Buyer: The Electoral Commission →
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The Electoral Commission and democratic education 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. The Voter Education and Partnership team provides engaging, accurate and impartial information about democracy, elections and voting so that eligible and future voters can cast their votes confidently. Our education work aims to promote greater consistency in democratic education, increase young people's knowledge and understanding of democracy and elections, and increase educators' understanding of and confidence to deliver this topic. Our recent research report, Young Voices on Democracy, highlighted that young people don't currently have the knowledge they need to be confident about politics and voting. Less than a third know a lot about what the UK government does, and only half of those yet to vote feel confident about the process. There is a clear need for more democratic education in schools and colleges to support young people to become informed, engaged voters: only a third of school age children said they learnt about politics at school in the last year, yet almost three quarters told us they wanted more opportunities to do so. We are currently focusing on the following initiatives to help us achieve our aims: • Youth Voice Network: our youth engagement network is made up of 60 young people in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This group of young people feed into our education work and develop resources to support their peers to learn about democracy. • Education resources: we have developed resources - including a scheme of work for schools, and activities for youth groups - aimed at supporting young people across the UK to learn about democracy and elections • Welcome to Your Vote Week: every year we hold Welcome to Your Vote Week, which encourages young people and educators to engage in democratic education and to start the conversation about upcoming elections. We are now looking to work with civil society organisations to develop and evaluate projects that will increase democratic education in schools, colleges and youth settings. Please see attachment for Welsh translation.
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Lead on convening education partners and academics in the democratic education sector, together with the Electoral Commission. Please Note: Value added is indicative and may be subject to change
Award criteria
Quality (90%)
Price (10%)
In line with the citizenship curriculum and current school and college priorities, develop resources that strengthen learners' knowledge and understanding of our democratic system. Please Note: Value added is indicative and may be subject to change
Award criteria
Quality (90%)
Price (10%)
Use subject knowledge and expertise to develop and deliver training in line with the latest CPD guidance for teachers and youth practitioners. We are keen to explore both e-learning and traditional learning methods. Please Note: Value added is indicative and may be subject to change
Award criteria
Quality (90%)
Price (10%)
Develop, deliver and evaluate projects that support young people to identify, understand and become resilient to mis- and disinformation about elections and voting. Please Note: Value added is indicative and may be subject to change
Award criteria
Quality (90%)
Price (10%)
Develop, deliver and evaluate projects that increase and improve democratic education in primary schools. Value added is indicative and may be subject to change
Award criteria
Quality (90%)
Price (10%)
Develop, deliver and evaluate democratic education provision for SEND schools and learners. Value added is indicative and may be subject to change
Award criteria
Quality (90%)
Price (10%)
Expand our existing education provision in either Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales, focusing on mapping provision, partner engagement and dissemination of resources. Please Note: Value added is indicative and may be subject to change
Award criteria
Quality (90%)
Price (10%)
| Item | Category | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Social research services, Education and training services, Other community, social and personal services | Not published |
| 2 | Social research services, Education and training services, Other community, social and personal services | Not published |
| 3 | Social research services, Education and training services, Other community, social and personal services | Not published |
| 4 | Social research services, Education and training services, Other community, social and personal services | Not published |
| 5 | Social research services, Education and training services, Other community, social and personal services | Not published |
| 6 | Social research services, Education and training services, Other community, social and personal services | Not published |
| 7 | Social research services, Education and training services, Other community, social and personal services | Not published |
Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 79. The category anchor is Social research services (79315000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.
| Comparison set | Procedures | Reported bids per procedure | Named award suppliers | Price evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market: CPV division 79 | 13,740 | 4 median · 30.9 average (5,804 of 13,740 with a bid count) | 3.2 average (6,508 of 13,740 with named award suppliers) | 1 comparable price pairs |
| Same buyer | 3 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Delivery region: UK | 3,810 | 4 median · 60.1 average (1,524 of 3,810 with a bid count) | 5 average (1,810 of 3,810 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
| Similar published value (0.5×–2×) | 1,059 | 6.5 median · 7.6 average (18 of 1,059 with a bid count) | 1.3 average (18 of 1,059 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.
Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.
No planning milestones published.
No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.
Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.
| OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-0547a8 |
|---|---|
| Latest release ID | 033590-2025 |
| Latest release timestamp | Thu Jun 19 2025 09:49:36 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Source | find-a-tender |
| Official notice URL | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033590-2025 |
| Tender status | active |
| Procurement method | open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Main procurement category | services |
| Above threshold | Yes |
| Legal basis | 2023/54 |
| Tender period: start | Not published |
| Tender period: end | 2025-07-17T12:00:00+01:00 |
| Expression of interest deadline | Not published |
| Enquiry deadline | 2025-06-25T23:59:00+01:00 |
| Award period: start | Not published |
| Award period: end | 2025-08-14T23:59:59+01:00 |
| Submission method details | https://in-tendorganiser.co.uk |
| Submission languages | en |
| Electronic catalogue policy | Not published |
| Total tender value | £600,000 |
| Tender lots in source | 7 |
| Tender items in source | 7 |
| Tender documents in source | 4 |
| Awards in latest release | 0 |
| Contracts in latest release | 0 |
| Parties in latest release | 1 |
| Date | Event | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Jun 2025 | tenderUpdate | 033590-2025 |
| 18 Jun 2025 | tenderUpdate | 033360-2025 |
| 12 Jun 2025 | tender | 031916-2025 |
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