--- title: "The National Survey for Wales 2023-24 onwards" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0303f4" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0303f4" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0303f4.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0303f4.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "WELSH GOVERNMENT" published: "2022-04-14" --- # The National Survey for Wales 2023-24 onwards Buyer: WELSH GOVERNMENT Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0303f4 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0303f4) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0303f4.json) ## Summary The Welsh Government is currently at the active tender stage for the contract titled "The National Survey for Wales 2023-24 onwards." This procurement, classified under research and development services, is set to take place primarily across Wales. The tender period ends on 23rd June 2022, with an estimated maximum value of £17.6 million, including VAT, over a contract duration of 6 years and 4 months, with options to extend by 1 or 2 additional years. The successful bidder will be responsible for conducting fieldwork for an annual survey of around 12,000 people, primarily via telephone interviews. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in market research and data consultancy services. Companies equipped to manage large-scale surveys, especially those with experience in telephone and in-person interviews, would be well-suited to compete for this contract. Additionally, organisations that can demonstrate capability in social research and have a robust understanding of community engagement will find this procurement particularly relevant, given the emphasis on delivering community benefits as part of the contract's performance conditions. ## Notice Welsh Government requires a contract to deliver the National Survey for Wales from 2023-24 onwards. Under the Contract, the successful Bidder will conduct fieldwork for the National Survey from March 2023 until March 2028 (with the option to delay fieldwork start to October 2023, and/or delay fieldwork end to March 2029 or March 2030), and to supply the resulting data files to the Client along with technical documentation. The survey will be a continuous annual survey of around 12,000 people a year across in Wales. Fieldwork will be carried out primarily by telephone, with an additional online self-completion section in some years. Where respondents cannot be contacted by phone, interviewers may visit addresses and if possible carry out the survey face-to-face, in home (with a computerised self-completion section in some years). ### Lot Information Lot 1 The survey will cover a representative, random sample of all people aged 16 or over (no upper age limit) resident within private households in Wales. The address sample will be a single-stage sample across Wales. Within each sampled household, where there are two or more eligible individuals the interviewer will select the respondent using a random selection technique. Approximately 12,000 interviews should be achieved in each financial year, unclustered across the year. The sample should be sufficiently representative within quarters to support national estimates based on each quarter. The survey will provide results each year primarily at national, regional and local health board level, but will also support estimates at local authority level. The achieved sample size will be broadly proportionate to population size in each local authority, with over-sampling to achieve an effective sample size of approximately 750 respondents a year in Powys and 250 a year in the smallest authorities. A modular questionnaire will be administered to each participating respondent. The questionnaire will be updated each year. The questionnaire will take 40 minutes to complete (median average across respondents). The survey will be carried out primarily by telephone, with a face-to-face, in-home interview for respondents who do not provide a phone number. In some years there will also be a 10-15 minute self-completion section within the overall 40 minute survey length, either online (for respondents who complete the first section by telephone) or by Computer-Assisted Self-Interview (CASI; for respondents completing the first section face-to-face). Filtering and random subsampling of modules will be used to collect data only to the necessary level of precision for each topic. This means that for example where estimates are only needed at national level, a random subsample will be selected from the whole sample such that 2,000 respondents answer the relevant questions. The questionnaires supplied by the Client will be converted by the successful Bidder into computer scripts for fieldwork. Conversion of the materials will include detailed testing of the script by the successful Bidder. The successful Bidder will supply data files, including weights, for each fieldwork year to the Client by early May after the end of that fieldwork year. Data files will then be reviewed by the Client. The successful Bidder will revise them as necessary by mid May for sign-off by the Client by early June. The technical report relating to that fieldwork year will be supplied to the Client by mid May, to be revised and signed off by early June. Additional information: II.2.6) Estimated value - the estimated maximum value figure GBP 17600000 includes VAT and the costs of the core and optional requirements of the initial contract term and the optional extension periods. II.2.7) Duration The initial contract term is 6 years and 4 months, with the option to extend by 1 or 2 years. Options: Please refer to the tender specification document for further details. Renewal: The contract will include options to extend by 1 or 2 years. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010104-2022 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning, Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 14 Apr 2022 | | Submission deadline | 23 Jun 2022 | | Future notice date | 26 Mar 2023 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | 6 years 4 months to 8 years 4 months | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £17,600,000 | | Lots value | £17,600,000 | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | WELSH GOVERNMENT | | Locality | CARDIFF | | Post town | Cardiff | | Postcode | CF10 3NQ | | Country | Wales | | ITL 1 | TLL Wales | | ITL 2 | TLL5 South East Wales | | ITL 3 | TLL52 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan | | Local authority | Cardiff | | Electoral ward | Cathays | | Westminster constituency | Cardiff South and Penarth | | Delivery location | TLL Wales | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73110000 - Research services - 73300000 - Design and execution of research and development - 79310000 - Market research services - 79311210 - Telephone survey services - 79315000 - Social research services - 79342310 - Customer survey services - 79342311 - Customer satisfaction survey ## Release History - 14 Apr 2022 at 16:03 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010104-2022 - 21 Dec 2021 at 09:05 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031869-2021 ## Notice URLs - http://wales.gov.uk/?skip=1&lang=en - https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk - https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/web/ - https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0007 - https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=118904 ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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