Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Office for National Statistics · Non departmental government body
- Value
- £40,678,319
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Research & development · Research and development services and related consultancy services (CPV 73000000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 013329-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 Oct 2023
- Published7 Apr 2025Published 529 days after the contract date
Description
The contract will be amended to include additional services covering multi-modal survey design, including online questionnaire development and research services related to the implementation of an online survey. These additional service elements will realign the scope of the original contract to the contracting authority's current requirements and priorities, by providing comprehensive support for the creation and implementation of the online elements of the Crime Survey for England and Wales.
About the supplier
Verian Group Ltd (was Kantar Public UK Limited): every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 13663077).