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title: "SU09(26) Contract Award for Data Collection for Survey-based Study of the 2026 Senedd Election"
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# SU09(26) Contract Award for Data Collection for Survey-based Study of the 2026 Senedd Election

Buyer: SWANSEA UNIVERSITY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-059763

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## Summary

Swansea University has concluded a procurement process today, 7th November 2025, awarding a contract for a significant data collection effort to study the 2026 Senedd Election. The project falls under the services category within the industry of data services and market research. The procurement stage has reached the award phase, with Ipsos (market research) Limited chosen as the supplier. This initiative will take place in the United Kingdom, particularly focusing on Wales, and will run from November 2025 to November 2026. The contract was awarded through an open procedure and is financed by UK Research and Innovation’s Economic and Social Research Council, underlining its academic and social influence. The total budget earmarked for this project is £368,000, inclusive of all expenses, and will aim to develop a comprehensive understanding of Welsh voter behaviour through various survey waves.

This contract offers valuable growth opportunities for market research and data service providers interested in contributing meaningfully to political and social research. Businesses with a strong capability in executing robust data collection, especially within an electoral context, would find this tender particularly aligned with their expertise. Engaging in such a project can enhance a company's portfolio in delivering high-quality, representative social research data. Additionally, businesses proficient in deploying innovative methodologies, like push-to-web for random sampling and data processing, stand to gain considerable recognition and future opportunities in similar domains. This tender highlights the significance of quality over quantity and would suit entities that prioritise meticulous data analysis, ensuring impactful insights into voter behaviour are drawn from the collected data.

## Notice

Contract Award Notice to commence 8-working day standstill period before entering into a contract with Ipsos (market research) Limited to deliver the Data Collection requirements for the Survey-based Study of the 2026 Senedd Election. The Senedd election is scheduled to take place by May 7th, 2026. In order to study this election, the project academic leadership team are leading a survey-based research project seeking to capture and disseminate representative data on Welsh voters' attitudes, behaviours, and socio-demographic attributes (including an enhanced focus on the themes of 'place, power, and political engagement'). The wider project toward which this work will contribute is entitled 'The 2026 Welsh Election Study: Place, Power, and Political Engagement' As a result of this procurement process, Swansea University wish to award this contract to Ipsos (market research) Limited to undertake a series of representative sample survey waves of the Welsh electorate, encompassing one pre-campaign wave, one in-campaign wave, and one post-campaign wave. The overarching aim of the WES 2026 Survey is to implement a high-quality data collection strategy to capture voters' attitudes and behaviours pre-election, during the campaign, and after the Senedd election in May 2026, resulting in a cutting-edge public opinion data resource that is, as far as possible, robust, representative, and generalisable for inference about the Welsh electorate. The research team has identified push-to-web as the representative sampling methodology that they will deploy. A clear, granular account is required of how this approach will be rolled out to deliver 3 x representative samples across the project timetable. A minimum n of 2,000 is stipulated for each survey wave, but the approach is one that prioritises data quality over quantity. As such, an emphasis is sought on the survey frame coverage, on the randomisation of selection, and on the protocols to secure a 20% plus response rate, as well as the generation of survey data weights. In addition and as stipulated above, an approach is also sought to the provision of anonymized respondent location data using the ONS Output Areas system. The project is funded by UK Research and Innovation's (UKRI) Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). WES 2026 is part of a UK-wide set of national election studies, and its work supports the delivery of ESRC's data infrastructure strategy. The total maximum budget for this work was PS368,000.00 (inclusive of VAT, all Welsh language translation & all expenses) This tender was conducted electronically via etenderwales BravoSolution, in project 31576 and itt 119846 and the contract will run from November 2025 to November 2026.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: We are not expecting to extend this contract as the current election timing stands, but this is a 6 month contingency just in case the election date is moved for whatever reason, since we have no control over the election timing or decisions made by the UK or Welsh Governments

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072126-2025 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 7 Nov 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 10 Oct 2025 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 10 Jul 2025 |
| Contract period | 19 Nov 2025 - 30 Nov 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £306,667 |
| Lots value | £306,667 |
| Awards value | £278,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SWANSEA UNIVERSITY |
| Locality | SWANSEA |
| Post town | Swansea |
| Postcode | SA2 8PP |
| Country | Wales |
| ITL 1 | TLL Wales |
| ITL 2 | TLL4 Mid and South West Wales |
| ITL 3 | TLL43 Swansea |
| Local authority | Swansea |
| Electoral ward | Sketty |
| Westminster constituency | Swansea West |
| Delivery location | TLL18 Swansea |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | IPSOS (MARKET RESEARCH |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 72300000 - Data services
- 79300000 - Market and economic research; polling and statistics

## Release History

- 7 Nov 2025 at 15:18 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072126-2025
- 10 Sep 2025 at 10:36 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/055307-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072126-2025
  7th November 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/055307-2025
  10th September 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.swansea.ac.uk
- https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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