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title: "Provision of ONS Field Interviewers"
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# Provision of ONS Field Interviewers

Buyer: Office for National Statistics  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-65beed95-2a70-4a6e-9fe9-75474d922683

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## Summary

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is buying recruitment services to source and place temporary field interviewers in specified locations across England, Wales and Scotland. Interviewers visit sampled households, conduct interviews, collect household data and help members of the public complete online surveys. The work supports official surveys used to inform government about the state of the nation. The requirement addresses local staffing gaps in ONS’s existing fieldforce, which conducts surveys across the country. The delivery area is the United Kingdom, with the described interviewer placements focused on England, Wales and Scotland.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to Randstad Solutions Limited on 10 September 2026. The award value is £8 million, within an estimated procurement range of £4 million to £8 million. The contract period runs from 18 December 2026 to 17 December 2027. ONS used a selective procedure to call off from a framework agreement. The tender deadline was 14 August 2026 at 5pm. The requirement is for one service across the specified locations; the process was marked unsuitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community and social enterprises. The published outcome identifies the successful supplier and an active award.

This award demonstrates demand from ONS for a specialist recruitment provider able to find and place field interviewers in targeted locations across England, Wales and Scotland. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need recruitment capability suited to contingent, fixed-term staffing, with the reach to source candidates across dispersed local areas and to fill specific gaps in a national fieldforce. Suppliers should be prepared to support placements for household-facing survey work, where interviewers must conduct interviews, collect data and assist people with online surveys. The route used here was a call-off from a framework, so relevant framework access and the ability to deliver at substantial scale would be important to competing for a similar requirement.

## Notice

Field Interviewers at ONS conduct interviews, collect household data and provide support to complete online surveys with members of the public for a number of official surveys, to help inform Government about the state of the nation. Sampled addresses for ONS interviewers to visit are nationally spread and ONS currently has a fieldforce of c500 permanent interviewers. This represents a shortfall of interviewers across England, Wales & Scotland in certain locations within which Contingent labour is required on a fixed term basis to provide ONS field interviewer resource. There are a number of limitations on civil service recruitment rules currently impacting on ONS ability to recruit field interviewers into targeted areas on a permanent basis. A specialist recruitment agency is required to source and place candidates to fulfil the ONS field interviewer role in specified areas on a fixed term basis.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c5e83e29-77e8-4a7d-83de-c83c8aeb48b2 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 7 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 10 Sep 2026 |
| Contract period | 18 Dec 2026 - 17 Dec 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £8,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £8,000,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Office for National Statistics |
| Locality | NEWPORT |
| Postcode area | Newport |
| Postcode | NP10 8XG |
| Country | Wales |
| ITL 1 | TLL Wales |
| ITL 2 | TLL5 South East Wales |
| ITL 3 | TLL54 Monmouthshire and Newport |
| Local authority | Newport |
| Electoral ward | Tredegar Park and Marshfield |
| Westminster constituency | Newport West and Islwyn |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Randstad Solutions Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79600000 - Recruitment services

## Release History

- 7 Oct 2026 at 17:13 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c5e83e29-77e8-4a7d-83de-c83c8aeb48b2

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c5e83e29-77e8-4a7d-83de-c83c8aeb48b2
  7th October 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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