Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £154,129
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Business services · Survey design services (CPV 79311100)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 009342-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Mar 2025
- Published14 Mar 2025Published 4 days after the contract date
Description
The National Survey for Wales is a key source of information for the Welsh Government and its partners. The survey has recently been carried out by telephone, but from 2026-27 it is intended that it will take place primarily online. It is vital that this transition is informed by cognitive testing of questions as they are moved to online mode, and testing of materials for respondents (e.g. survey letters and leaflets). This contract will look at reviewing, refining and testing National Survey questions for online mode. Due to the number of questions to be tested, cognitive testing will be split across two phases, each consisting of a desk review stage and two rounds of cognitive testing interviews. The first phase will take place between March and May 2025, and the second phase between May and July 2025 (dates are currently provisional, with final agreed dates to be confirmed). Alongside the cognitive testing of survey questions, the National Survey respondent materials and the online…
About the supplier
National Centre for Social Research: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04392418).