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Food and You 2: Waves 13-16

Food Standards Agency · Tender notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 26 Sept 2026, 10:42.

Opportunity overview

In order to protect consumers, we need to understand their attitudes, knowledge and behaviour in relation to food. The Agency’s main source of methodologically robust and representative evidence regarding consumers’ attitudes, knowledge and behaviour in relation to food is our annual Official statistic Food and You 2 survey. This survey has an important role in measuring the FSA’s progress towards its strategic objectives, providing evidence to support FSA policy decision-making, communication campaigns and other activities as well as identifying topics for further research or action. The survey currently samples 4,000 households (including 1,000 households in both Northern Ireland and Wales). Since Wave 8, we have also worked with our counterparts in Food Standards Scotland, to achieve an additional 1,000 households in Scotland on an annual basis. This data is reported and published separately by Food Standards Scotland. The FSA is seeking an experienced research agency to continue delivering the FSA’s official statistic Food and You 2 annual survey, for waves 13-16 (one survey wave per year). This specification sets out key deliverables in 5 stages as follows: 1. Questionnaire development: Working with the FSA to develop the questionnaire and survey materials for Waves 13-16 2. Conducting fieldwork for Waves 13-16 including the distribution of invite letters and incentives. 3. Data processing: Processing and cleaning of the survey data 4. Production of data sets: The production of all data files and supporting documentation 5. Production of final outputs such as aggregate data tables and reports required for the project. In recent years, the FSA has produced data tables and findings reports in house. We welcome bids where data tables and reports are conducted by suppliers. More information is provided under this section.

Classification

  • CPV72314000 — Data collection and collation services
  • CPV79310000 — Market research services
  • CPV79311000 — Survey services
  • CPV79311200 — Survey conduction services
  • CPV79311300 — Survey analysis services
  • CPV79315000 — Social research services

Lots

  • Lot 1£1.1m

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
C457884
Status
active
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
How to submit
Tenders for FSA funded projects must be submitted through the health-family single e-Commercial System (Atamis), using the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
Has Recurrence
Yes
Published risks
Risks associated with this contract may include, but are not limited to, delays in project delivery, budgetary pressures, changes in scope or requirements, difficulties in obtaining representative samples, sampling plan amendments, sample quality or availability issues, lower than anticipated survey response rates, failure to achieve sample targets or demographic representation, stakeholder approval delays, challenges maintaining trend comparability between survey waves, accessibility and translation requirements, postal or incentive distribution issues, data quality concerns, duplicate, fraudulent or AI-generated responses, weighting and statistical processing errors, delays in dataset production, platform or system failures, cyber security incidents, data protection breaches, subcontractor performance issues, staff turnover, resource constraints, and delays to key milestones, reporting or publication timelines. There is also a risk that future changes to legislation, government priorities, government statistical standards, policy priorities, data protection requirements, accessibility obligations, technology, artificial intelligence governance, survey methodologies, public participation levels, or wider economic and societal factors may affect delivery, scope, costs, outputs or timelines during the contract term. Furthermore, decisions regarding the inclusion of Scotland in future survey waves, changes to sample design, or additional reporting requirements may affect project scope and resource requirements.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Covered By

GPA

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Languages

en

Tender Period

Ends
25 Sept 2026, 12:00

Enquiry period

Ends
28 Aug 2026, 12:00

Expected award period

Ends
21 Oct 2026, 23:59

Recurrence

Dates

Entry 1
Starts
1 Jul 2030, 23:59

Contract terms

Financial Terms
Payment of undisputed invoices will be made within 30 days of receipt of invoice, which must be submitted promptly by the Supplier. All invoices must be sent, quoting a valid Purchase Order Number (PO Number). Within 10 Working Days of receipt of your countersigned copy of this Order Form, we will send you a unique PO Number. You must be in receipt of a valid PO Number before submitting an invoice. To avoid delay in payment it is important that the invoice is compliant and that it includes a valid PO Number, item number (if applicable) and the details (name, email, and telephone number) of your Buyer contact (i.e. Buyer Authorised Representative). Non-compliant invoices may be sent back to you, which may lead to a delay in payment.

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes
Has Options
Yes

Value

Including VAT
1,320,000
Amount
1,100,000
Currency
GBP

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
quality
Name
Technical
Description
The extent to which the bidder demonstrates a clear understanding of the requirement and provides a robust, credible, and deliverable methodology. Responses will be evaluated against the quality of the proposed approach, technical capability, relevant experience, project management arrangements, risk management, resources, and ability to achieve the required outcomes and deliverables. Scoring methodology will be provided in the specification.

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
80
Weight
percentageExact
Criterion 2
Type
cost
Name
Commercial
Description
Commercial / Value for Money (20%) – Assessment of the bidder's proposed pricing and overall value for money. Evaluation will consider the transparency, reasonableness and competitiveness of costs, ensuring that the proposed solution delivers the required outcomes and quality standards while providing the best value for public funds. Scoring methodology will be provided in the specification

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
20
Weight
percentageExact

Selection criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
economic
Description
See PSQ
Criterion 2
Type
technical
Description
Detailed within the Specification

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Contract period

Starts
1 Jan 2027, 00:00
Ends
31 Mar 2031, 23:59
Max Extent Date
31 May 2031, 23:59

Renewal

Description
The Buyer reserves the right to extend the contract for a period of up to two (2) months beyond the initial contract term.

Options

Description
The contract is anticipated to commence in January 2027 and expire in March 2031. The Buyer reserves the right to extend the contract for a period of up to two (2) months. The contract will also be subject to annual break clauses, exercisable by the Buyer at the end of each Contract Year upon providing not less than three (3) months' written notice.

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
79310000
Description
Market research services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
79311000
Description
Survey services
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
79311200
Description
Survey conduction services
Entry 4
Scheme
CPV
Id
79311300
Description
Survey analysis services
Entry 5
Scheme
CPV
Id
79315000
Description
Social research services
Entry 6
Scheme
CPV
Id
72314000
Description
Data collection and collation services

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Entry 2
Id
072892-2026
Document Type
tenderNotice
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Published
31 Jul 2026, 16:43
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Food Standards Agency
Id
GB-PPON-PJRM-6866-LYYX

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PJRM-6866-LYYX

Address

Street Address
YO1 7PR
Locality
York
Postal Code
YO1 7PR
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKE21

Contact

Name
FSA Commercial

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · York · UKE21 · YO1 7PR · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 072892-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·