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title: "The National Survey for Wales 2023-24 onwards"
ocid: "ocds-kuma6s-116961"
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# The National Survey for Wales 2023-24 onwards

Buyer: WELSH GOVERNMENT  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-kuma6s-116961

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## Summary

The Welsh Government is seeking a contractor to deliver the National Survey for Wales from 2023-24 onwards. The survey will involve conducting fieldwork to gather data from around 12,000 people annually in Wales. The buyer, Welsh Government, is located in Cardiff, UK, and the procurement process is in the planning stage, with a future notice date set for March 27, 2023.

This tender for the National Survey for Wales presents opportunities for businesses in the services sector, particularly those experienced in conducting social surveys and fieldwork. The contract, valued at GBP 17,600,000, will require the successful bidder to perform telephone interviews and online self-completion surveys, making it suitable for companies with expertise in data collection and survey administration. The procurement method is an open procedure managed by the Welsh Government.

## 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 and 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.

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 | Sell2Wales |
| Latest notice | https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=116961 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Planning, Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 26 Oct 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 23 Jun 2022 |
| Future notice date | 27 Mar 2023 |
| Award date | 24 Oct 2022 |
| 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 | £13,653,511 |

## Status

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

## 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 |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | KANTAR PUBLIC |

## 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

- 26 Oct 2022 at 00:00 - Award - OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=116961
- 16 May 2022 at 00:00 - TenderUpdate - OJEU - F14 - Corrigendum - https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=116961
- 14 Apr 2022 at 00:00 - Tender - OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice - https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=116961
- 21 Dec 2021 at 00:00 - Planning - OJEU - F1 - Prior Information Notice - https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=116961

## Documents

- https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Notice/Download/DocumentDownload.aspx?id=DEC382831&idx=1
  21st December 2021 - Draft review of options for the National Survey for Wales - for PIN comments
- https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC382831
  National Survey for Wales - design of next contract - Engaging with marketplace on (1) the deliverability of potential requirements, and (2) comments on a review of the options carried out during 2021. Potential requirements include a random sample social survey with an achieved sample of 12,000 adults a year across Wales. The contract would cover fieldwork from 2023-24 to approx 2027-28, with a set-up and testing phase from summer 2022 until March 2023. The budget is likely to be around GBP 1.6m - GBP 1.8m in each of the fieldwork years, excluding VAT.
- https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR395111
  The National Survey for Wales 2023-24 onwards - 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).
- https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT416042
  The National Survey for Wales 2023-24 onwards - 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 and 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).

## Notice URLs

- http://wales.gov.uk/?skip=1&lang=en
- https://api.sell2wales.gov.wales/v1?lang=cy/Notice?id=ocds-kuma6s-116961
- https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/web/

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