Official UK procurement notice
Cambridge City Council - Tenant Census
Authority: Cambridge City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCambridge City Council invites quotations for the delivery of a census style 'Getting to Know You' survey to reach all of our tenants by September 2025.
The purpose of the survey is to collect up to date demographic information about those living in our council properties. This specification outlines the Council's requirements for a suitably qualified and experienced organisation to undertake this survey on behalf of the Council in line with the expectations of the Regulator of Social Housing.
CPV: Customer survey services · Survey services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£35,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Lot awarding rule: 1. Please provide an outline on how you will meet the specification. (max 1,000 words) 10% 2. Please provide further detail based on the proposed methodology in Section 1 or suggest an alternative approach. (max 750 words) 10% 3. Please provide a breakdown of how you would undertake the survey to ensure the acceptable level of return (Section 1). Include what actions you will take to boost response rates, such as calling from a local number for telephone surveys. (max 750 words) 10% 4. Please provide an outline of how you can offer reasonable adjustments for different tenants answering the survey, such as providing the survey in different formats and languages and translating the results. (max 750 words) 10% 5. Please provide detail on any material you can provide to assist with our communications campaign surrounding the survey (Section 1). (max 500 words) 10% 6. Please provide detail on how your approach to data collection and validation will ensure proper data integration into our housing management system (Section 2). (max 750 words). 10% 7. Please provide a plan on how you will deliver the project to the proposed timeline and add necessary detail, (section 3), including how the contract will be resourced. (max 750 words) 10% 8. Please provide experience and qualifications relevant to this project and any references from similar projects. (max 1,000 words) 10% Price 20%
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Jun 2025, 11:24 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Jun 2025, 11:24 BST
- Authority reference
DN776566- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-032859- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054e09Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 26 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 19 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
17 Jun 2025 → 1 Aug 2025 · 4 dates- Tender notice published17 Jun 2025, 11:24 BST
- Clarification questions by19 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline26 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published17 Jun 2025, 11:24 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender