CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Research Stakeholder Confidence Survey

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Qualifications Wales (QW) runs a program of measuring and exploring confidence in qualifications and the qualification system. An important part of this program is an ongoing piece of qualitative research which explores stakeholder confidence in qualifications and the qualification system. The research was initiated in 2015 when a three-stage study was commissioned to an external research company. This study concluded in October 2019 and QW wishes to commission a similar piece of research.

The focus of the study is to explore stakeholder opinions on qualifications, the qualification system and QW activity. We aim to have a good understanding of our stakeholder confidence and factors that affect their confidence.

The research contract will run for five years with an option to extend by up to 12 months and will include three stages of data collection. Data collection will take place approximately once every 1.5 years. We consider that the most appropriate periods for the field work are February-April and October-December. We reserve the right to postpone data collection for stages two and three by six months.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=102879.

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

We are interested to explore the views of the following stakeholder groups:

• Welsh Government and public bodies in the education system (e.g. Estyn, local Consortia)

• Awarding bodies and Federation of Awarding Bodies

• School staff and school representative organisations (e.g. teachers unions)

• Further education providers and Colegau Cymru

• Work-based learning providers and National Training Federation Wales

• Higher education providers (Wales and England) and UCAS

• Employer representative organisations

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

QW202110

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

Please see additional documents for full Specification, Instructions and response template

(WA Ref:102879)

The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice