Official UK procurement notice
Office for Students: Framework for Polling and Opinion Research Services
Authority: Office for Students (Central government)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThis tender sets out the specification requirements for Contractor(s) to join a framework for delivering the Office for Students (OfS) polling and opinion research requirements. The tender is divided into 3 Lots. Lots 1&2 have been constructed by ability to reach certain populations: Lot 1- Students and Lot 2 -Education Sector and other stakeholders. Lot 3 is for evaluation projects.
CPV: Evaluation consultancy services · Survey services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 17 bids received · 10 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Framework for Polling and Opinion Research Services - Lot 1CancelledPublished value£1,000,000
Lot 1 - Students. The OfS is seeking to procure capacity to undertake the following activities with our stakeholders:
-Opinion polling
-Other forms of opinion research (e.g., qualitative interviews, focus groups, cognitive interviewing)
Suppliers bidding for Lot 1 must be able to demonstrate their ability to reach the following populations:
Students including: applicants, undergraduates, postgraduates and recent graduates (within the last 3 years) Additional information: To respond to this opportunity please click here: www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/HV9935T4F5 ↗
Lot #2Framework for Polling and Opinion Research Services - Lot 2CancelledPublished value£200,000
Lot 2 - Education Sector and other stakeholders. The OfS is seeking to procure capacity to undertake the following activities with our stakeholders:
-Opinion polling
-Other forms of opinion research (e.g., qualitative interviews, focus groups, cognitive interviewing)
Suppliers bidding for Lot 2 must be able to demonstrate their ability to reach the following populations:
oUniversity and college leaders and staff
oRepresentative bodies
oTeachers
oCareers advisors
oParents of applicants and current students
oEmployers Additional information: To apply for Lot 2 please respond via this link: www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/XJJ93T66JR ↗
Lot #3Framework for Polling and Opinion Research Services - Lot 3CancelledPublished value£300,000
Lot 3 will be used to commission services to support the OfS’s evaluation work. The OfS uses Evaluation work to understand the delivery and impact of its regulations and programmes, to be able to assess, learn from and improve the effectiveness of its work. For these types of evaluation commissions, the OfS will usually lead on the development of overarching evaluation questions, a plan and theory of change, and suppliers will co-develop the interview/survey questions. For this, suppliers need to have good understanding and experience of evaluation work to enable them to tailor their research accordingly, conduct analysis against evaluation questions, and form evaluative judgements as appropriate. Additional information: To apply for Lot 3 please respond via this link :www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/R387M6A5N3 ↗
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 70
- Price: 30
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Office for Students: Framework for Polling and Opinion Research Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 29 Oct 2024, 19:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 21 Mar 2025, 19:05 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 29 Nov 2024 – …
- Authority reference
PRN2241- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-010793- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b263Find a Tender
Publisher note: To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=935029644 GO Reference: GO-2025321-PRO-29857557
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 29 Nov 2024, 10:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 29 Nov 2024, 10:00 GMT
Timeline
29 Nov 2024 → 21 Mar 2025 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown29 Nov 2024, 10:00 GMT
- Bids opened29 Nov 2024, 10:00 GMT
- Notice published21 Mar 2025, 19:05 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete21 Mar 2025, 19:05 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast3 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Students
- Signed
- 7 Feb 2025
- Value
- £1,000,000
- Status
- active
Education sector and other stakeholders
- Signed
- 7 Feb 2025
- Value
- £200,000
- Status
- active
Evaluation Services
- Signed
- 7 Feb 2025
- Value
- £300,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
11 commercial parties on the notice- Advance HEFramework contractor
- Alma EconomicsFramework contractor
- IFF Research LtdFramework contractor
- Public First LimitedFramework contractor
- Savanta Group LtdFramework contractor
- Shift Insight LtdFramework contractor
- Technopolis LtdFramework contractor
- Thinks Insight & Strategy (Britain Thinks) LtdFramework contractor
- York Consulting LLPFramework contractor
- YouGov PLCFramework contractor
- YouGov plcFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria