Official UK procurement notice
Morocco Social Survey In Rural Communities
Authority: University of Essex (Education)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA service to deliver a large-scale social survey in Morocco starting November or December 2025 and finishing approx. March 2026.
The survey company will implement all aspects of the data collection of a social survey with 5,000 women and 3,000 men in 519 rural communities, and deliver quality data according to the protocols defined by the research team.
CPV: Survey services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£320,000
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Price
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Oct 2025, 15:03 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Feb 2026, 14:05 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 14 Nov 2025
- Authority reference
T1164- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-064843- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ae68Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 10 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline
- 10 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
13 Oct 2025 → 17 Feb 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published378 days ago13 Oct 2025, 15:03 BST
- Submission deadline350 days ago10 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by346 days ago14 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent334 days ago27 Nov 2025
- Contract starts333 days ago28 Nov 2025
- Standstill ends320 days ago10 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published251 days ago17 Feb 2026, 14:05 GMT
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Oct 2025- Tender notice published13 Oct 2025, 15:03 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published28 Nov 2025, 15:09 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete28 Nov 2025, 15:09 GMT
- Contract signature expected12 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published17 Feb 2026, 14:05 GMTUK7
- Buyer details updated17 Feb 2026, 14:05 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Laboratory -SOLABSME12 Dec 2025 – 30 Apr 2026Options: There is potential to add additional volume of service if budget allows, as costed on bidders price submissions. | £303,894 | 25 Nov 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Morocco Social Survey In Rural Communities · Social Laboratory -SOLABSME
- Signed
- 8 Jan 2026
- Value
- £350,000
- Period
- 9 Jan 2026 – 30 Apr 2026 · up to 1 Jul 2026 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The term of the contract will conclude on completion of the delivery of the services and provision of data as required in the specification or 30th April 2026 once the services and provision of data are complete, whichever is sooner.
- Options
- 1) To increase the sample size for men and/or women 2) To carry out intensive tracking for a sub-sample of respondents These options are available, if budgets allow.
No agreed KPIs: The project deliverables are very clear and KPI's would not bring any additional benefit in monitoring contractor performance.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Who bid
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeBidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Social Laboratory -SOLABAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender