Published date: 23 December 2025

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 16 October 2025, 8pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research services - 73110000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£1 to £95,000

Procurement reference

WP126

Published date

23 December 2025

Closing date

16 October 2025

Closing time

8pm

Contract start date

30 November 2025

Contract end date

31 March 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

Summary

The Electoral Commission invites suppliers appointed to the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) RM6126 - Research & Insights DPS to express their interest in delivering a UK-wide qualitative research project exploring public attitudes towards political finance.

This research will help the Commission better understand public awareness, knowledge, and perceptions of the UK's political finance regime and provide insight to inform future policy and reporting work.

Scope of Work

The successful supplier will design and conduct qualitative research to explore:

Public understanding of political donations and party funding rules.

Attitudes to transparency, regulation, and potential reforms (e.g. donation caps).

Trade-offs and perceptions around public vs. private funding of political parties.

The work will include research design, sampling, fieldwork, analysis, and a final report and debrief presentation.


About the buyer

Address

3 Bunhill Row
LONDON
EC1Y8YZ
England

Telephone

020 7271 0615

Email

Procurement@electoralcommission.org.uk