Published date: 22 February 2021
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Contract summary
Industry
Market and economic research; polling and statistics - 79300000
Location of contract
South East
Value of contract
£120,000
Procurement reference
2020UoS-0051
Published date
22 February 2021
Closing date
21 October 2020
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
6 November 2020
Contract end date
6 November 2021
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?
Yes
Description
The Department of Politics and International Relations are part of the University of Southampton, a leading research-intensive Russell Group University, ranked in the top 100 worldwide Universities by the QS World University Rankings 2020. Our world-class academic staff provide our students with the highest level of tuition and support throughout their studies across the University's Highfield Campus. We are proud that our students go on to have successful careers in a range of positions in the public and private sectors including government departments, think tanks, security analysis, political and financial marketing, campaign organisations and NGOs. Our current alumni work in diverse roles including political representatives, political advisors and senior civil servants in government, risk and data analysts, entrepreneurs managing start-ups in the private sector and campaign and project managers directing NGO work in the third sector.This procurement is to commission a single supplier to manage the organisation and delivery of a series of Focus Groups in a number of countries as part of our cross-national enquiry on trust and trustworthiness in national and international governance. Each focus group should comprise 6-12 participants representative of certain key demographics among the adult population based on age, social status, and partisanship.
Our mandatory requirement focuses on the organisation and delivery of a minimum of 40 focus groups in and across 6 countries with a further desirable requirement of between 4 and 10 cross-national focus groups in a common language combining participants from across the case countries detailed below
Case A: US, Italy, Chile, Spain /Case B: Nicaragua, Philippines / Case C: Canada, Australia, the Netherlands / Case D: Myanmar, Kyrgyzstan, Argentina / Case E: Croatia, Uruguay, Portugal / Case F: Ethiopia, Vietnam, Zimbabwe.
More information
Previous notice about this procurement
Trust and Trustworthiness in National and Global Governance (TrustGov) - Focus Groups
- Opportunity
- Published 29 September 2020
Additional text
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Award information
Awarded date
17 December 2020
Contract start date
17 December 2020
Contract end date
17 December 2021
Total value of contract
£99,315.43
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
Market & Opinion Research International Ltd. (trading as: Ip
Address
3 Thomas More Square, London, E1W 1YW, United Kingdom.
Reference
Companies House number: 948470
Value of contract
£99,315.43
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
About the buyer
Contact name
Jo Fotheringham
Address
Highfield
SOUTHAMPTON
SO171BJ
England
Telephone
02380 591823
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