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

Early Years and Childcare Workforce Survey 2026 (Wales)

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

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

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=166174.

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

There is a budget of £20,000 (inclusive of any applicable VAT) agreed for this quote.

The Supplier will provide full financial breakdown of the costs associated with the project for consideration through the evaluation process.

Prices must be quoted in pounds sterling and clearly state if VAT will or will not be charged.

The contract will run from 1 July 2026 - 31 March 2027.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

It is a mandatory requirement for this procurement for the successful Supplier to hold Cyber Essentials PLUS. Failure to hold and provide details for Cyber Essentials PLUS will result in the Supplier being disqualified from the evaluation process and non evaluation of their bid. We will NOT accept any alternative certification.

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

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

A preliminary market engagement session took place on 8 June 2026, 11am.

A recording for the session is attached to the Sell2Wales Speculative Notice ID - JUN622953.

(WA Ref:166174)

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

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice