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Published 9 Oct 2025, 16:53 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Political Finance Research · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: The Electoral Commission (Public body)

Services
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 20 Oct 2025from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Summary

The Electoral Commission invites suppliers appointed to the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) RM6126 - Research & Insights DPS to express their interest in delivering a UK-wide qualitative research project exploring public attitudes towards political finance.

This research will help the Commission better understand public awareness, knowledge, and perceptions of the UK's political finance regime and provide insight to inform future policy and reporting work.

Scope of Work

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The successful supplier will design and conduct qualitative research to explore:

Public understanding of political donations and party funding rules.

Attitudes to transparency, regulation, and potential reforms (e.g. donation caps).

Trade-offs and perceptions around public vs. private funding of political parties.

The work will include research design, sampling, fieldwork, analysis, and a final report and debrief presentation.

CPV: Research services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The Electoral Commission invites suppliers appointed to the Crown Commercial Service…Planned

The Electoral Commission invites suppliers appointed to the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) RM6126 - Research & Insights DPS to express their interest in delivering a UK-wide qualitative research project exploring public attitudes towards political finance.

Delivery: UK

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
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
Unspecified in notice
First published
9 Oct 2025, 16:53 BST
Last source update
9 Oct 2025, 16:53 BST
Authority reference
WP126
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-063908
Classification (CPV)
Research services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ac15 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Participation fee
document

Timeline

9 Oct 2025 → 20 Oct 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published383 days ago
    9 Oct 2025, 16:53 BST
  2. Tender notice expected373 days ago
    20 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Electoral Commission

Contracting authorityPublic bodyElectoralGeneral public services 3 Bunhill Row, London, London, EC1Y8YZContact email Published organisation website ↗

Official documents & specifications

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No document links were published on the notice.