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# Post Poll Candidate Survey

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/post-poll-candidate-survey-ocds-h6vhtk-0667c6). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Electoral Commission: "Post Poll Candidate Survey". Published status: complete. Concession Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [The Electoral Commission](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-electoral-commission-gov-im1203)
- **Concession Value (operator's expected revenue):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Direct award
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £50,997 (inc. VAT; no net value published, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/post-poll-candidate-survey-ocds-h6vhtk-0667c6#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0667c6`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/post-poll-candidate-survey-ocds-h6vhtk-0667c6#tl-md)

## Description
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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 73110000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (pending)

  - Supplier(s): **Queen Mary University of London**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-131010`
  - Value: £50,997 (inc. VAT)

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F022056-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-03-11T18:05:27.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T03:28:29.493Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0667c6