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Published 13 Nov 2024, 12:39 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

National Survey for Wales 2025 Cognitive Testing and Materials Testing

Official notice

Authority: Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£156,000exc. VAT1.2% below published estimate
Submissions closed 6 Jan 2025awarded 10 Mar 2025
Awarded to NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Contract to review, refine and test the National Survey for Wales 2025.

CPV: Survey analysis services · Survey conduction services · Survey design services · Survey services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The National Survey for Wales is a key source of information for the Welsh Government…AwardedRenewal

The National Survey for Wales is a key source of information for the Welsh Government and its partners.

The survey has recently been carried out by telephone, but from 2026-27 it is intended that it will take place primarily online.

It is vital that this transition is informed by cognitive testing of questions as they are moved to online mode, and testing of materials for respondents (e.g. survey letters and leaflets).

This contract will look at reviewing, refining and testing National Survey questions for online mode. Due to the number of questions to be tested, cognitive testing will be split across two phases, each consisting of a desk review stage and two rounds of cognitive testing interviews. The first phase will take place between March and May 2025, and the second phase between May and July 2025 (dates are currently provisional, with final agreed dates to be confirmed).

Alongside the cognitive testing of survey questions, the National Survey respondent materials and the online survey landing page will also be tested, with the aim of providing evidence-based recommendations to inform and improve the process for recruiting respondents. The materials testing will consist of a desk review stage and two rounds of cognitive testing interviews, to take place between May and July 2025 (dates are currently provisional, with final agreed dates to be confirmed).

Delivery: Wales
Extensions: Option to extend for a further 5 months.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 80%Price: 20%
Published sub-criteria (4)
  • Please set out how you would approach and carry out the desk review of proposed survey questions for online mode, and respondent materials and online survey landing page.: 30%
  • Please set out how you would approach and carry out the cognitive testing interviews for the proposed survey questions for online mode, and respondent materials and online survey landing page: 30%
  • Please describe how you would ensure the services and outputs described in the specification are delivered to time.: 20%
  • price: 20%
Published award criteria (4)
  • Please set out how you would approach and carry out the desk review of proposed survey questions for online mode, and respondent materials and online survey landing page.: 30
  • Please set out how you would approach and carry out the cognitive testing interviews for the proposed survey questions for online mode, and respondent materials and online survey landing page: 30
  • Please describe how you would ensure the services and outputs described in the specification are delivered to time.: 20
  • Price: 20
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
13 Nov 2024, 12:39 GMT
Last source update
14 Mar 2025, 09:04 GMT
Award evaluation window
7 Jan 2025 – …
Authority reference
C124/2024/2025
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-009342
Classification (CPV)
Survey analysis servicesSurvey conduction servicesSurvey design servicesSurvey services
Delivery area
Wales (UKL)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b61c Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

As stated in the tender documentation.

Publisher note: E-TENDER INFORMATION: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk - The first person from your Organisation to use the Platform will be required to register on behalf of the Organisation. - Registration involves accepting a User Agreement, and providing basic information about your Organisation and about the User performing the Registration. - The User who performs the Registration becomes the Super User for the Organisation. - On registering on the Platform the Super User will select a Username and will receive a password. - The Password will be sent by e-mail to the email address that was specified in the User Details section of the Registration page. - In order to log-in to the Platform please enter your Username and Password. - Note: If you forget your Password then visit the homepage and click “Forgot your password?” - Registration should only be performed once for each Organisation. - If you think that someone in your Organisation may have already registered on this Platform then you must not register again. - Please contact the person who Registered (i.e. the Super User) in order to arrange access to the Platform. - Contact the Helpdesk immediately if you are unable to contact the Super User (for example if they have left your Organisation). - Note: If your Organisation is already registered on the Platform then you must not make any additional registration. Please contact the Helpdesk to gain access to the Platform. - Tenders must be uploaded to the BravoSolution portal by 2pm HOW TO FIND THE ITT: - Once logged in you must click on ‘ITT’s Open to all Suppliers’ - The etender references for this contract are: Project_57405 and ITT _113426 - Click on the title to access summary details of the contract. If you are still interested in submitting a tender, click the ‘Express an Interest button’. This will move the ITT from the ‘Open to all Suppliers’ area to the ‘My ITT’s’ on the home page. - You will then see the full details of the ITT in the qualification and technical envelopes along with any relevant documents in the ‘Attachments’ area. - Should you have any questions on the ITT, please use the ‘Messages’ area to contact the buyer directly – Please do not contact the named person at the top of this notice. NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process.To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID= 145305 (WA Ref:145305) The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding. ( (WA Ref:149044)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on Sell2Wales
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN, CY
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
6 Jan 2025, 14:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en, cy
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
7 Jan 2025, 09:30 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

6 Jan 2025 → 14 Mar 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    6 Jan 2025, 14:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    7 Jan 2025, 09:30 GMT
  3. Notice published
    14 Mar 2025, 09:04 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    14 Mar 2025, 09:04 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £154,1291 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 2
Contracts signed 1latest 10 Mar 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH£154,129 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsGeneral public services Gwasanaethau Caffael Corfforaethol / Corporate Procurement Services, Parc Cathays / Cathays Park, Caerdydd / Cardiff, Wales, CF10 3NQContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body LondonContact phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria