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Post Poll Candidate Survey

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Tenderline Synopsis: The Electoral Commission: "Post Poll Candidate Survey". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityThe Electoral CommissionScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
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Contracting AuthorityThe Electoral Commission
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Published11 Mar 2026, 18:05 GMT
Last source update11 Mar 2026, 18:05 GMT
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What is being bought
Provision of specialist research services to design and deliver a post-poll survey of candidates standing in the May 2026 elections (English local elections, Scottish Parliament election and Senedd election). The services include: • Development and refinement of a candidate survey questionnaire aligned to the Electoral Commission's post-poll evaluation framework • Large-scale identification and compilation of publicly available candidate contact details, including manual collection of candidate email addresses • Data collection and survey administration within the statutory election timetable • Measures to maximise participation and minimise respondent burden within a small and hard-to-reach population • Data processing, quality assurance and dataset preparation • Analytical support and methodological advice to strengthen robustness and representativeness • Delivery of research outputs and datasets to the Authority The supplier will provide the services directly using specialist academic expertise and established candidate research methodologies. The services must be delivered within the defined election period, with contact data collection undertaken during the three-week window between the close of nominations and polling day.
What changed
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  1. Status changed to complete
    11 Mar 2026, 18:05 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    11 Mar 2026, 18:05 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    11 Mar 2026, 18:05 GMT
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  • Lot 1 · #1
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  1. Procedure published
    11 Mar 2026, 18:05 GMT
  2. Award pending
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QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
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The Electoral Commission

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Procedure rationaleThe Electoral Commission requires specialist research services to deliver its 2026 post-poll Candidate Survey following the May 2026 English local elections, Scottish Parliament election and Senedd election. The survey forms part of the Commission's statutory post-poll research programme evaluating electoral processes and participant experience. Queen Mary University of London conducts an established independent programme of candidate surveys covering the same electoral events and engaging the same candidate population. Award to an alternative supplier would be likely to result in separate surveys being conducted using comparable methodologies and targeting the same limited population of election candidates. This creates a material risk of duplicated engagement, reduced participation rates, and lower overall data quality. A coordinated delivery model enables alignment of methodology and reduces duplication of research activity involving a small and specialised research population. The requirement includes identification of publicly available candidate contact information, including manual compilation of candidate email addresses, to support participation across the candidate population. This activity must be undertaken within the statutory election timetable, with data collection occurring during the period between the close of nominations and polling day. A market review undertaken in December 2025 did not identify alternative providers delivering candidate experience surveys with comparable scope, frequency, and electoral coverage across local and devolved elections. For these reasons, the Commission considers that competition is not feasible due to objective technical circumstances and proposes to enter into a direct award.