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title: "Have Your Say Social Services Wellbeing Research and Report"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000841052"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "Scottish Social Services Council"
published: "2026-08-26"
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# Have Your Say Social Services Wellbeing Research and Report

Buyer: Scottish Social Services Council  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000841052

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## Summary

The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) intends to commission a research organisation to deliver its annual ‘Have Your Say’ social services wellbeing research and produce a report for publication on the SSSC website. The service will cover a workforce survey and focus groups involving the social service workforce, including registered and non-registered workers. The supplier will design, host and administer the survey, securely collect, manage and analyse the data, and design focus groups with SSSC support. Focus groups should reflect distinct workforce segments, including social workers, social care workers, and children and young people’s workers. This is a services procurement, with delivery across Scotland. The work is arranged as one planned lot.

This process is at the planning stage: SSSC is gauging market interest and may use responses to support further market engagement. It is not an invitation to tender. SSSC expects the next notice to be published on 14 September 2026; this is an indicative date rather than a tender deadline. The planned procurement is for services and is expected to be covered by the Government Procurement Agreement. The process concerns one lot and is intended to identify suitably experienced research organisations before the requirement reaches the market. Interested businesses should use this stage to understand the requirement and prepare for a possible future procurement. The planned research will be annual, with feedback from SSSC incorporated at key stages of report production.

This will suit research agencies with experience of large, inclusive workforce or social research programmes, particularly in social care, social work, public services or wellbeing. Strong candidates are likely to combine survey design and administration with secure data handling, statistical analysis and clear report writing. The survey platform must support sophisticated routing and skip logic so that questions remain relevant and accessible across different roles. Suppliers should be able to encourage participation from both registered and non-registered members of a workforce, and design and facilitate focus groups for distinct professional groups. Experience of working collaboratively with a public body, managing stakeholder feedback through delivery stages, and producing a publishable annual research report will be relevant when preparing for the future competition.

## Notice

To commission a research organisation to work in partnership with SSSC to deliver the annual 'Have Your Say' social service research (specifically a workforce survey and focus groups) and produce a report which will be published on our website.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

We seek to identify suitably experienced research organisations capable of designing, hosting and administering the survey, and taking responsibility for the secure collection, management and analysis of survey data. Sophisticated routing/skip logic will be required to make sure the survey is equally accessible and relevant to all roles on our Register. The survey methodology should support and encourage participation from both registered and non-registered members of the social service workforce. Focus groups will be designed by the supplier with support from SSSC and should reflect the needs of distinct segments of the workforce including social workers, social care workers and children and young people's workers. We require the supplier to produce the 'Have Your Say' report, incorporating feedback from us at key stages.. Further details are within the attached document. This notice is to gauge interest and potentially facilitate further market engagement only.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG563091 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Prior Information Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 26 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 14 Sep 2026 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Scottish Social Services Council |
| Locality | DUNDEE |
| Postcode area | Dundee |
| Postcode | DD1 4NY |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM0 Eastern Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM03 Angus and Dundee City |
| Local authority | Dundee City |
| Electoral ward | West End |
| Westminster constituency | Dundee Central |
| Delivery location | TLM Scotland |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79300000 - Market and economic research; polling and statistics

## Release History

- 26 Aug 2026 at 01:00 - Planning - PCS Notice - Website Prior Information Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG563091

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=AUG563091&idx=1
  26th August 2026 - Requirements Document
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG563091
  Have Your Say Social Services Wellbeing Research and Report - To commission a research organisation to work in partnership with SSSC to deliver the annual 'Have Your Say' social service research (specifically a workforce survey and focus groups) and produce a report which will be published on our website.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
- http://www.sssc.uk.com
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000841052
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=841052

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