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SE1261 - Active Lives Statistical Assurance

Sport England · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 27 Sept 2026, 07:12.

Opportunity overview

Sport England’s Active Lives Surveys (adults and children and young people) are Official Statistics and therefore results need to be produced and published in accordance with the Code of Practice. The accurate and timely production of results requires considerable quality assurance in advance of the publication of the survey results Sport England is seeking to appoint a supplier who can carry out statistical assurance on the analytical and published tables as part of the Active Lives Adult and Children and Young People publications. For each data release, the supplier would be required to carry the following checks:  Checking and confirming bases Checking and confirming rates / shares / means Checking and confirming unweighted counts Checking and confirming confidence intervals and significance tests Checking and confirming the accuracy of published tables (including bases, rates/shares/means, confidence intervals, and population estimates) The services required form an essential part of a wider, overall project plan for the assurance and publication of Active Lives survey results. For each release, the supplier will be required to provide: Through the completion of the tasks described above, quality assured (error free and properly formatted) results / results tables that are ready for further analysis / publication Details of any syntax, output or checking files used / created to assure the data Completed quality assurance documentation to evidence / support the checks that have been carried out Participate in an initial kick off meeting and debrief / review meeting following each release to discuss any issues and learning that could improve future releases Sport England is also seeking to appoint a supplier that brings specific research knowledge and expertise relevant to the organisation’s priorities to carry out analytical work using the Active Lives Survey data.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Published award value
£100k
Awarded
Not supplied
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-COH 02701352
Location
Manchester, UKD33, M15 6BH, 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-06c3bc
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
Where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons Artistic performance Technical reasons Exclusive rights incl. IPR

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersUniqueWorkArtPerformance
Entry 2
Id
urgency

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Sport England
Id
GB-PPON-PTWR-9348-TXMN

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PTWR-9348-TXMN

Address

Street Address
Loughborough Sport Park
Locality
Loughborough
Postal Code
LE11 3QF
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKF22

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
Manchester Metropolitan University
Id
GB-COH-02701352

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
02701352

Address

Street Address
Lower Ormond Street
Locality
Manchester
Postal Code
M15 6BH
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKD33

Contact

Telephone
07999545563

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No

Award information

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

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
73110000
Description
Research services

Value

Including VAT
120,000
Amount
100,000
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-02701352
Name
Manchester Metropolitan University

Contract period

Starts
1 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends
1 Sept 2031, 23:59
Max Extent Date
1 Sept 2032, 23:59

Renewal

Description
1 year extension at the discretion of Sport England.

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
062931-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Published
3 Jul 2026, 15:49
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
24 Aug 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Loughborough · UKF22 · LE11 3QF · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 062928-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 062931-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·