Official UK procurement notice
Visitor and Member Experience Surveys - National Ops
Authority: Forestry Commission (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionForestry England is looking for a research partner to design, deliver and report on three core research programmes:
A. Seasonal visitor experience surveys – carried out at least three times a year through face-to-face interviews at 27 forest centres across England
B. Marketing trail evaluation survey – carried out at least once a year through face-to-face fieldwork at 16 forest centres
C. Online member survey – sent to current members and recently lapsed members (national and local) annually
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 16 Sept 2031, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Customer survey services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£322,500
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 sub-criteria (6)
- Quality of Methodology: 20%
- Fieldwork Delivery and Quality Assurance: 10%
- Data Analysis and Reporting: 10%
- Team Experience and Project Management: 5%
- Price: 45%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (6)
- Quality of Methodology
- Fieldwork Delivery and Quality Assurance
- Data Analysis and Reporting
- Team Experience and Project Management
- Social Value
- Price
- Price carries 45 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4.5 points. Quality carries 45 of 100: the paper moves it further than 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
- Closed
- 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, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 16 Sept 2031
- First published
- 17 Sept 2026, 13:59 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Sept 2026, 13:59 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 2 Dec 2026
- Authority reference
FCCN004673- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-088250- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07747bFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 12 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 2 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
17 Sept 2026 → 4 Jan 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published40 days ago17 Sept 2026, 13:59 BST
- Clarification questions by25 days ago2 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline15 days ago12 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 35 days2 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 67 days4 Jan 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published17 Sept 2026, 13:59 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender