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# SE1261 - Active Lives Statistical Assurance

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/se1261-active-lives-statistical-assurance-ocds-h6vhtk-06c3bc). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Sport England: "SE1261 - Active Lives Statistical Assurance". Published status: complete. Contract 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:** [Sport England](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sport-england-gov-pb190)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** 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:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £100,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/se1261-active-lives-statistical-assurance-ocds-h6vhtk-06c3bc#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06c3bc`

## Before you bid
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- **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/se1261-active-lives-statistical-assurance-ocds-h6vhtk-06c3bc#tl-md)

## Description
Sport England’s Active Lives Surveys (adults and children and young people) are Official Statistics and therefore results need to be produced and published in accordance with the Code of Practice. The accurate and timely production of results requires considerable quality assurance in advance of the publication of the survey results 
Sport England is seeking to appoint a supplier who can carry out statistical assurance on the analytical and published tables as part of the Active Lives Adult and Children and Young People publications. For each data release, the supplier would be required to carry the following checks:  
Checking and confirming bases 
Checking and confirming rates / shares / means 
Checking and confirming unweighted counts 
Checking and confirming confidence intervals and significance tests 
Checking and confirming the accuracy of published tables (including bases, rates/shares/means, confidence intervals, and population estimates) 
The services required form an essential part of a wider, overall project plan for the assurance and publication of Active Lives survey results. For each release, the supplier will be required to provide: 
Through the completion of the tasks described above, quality assured (error free and properly formatted) results / results tables that are ready for further analysis / publication 
Details of any syntax, output or checking files used / created to assure the data 
Completed quality assurance documentation to evidence / support the checks that have been carried out 
Participate in an initial kick off meeting and debrief / review meeting following each release to discuss any issues and learning that could improve future releases 
Sport England is also seeking to appoint a supplier that brings specific research knowledge and expertise relevant to the organisation’s priorities to carry out analytical work using the Active Lives Survey data.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 73110000

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

  - Supplier(s): **Manchester Metropolitan University**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-168485`
  - Value: £100,000 (exc. VAT)

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F062931-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-07-03T14:49:46.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T11:38:30.824Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06c3bc