
How procedures are run moderate · n=4
  • Open 100%
  • Selective 0%
  • Limited 0%
  • Direct 0%

7 notices · all categories. Open and selective are contested (feed the bid/price figures above); limited and direct are not.

The market · delivery region

North East England · Other community, social and personal services (CPV 98)

contract notices delivered in North East England in 36 months: 152 in division 98 (130 contested)

Bids per lot3division 98 · 36m · n=53 lots
Single-bid lots23%division 98 · 36m · n=53 lots
Award vs estimateat estimatedivision 98 · 36m · n=30 pairs
Deadline → award36ddivision 98 · 36m · n=31 notices
SME bidders46%division 98 · 36m · n=9 lots
Winners based in the region88%division 98 · 36m · n=93 awards
Bids per lot · history, not this notice’s lots robust · n=53
  • 1 bid 23%
  • 2–3 30%
  • 4–6 28%
  • 7+ 19%

Median 3 · 53 lots on 45 contested notices · division 98.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=30
  • Below estimate 20%
  • Within ±2% 50%
  • Above estimate 30%

30 lot pairs · division 98.

robust · n=30 Awards in North East England (division 98, n=30 pairs) land a median at estimate. Applied to each lot’s own published value in the lot table below — the notice total (£143,750) is an envelope for 4 lots and is not converted.

Method and what to read with care
  • Two columns, no blending. The authority column walks its own record only: notices in the 4-digit class, then the 2-digit division, then all categories (36 months, per lot, contested only), and as a last resort its 24-month row across all categories (per notice, every route). The market column is the notice’s primary delivery ITL1 × the same class, then division (36 months). Nothing is filled from the UK-wide class; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable.
  • Per lot, contested only. Find a Tender publishes bid counts per lot; a seven-lot tender is seven contests. Procedures awarded without competition (limited / direct) are excluded from bids, price pairs and decision days — they report one bid by definition. Frameworks and DPS are a separate population from contracts (6–7 bids per lot against 2–4) and only the notice’s own kind is shown.
  • Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). Award-vs-estimate pairs need a lot estimate, one active award on the lot, one canonical supplier and a gap under 60 %; about 30 % of pairs are exact matches (the buyer published the award at the estimate). n is on every figure; below 3 the tile is muted, never hidden.
  • Pounds. The expected award applies the authority’s median movement (or the region’s, when the authority has fewer than 3 pairs) to this notice’s estimate; the middle half uses the region’s quartiles. A multi-lot notice publishes an envelope, so the movement is applied per lot, never to the total. A benchmark, not a recommended price.
  • “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

Procedure terms & legal framework

Procedure methodBelow threshold - open competitionLegal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54
Procurement Act 2023
Procurement categoryservices
Notice statusOpen for tenderProcurement thresholdSub-thresholdRegulatory regimeStandard commercial regime
Commercial structureStand-alone contract (No framework)Competition typeCompetitive procedureGPA WTO coveredUnspecified in notice
Recurring procurementNo (One-off requirement)First published17 Sept 2026, 17:11 BSTLast source update17 Sept 2026, 17:11 BST
Classification (CPV)Education and training services, Other community, social and personal services
Delivery area
UK
North East (UKC)
North West (UKD)
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Official Registry OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0774de

How to participate & submission route

Official notice
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Official Buyer Portal
Online submission allowed
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Expression of interest (EOI)—Tender submission deadline
28 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
28 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channelOfficial e-sourcing portalElectronic submissionAllowedAccepted languagesEnglish (en)
Participation feeFree of charge (Open access)
Detailed Submission Instructions & Authority Contacts
From official release
This is an Expression of Interest. No proposals or costings to be submitted at this stage. Tenders will be submitted to: in-tendorganiser.co.uk/electoralcommission/a…
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    17 Sept 2026, 17:11 BST
  2. Clarification deadline
    28 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    28 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT

Commercial outcome and contract awards

Awards (0)No award published
Contracts (0)No contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 lines · 1 source events
  1. Official notice release published
    17 Sept 2026, 17:11 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Electoral Commission

Contracting authority
Public Body
GB-PPON-PHYY-1292-MMXL
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Official Documents & Specifications (2)

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