Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 16 Sept 2025, 16:21 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Civil Service People Survey

Official notice

Authority: Cabinet Office (Central government)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 20 Oct 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 1 yrends 31 Dec 2026 · starts 1 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Civil Service is committed to advancing its Employee Insights Programme (EIP), aimed at fostering a culture of continuous listening and action. To support this ambition, we would like to engage with leading external suppliers of employee listening platforms and tools, to understand current best practices, technological innovations, and strategic capabilities within this space. This includes features such as central surveys, pulse checks, real-time feedback, AI-driven analysis, actionable insights, and integration capabilities. The engagement is part of the process which we will be following for the forthcoming procurement for the 2026 (and future years) Civil Service Service as well as other polling exercises.

It is likely that the existing Crown Commercial Services Research and Insights DPS (RM6126) will be used.

If you would like to attend a Market Engagement Event please advise by email by 2nd October 2025.

CPV: Research services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 1 yrSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2026 (1 yr)
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
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
16 Sept 2025, 16:21 BST
Last source update
25 Sept 2025, 13:49 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-059706
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Research services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059b95 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

16 Sept 2025 → 1 Jan 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    16 Sept 2025, 16:21 BST
  2. Latest notice published400 days ago
    25 Sept 2025, 13:49 BST
  3. Market engagement398 days ago
    26 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST

    It is likely that the existing Crown Commercial Services Research and Insights DPS (RM6126) will be used.

    Please email by the engagement deadline if you wish to attend a Market Engagement Event.

  4. Tender notice expected374 days ago
    20 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
  5. Contract starts302 days ago
    1 Jan 2026

Notice history

3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Sept 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    16 Sept 2025, 16:21 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    17 Sept 2025, 11:55 BST
    UK2
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    25 Sept 2025, 13:49 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (2)

Engagement deadline amended

Date for expressions of interest has been extended to 2nd October 2025.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Cabinet Office

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PRVX-1591-PJVV 70 Whitehall, London, London, SW1A 2ASContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure