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Published 17 Sept 2026, 13:59 BST
Official UK Procurement Procedure

Visitor and Member Experience Surveys - National Ops

Official notice
Authority:Forestry Commission(Public Body)
services
Open procedure
Above threshold
WTO GPA (GPA · CPTPP)
SME suitable
VCSE suitable
Published estimate
£322,500
≈ £64,465 / year
Submission deadline
12 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
24d 20h leftTypical competition: 6 bidsThis authority · all categories · 24 months · n=32 bid reports
Clarification Cut-Off
2 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
Tender enquiry deadline · 1 lot
Contract duration
5 yrs
Starts 4 Jan 2027, 00:00 GMT

What is being bought & procurement scope

Procurement Scope & Specification
Tenderline summary generated from the published notice
Executive Summary: Forestry Commission: "Visitor and Member Experience Surveys - National Ops". Published status: active. Published value: £322,500. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 12 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: app.panacea-software.com.

Official Requirement Description:

Forestry England is looking for a research partner to design, deliver and report on three core research programmes: A. Seasonal visitor experience surveys – carried out at least three times a year through face-to-face interviews at 27 forest centres across England B. Marketing trail evaluation survey – carried out at least once a year through face-to-face fieldwork at 16 forest centres C. Online member survey – sent to current members and recently lapsed members (national and local) annually

Lots and requirements (1)

Procurement Structure
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot #1
    Lot 1
    active
    Published value£322,500
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract period:
    4 Jan 2027 — 3 Jan 2032 (5 yrs)
    Eligibility:
    SME eligible
    VCSE eligible
    Turnover benchmark:
    ~£128,929/yr

Published award criteria & contract terms

From this notice
Only criteria and terms published on this notice. Conditions of participation in the tender pack are not inferred.
Evaluation weighting
Quality: 90
Price: 90
Social value: 20
Published as relative weights, not percentage points.
Published sub-criteria
  • Quality of Methodology — 20
  • Fieldwork Delivery and Quality Assurance — 10
  • Data Analysis and Reporting — 10
  • Team Experience and Project Management — 5
  • Quality of Methodology — 20
  • Fieldwork Delivery and Quality Assurance — 10
  • Data Analysis and Reporting — 10
  • Team Experience and Project Management — 5
  • Price — 45
  • Price — 45
  • Social Value — 10
  • Social Value — 10
Published terms
Contract duration5 yrs

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How Forestry Commission buys Advertising and marketing services (CPV 7934) — and who usually turns up

Forestry Commission’s own published record, next to the South West England market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: sector page →

1

How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards report one bid by definition and are left out. Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

Forestry Commission

contract notices in 36 months: 1 in CPV 7934 · 3 in division 79 · 79 in all categories (1 direct)

Bids per lot5all categories · 36m · n=55 lots
Single-bid lots2%all categories · 36m · n=55 lots
Award vs estimateat estimateall categories · 36m · n=25 pairs
Deadline → award33dall categories · 36m · n=11 notices
Notice updates0all categories · 24m · n=198 notices
Awarded without competition0%division 79 · 36m · n=3 notices
Bids per lot robust · n=55
  • 1 bid 2%
  • 2–3 35%
  • 4–6 25%
  • 7+ 38%

Median 5 · 55 lots on 20 contested notices · all categories.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=25
  • Below estimate 24%
  • Within ±2% 60%
  • Above estimate 16%

25 lot pairs · all categories.

The market · authority’s region

South West England · Advertising and marketing services (CPV 7934)

contract notices delivered in South West England in 36 months: 65 in CPV 7934 (57 contested) · 593 in division 79 (475 contested) · the notice publishes no delivery location, so the authority’s registered region is used

Bids per lot6CPV 7934 · 36m · n=23 lots
Single-bid lots4%CPV 7934 · 36m · n=23 lots
Award vs estimateat estimateCPV 7934 · 36m · n=14 pairs
Deadline → award38dCPV 7934 · 36m · n=15 notices
SME bidders83%CPV 7934 · 36m · n=8 lots
Winners based in the region61%CPV 7934 · 36m · n=36 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=23
  • 1 bid 4%
  • 2–3 9%
  • 4–6 43%
  • 7+ 43%

Median 6 · 23 lots on 22 contested notices · CPV 7934.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=14
  • Below estimate 21%
  • Within ±2% 64%
  • Above estimate 14%

14 lot pairs · CPV 7934.

robust · n=25 Awards in Forestry Commission (all categories, n=25 pairs) land a median at estimate: on this notice’s £322,500 that is about £322,500. Context for a bid, not a recommended price.

Method and what to read with care
  • Two columns, no blending. The authority column walks its own record only: notices in the 4-digit class, then the 2-digit division, then all categories (36 months, per lot, contested only), and as a last resort its 24-month row across all categories (per notice, every route). The market column is the notice’s primary delivery ITL1 × the same class, then division (36 months). Nothing is filled from the UK-wide class; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable.
  • Per lot, contested only. Find a Tender publishes bid counts per lot; a seven-lot tender is seven contests. Procedures awarded without competition (limited / direct) are excluded from bids, price pairs and decision days — they report one bid by definition. Frameworks and DPS are a separate population from contracts (6–7 bids per lot against 2–4) and only the notice’s own kind is shown.
  • Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). Award-vs-estimate pairs need a lot estimate, one active award on the lot, one canonical supplier and a gap under 60 %; about 30 % of pairs are exact matches (the buyer published the award at the estimate). n is on every figure; below 3 the tile is muted, never hidden.
  • Pounds. The expected award applies the authority’s median movement (or the region’s, when the authority has fewer than 3 pairs) to this notice’s estimate; the middle half uses the region’s quartiles. A multi-lot notice publishes an envelope, so the movement is applied per lot, never to the total. A benchmark, not a recommended price.
  • “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

Procedure terms & legal framework

Procedure methodOpen procedureLegal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54
Procurement Act 2023
Procurement categoryservices
Notice statusOpen for tenderProcurement threshold
Above threshold
(FTS publication)
Regulatory regimeStandard commercial regime
Commercial structureStand-alone contract (No framework)Competition typeCompetitive procedureGPA WTO covered{"GPA","CPTPP"}
Recurring procurementYes · Anticipated re-tenderFirst published17 Sept 2026, 13:59 BSTLast source update17 Sept 2026, 13:59 BST
Award evaluation windowSubmission end — 2 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMTClassification (CPV)Customer survey services
Delivery area
UK
Official Registry OCIDocds-h6vhtk-07747b

How to participate & submission route

Official notice
Submit via Panacea
Authorized E-Sourcing Portal
Panacea
Supplier login required
Online submission allowed
Language: EN
Open official portal workspace ↗
Access & Registration note: Free
Expression of interest (EOI)—Tender submission deadline
12 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
2 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
Submission channelOfficial e-sourcing portalElectronic submissionAllowedAccepted languagesen
Participation feeFree of charge (Open access)
Detailed Submission Instructions & Authority Contacts
From official release
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    17 Sept 2026, 13:59 BST
  2. Clarification deadline
    2 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    12 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST

Commercial outcome and contract awards

Awards (0)No award published
Contracts (0)No contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 lines · 1 source events
  1. Official notice release published
    17 Sept 2026, 13:59 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Forestry Commission

Contracting authority
Public Body
GB-PPON-PLRM-7846-HGLG
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Official Documents & Specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

  • Tender notice on Find a Tender

    tender
    Tender notice
    17 Sept 2026, 13:59 BST

  • Conflict of interest declaration

    tender
    Conflict of interest declaration
    Notice declares: Not published