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Employee Engagement Survey 26

Home Office

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17 Aug 2026 at 10:22

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Summary of the contracting process

The Home Office commissioned an annual employee engagement survey for DBS, categorised as a service. The requirement covers designing and delivering a workforce survey to gather employee views and support understanding of engagement across the organisation. Delivery is geographically broad, covering the United Kingdom, Europe, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, British Overseas Territories and the rest of the world. This is therefore relevant to employee research agencies, organisational development consultancies and workforce insight providers able to run structured engagement surveys across dispersed or international employee groups. The buyer is based in Liverpool, England, and the requirement is suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded through a selective call-off from a framework agreement. Planning Express Limited was selected on 10 August 2026 for £51,300 including the stated contract value basis. The contract runs from 14 August 2026 to 13 August 2029. The award is active and covers the full employee engagement survey requirement. The process used a framework call-off rather than an open standalone tender, so competition was limited to suppliers eligible under the relevant framework. The requirement was classified as services, with the tender estimated at £51,300. The awarded supplier and value are the same as the published tender value.

This award demonstrates recurring demand from the Home Office for an annual DBS employee engagement survey delivered through a framework call-off. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need proven capability in employee engagement research, questionnaire design, survey administration, response analysis and clear reporting for organisational decision-makers. It would also need the operational capacity to support a geographically dispersed workforce across the UK and overseas locations, manage participation securely and produce consistent, useful insight. The opportunity was identified as suitable for SMEs, so specialist research firms and smaller workforce insight consultancies may be well placed, provided they can meet the relevant framework access requirements and deliver the service at organisational scale.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Employee Engagement Survey 26

Notice Description

Annual DBS Employee Engagement Survey

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-77522749-33ba-4a17-b1f5-68113ea8a173
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/acad7d38-00b4-4103-8ab5-000d9aeb0196
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Call-off from a framework agreement
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

38 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

CPV Codes

38296000 - Surveying instruments

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£51,300 Under £100K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£51,300 Under £100K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
17 Aug 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
21 Jul 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
10 Aug 20262 weeks ago
Contract Period
14 Aug 2026 - 13 Aug 2029 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Home Office
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LIVERPOOL
Postcode
L3 1QY
Postcode Area
Liverpool
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD7 Merseyside
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD72 Liverpool
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Liverpool
Electoral Ward
Waterfront South
Westminster Constituency
Liverpool Riverside

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Planning Express Limited

Further Information

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