Published date: 18 May 2018

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: 18 June 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Survey services - 79311000

  • Social research services - 79315000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£250,000

Procurement reference

MT212048

Published date

18 May 2018

Closing date

18 June 2018

Contract start date

1 July 2018

Contract end date

31 January 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

Proposals for the provision of conducting the European Social Survey Round 9 in Austria. The Institute forAdvanced Studies is the Austrian National Coordinator for ESS Round 9 in Austria. Tenderes have to complywith the ESS Round 9 Survey specifications (available with the procurement documents). The Specificationsoutline the tasks and responsibilities of the Survey Agency, list all activities, present a timetable and refer toa set of documents that provide guidelines in specific areas (sampling, translation, interviewer briefing, datadelivery). The mode of the fieldwork has to be computer-assisted face-to-face interviews (F2F CAPI). Theservices required include but are not limited to:
- Programming the translated questionnaire and contact forms into CAPI.
- Propose an appropriate sampling design together with the Austrian National Coordinator and the ESSSampling Experts Panel adhering to the sampling specifications as outlined in the ESS9 survey specifications.
- Interviewer briefing jointly with theAustrian National Coordinator.
- Conducting the Face-to-face interviews with CAPI in the German language.
- Adhering to the rules regarding the form and number of contact attempts as outlined in the ESS9 surveyspecifications.
- Continually reporting on the fieldwork progress on a case-level basis.
- Providing data for other required documents, e.g. fieldwork questionnaire, national technical summary, etc.
The fieldwork organization to be appointed has to have the following expertise and resources available:
- At least 120 interviewers fluent in the German language.
- The technical equipment for CAPI.
- A dense network of interviewers in order to conduct F2F-interviews throughout Austria.
- The ability to conduct all the required interviews in the period of 01. September 2018 to 31. December 2018.


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About the buyer

Contact name

Peter Grand (IHS, Agent of ESS ERIC)

Address

ESS ERIC HQ, c/o City University London
Northampton Square
London
EC1V 0HB
England

Telephone

+44 2070408387

Email

grand@ihs.ac.at