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PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITY

Post Poll Candidate Survey

The Electoral Commission · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 3 Oct 2026, 22:47.

Opportunity overview

Provision of specialist research services to design and deliver a post-poll survey of candidates standing in the May 2026 elections (English local elections, Scottish Parliament election and Senedd election). The services include: • Development and refinement of a candidate survey questionnaire aligned to the Electoral Commission's post-poll evaluation framework • Large-scale identification and compilation of publicly available candidate contact details, including manual collection of candidate email addresses • Data collection and survey administration within the statutory election timetable • Measures to maximise participation and minimise respondent burden within a small and hard-to-reach population • Data processing, quality assurance and dataset preparation • Analytical support and methodological advice to strengthen robustness and representativeness • Delivery of research outputs and datasets to the Authority The supplier will provide the services directly using specialist academic expertise and established candidate research methodologies. The services must be delivered within the defined election period, with contact data collection undertaken during the three-week window between the close of nominations and polling day.

Awarded to

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QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

Matched by number
Published award value
£51k
Awarded
Not supplied
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-COH RC000710
Location
London, UKI42, E1 4NS, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-0667c6
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
The Electoral Commission requires specialist research services to deliver its 2026 post-poll Candidate Survey following the May 2026 English local elections, Scottish Parliament election and Senedd election. The survey forms part of the Commission's statutory post-poll research programme evaluating electoral processes and participant experience. Queen Mary University of London conducts an established independent programme of candidate surveys covering the same electoral events and engaging the same candidate population. Award to an alternative supplier would be likely to result in separate surveys being conducted using comparable methodologies and targeting the same limited population of election candidates. This creates a material risk of duplicated engagement, reduced participation rates, and lower overall data quality. A coordinated delivery model enables alignment of methodology and reduces duplication of research activity involving a small and specialised research population. The requirement includes identification of publicly available candidate contact information, including manual compilation of candidate email addresses, to support participation across the candidate population. This activity must be undertaken within the statutory election timetable, with data collection occurring during the period between the close of nominations and polling day. A market review undertaken in December 2025 did not identify alternative providers delivering candidate experience surveys with comparable scope, frequency, and electoral coverage across local and devolved elections. For these reasons, the Commission considers that competition is not feasible due to objective technical circumstances and proposes to enter into a direct award.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
additionalRepeatExtensionPartialReplacement
Entry 2
Id
additionalRepeatFurtherFollowingCompetitiveProcedure

Special regime

concession

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
The Electoral Commission
Id
GB-PPON-PHYY-1292-MMXL

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PHYY-1292-MMXL

Address

Street Address
3 Bunhill Row
Locality
London
Postal Code
EC1Y 8YZ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI43

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
Id
GB-COH-RC000710

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
RC000710

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PZRH-9379-HRWX

Address

Street Address
327 Mile End Road
Locality
London
Postal Code
E1 4NS
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI42

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
pending
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
No

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
73110000
Description
Research services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT
50,997
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-RC000710
Name
QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

Contract period

Starts
1 Apr 2026, 00:00
Ends
30 Mar 2027, 23:59

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
022056-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Published
11 Mar 2026, 18:05
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
19 Mar 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI43 · EC1Y 8YZ · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 022056-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·