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Contract Award Notice

Early Years and Childcare Workforce Survey 2026 (Wales)

  • First published: 02 July 2026
  • Last modified: 02 July 2026
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Contents

Summary

OCID:
ocds-kuma6s-166174
Published by:
Social Care Wales
Authority ID:
AA0289
Publication date:
02 July 2026
Deadline date:
-
Notice type:
Contract Award Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
No

Abstract

*****CONTRACT NOTICE****** The supplier will be responsible for the end-to-end design, delivery, analysis and reporting of the Early Years and Childcare (EYCC) Workforce Survey 2026, in line with Welsh Government research standards, relevant legislation, and best practice in social research. The appointed supplier will: - Deliver a robust, high-quality bilingual (Welsh and English) workforce survey aligned to Welsh Government priorities - Build on the 2025 survey, potentially retaining standardised questions agreed with Welsh Government and Social Care Wales stakeholders to ensure national comparability. - Build on the 2025 response rate - Organise and facilitate a stakeholder engagement session to review and consider evaluation questions. - Provide a critical review of the current planned survey, recognising the ambitions of consistency, patterns and trends - Achieve high response rates across Wales, ensuring representation across regions, service types and Welsh-medium provision - Ensure the survey is accessible, inclusive and supports equality duties under the Equality Act 2010 and Public Sector Equality Duty in Wales - Generate robust workforce intelligence to inform Welsh Government policy development, workforce planning and sustainability - Produce a concise report to support evidence-based decision-making across Welsh public services Requirements include: - survey design and setup - survey hosting, distribution and delivery - analysis & reporting - governance & ethics - digital, bilingual and accessibility considerations

Full notice text

CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – NATIONAL

SERVICES

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address


Social Care Wales

South Gate House, Wood Street,

Cardiff

CF10 1EW

UK

Procurement Team

+44 3003033444

procurement@socialcare.wales

http://www.socialcare.wales

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Early Years and Childcare Workforce Survey 2026 (Wales)

2.2

Description of the contract

*****CONTRACT NOTICE******

The supplier will be responsible for the end-to-end design, delivery, analysis and reporting of the Early Years and Childcare (EYCC) Workforce Survey 2026, in line with Welsh Government research standards, relevant legislation, and best practice in social research.

The appointed supplier will:

- Deliver a robust, high-quality bilingual (Welsh and English) workforce survey aligned to Welsh Government priorities

- Build on the 2025 survey, potentially retaining standardised questions agreed with Welsh Government and Social Care Wales stakeholders to ensure national comparability.

- Build on the 2025 response rate

- Organise and facilitate a stakeholder engagement session to review and consider evaluation questions.

- Provide a critical review of the current planned survey, recognising the ambitions of consistency, patterns and trends

- Achieve high response rates across Wales, ensuring representation across regions, service types and Welsh-medium provision

- Ensure the survey is accessible, inclusive and supports equality duties under the Equality Act 2010 and Public Sector Equality Duty in Wales

- Generate robust workforce intelligence to inform Welsh Government policy development, workforce planning and sustainability

- Produce a concise report to support evidence-based decision-making across Welsh public services

Requirements include:

- survey design and setup

- survey hosting, distribution and delivery

- analysis & reporting

- governance & ethics

- digital, bilingual and accessibility considerations

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

72314000 Data collection and collation services
73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services
79310000 Market research services
79315000 Social research services
85000000 Health and social work services
1000 WALES
1010 West Wales and The Valleys
1011 Isle of Anglesey
1012 Gwynedd
1013 Conwy and Denbighshire
1014 South West Wales (Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion)
1015 Central Valleys (Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf)
1016 Gwent Valleys (Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly)
1017 Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot
1018 Swansea
1020 East Wales
1021 Monmouthshire and Newport
1022 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
1023 Flintshire and Wrexham
1024 Powys

2.4

Estimated Total Value

19492.18 GBP

3 Procedure

3.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4 Award of Contract

4.1

Successful Bidders

4.1.1

Name and Address of successful supplier, contractor or service provider





Strategic Research And Insight Ltd

4 Park Court Mews, Park Place,

Cardiff

CF103DQ

UK




5 Other Information

5.1

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

5.2

Date of Contract Award

 02-07-2026

5.3

Number of tenders received

4

5.4

Other Information

(WA Ref:167285)

5.5

Additional Documentation

N/a

5.6

Publication date of this notice:

 02-07-2026

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
72314000 Data collection and collation services Data-processing services
85000000 Health and social work services Other Services
79310000 Market research services Market and economic research; polling and statistics
73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services Research and Development
79315000 Social research services Market research services

Delivery locations

ID Description
1017 Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot
1022 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
1015 Central Valleys (Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf)
1013 Conwy and Denbighshire
1020 East Wales
1023 Flintshire and Wrexham
1016 Gwent Valleys (Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly)
1012 Gwynedd
1011 Isle of Anglesey
1021 Monmouthshire and Newport
1024 Powys
1014 South West Wales (Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion)
1018 Swansea
1000 WALES
1010 West Wales and The Valleys

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

Document family

Notice details
Publication date:
08 June 2026
Deadline date:
22 June 2026 12:00
Notice type:
Contract Notice
Authority name:
Social Care Wales
Publication date:
02 July 2026
Notice type:
Contract Award Notice
Authority name:
Social Care Wales

About the buyer

Main contact:
procurement@socialcare.wales
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

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