Award

The Walking and Cycling Index Residents' Survey 2025

SUSTRANS

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Award

04 Mar 2025 at 10:04

Award Notice
Tender

30 Sep 2024 at 08:53

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Sustrans, based in Bristol, England, has concluded the award stage of the procurement process for conducting the Walking and Cycling Index Residents' Survey 2025. Sustrans seeks a contractor to conduct a comprehensive survey on travel behaviours, focusing on walking, wheeling, and cycling across 17 UK cities and regions. The chosen method for this procurement was an open procedure, catering to small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community and social enterprises. The total contract value is capped at £700,000, with the survey period running from 6th January 2025 to 31st October 2025. All bids were required by 18th November 2024, with the final award being made on 9th December 2024.

The awarded contract presents significant growth opportunities for businesses specialising in survey services and social research. Large-scale data collection and analysis firms, particularly those experienced in behavioural research and survey methodologies, would find this tender highly beneficial. With Sustrans looking to integrate the survey outcomes with their existing datasets, businesses with robust data analysis capabilities will be well-suited to maximise this opportunity. The contract being a single supplier framework also highlights an excellent chance for businesses to establish or enhance their portfolio with a reputable organization like Sustrans.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

The Walking and Cycling Index Residents' Survey 2025

Notice Description

Sustrans wishes to commission a city-wide residents' travel behaviour "push-to-online" survey in up to 17 cities and areas across the UK. The survey will gather data about walking, wheeling and cycling and travel behaviour, satisfaction and attitudes about a range of issues related to walking, wheeling and cycling in their city among a representative sample of residents. The successful contractor will design a research methodology and questionnaire tools compatible with the previous methodology and questionnaire, conduct the survey fieldwork, clean and analyse the data and return specified outputs to Sustrans for further analysis and modelling. Sustrans intends to commission for one iteration of fieldwork in 2025. Surveys to take place in 17 cities/city regions of the UK. Note that this opportunity relates to work in 17 cities and areas across the UK. Each survey to secure at least 1,100 respondents. Please see Invitation to Tender for further details. Note we are procuring for a single supplier framework, and there may be variations in the number of cities/city regions. Total value maximum of PS700,000 for the core costs of the contract, based on the number of cities above. Note that the same opportunity will be published on Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and Find a Tender. Full instructions on how the bids can be submitted can be seen in the Invitation to Tender document.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
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Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a9d56a0a-a4d9-4101-98b5-5d599f42f746
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure (above threshold)
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79311000 - Survey services

79315000 - Social research services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£700,000 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£599,931 £500K-£1M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
4 Mar 202511 months ago
Submission Deadline
18 Nov 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
9 Dec 20241 years ago
Contract Period
27 Feb 2025 - 31 Oct 2025 6-12 months
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
SUSTRANS
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BRISTOL
Postcode
BS1 5DD
Post Town
Bristol
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK5 West of England
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK51 Bristol, City of
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Bristol, City of
Electoral Ward
Hotwells and Harbourside
Westminster Constituency
Bristol Central

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH

Further Information

Notice Documents

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