Official UK procurement notice
Quality of Life Surveys · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Cambridgeshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCambridgeshire County Council invited proposals for developing, running and analysing a resident engagement Quality of Life survey with the public.
We would like to undertake this survey in 2026 and 2027 as part of our commitment to involve local people in shaping our services. The mainly quantitative survey will involve conducting a mixed methods survey work with residents across Cambridgeshire, comprising 5,500 interviews each year (1,100 in each of our five district areas).
We anticipate the 2026 survey fieldwork to take place across May-July 2026 with reporting ready by end of August to feed into our business planning processes.
CPV: Survey services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£250,000
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
- Price
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 30 Jan 2026, 15:14 GMT
- Last source update
- 11 Jun 2026, 09:11 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 13 Mar 2026
- Authority reference
26002- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-008558- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-061339Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 2 Mar 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 18 Feb 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
The opportunity can be found in ProContract via the following link:
Timeline
30 Jan 2026 → 11 Jun 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published270 days ago30 Jan 2026, 15:14 GMT
- Clarification questions by251 days ago18 Feb 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadline239 days ago2 Mar 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by228 days ago13 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent216 days ago26 Mar 2026
- Contract starts210 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends202 days ago8 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published138 days ago11 Jun 2026, 09:11 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Jan 2026- Tender notice published30 Jan 2026, 15:14 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published26 Mar 2026, 14:16 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete26 Mar 2026, 14:16 GMT
- Contract signature expected9 Apr 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published11 Jun 2026, 09:11 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thinks Insight and Strategy (Britain Thinks) Limited9 Apr 2026 – 31 Dec 2027 | £294,005 | 26 Mar 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Thinks Insight and Strategy (Britain Thinks) Limited
- Signed
- 13 Apr 2026
- Value
- £294,005
- Period
- 13 Apr 2026 – 31 Dec 2027
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: Total contract value is above the relevant threshold but below £5 million including VAT, therefore detail about relevant KPI's do not need to be published.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6final-stage tenders | 6 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- THINKS INSIGHT AND STRATEGY (BRITAIN THINKS) LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender