Published date: 12 June 2020

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: 26 June 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Survey conduction services - 79311200

  • Survey analysis services - 79311300

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£80,000 to £130,000

Procurement reference

20200612143143-53042

Published date

12 June 2020

Closing date

26 June 2020

Contract start date

10 July 2020

Contract end date

11 October 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

Each component of the project will seek to increase our scientific understanding of information consumption and belief updating about science, health, and other controversial subjects while also generating practical, real-world recommendations that will help policymakers, journalists, and science communicators to design policies and deliver information that will help stop the pandemic. By combining a multi-wave survey experiment with a large enough sample to examine highly affected areas (e.g., West Midlands) and behavioural exposure data, this study will provide the most systematic measurement to date of (1) the accuracy of the COVID-related beliefs about public health and public policy; (2) the prevalence of health and policy misconceptions related to COVID-19 and the correlates of those misconceptions; (3) the prevalence of exposure to both high-quality and untrustworthy information about COVID-19, including the most important sources of (mis)information and the correlates of consumption of both types of information; and (4) the effectiveness of corrective information in combating COVID-related misconceptions.


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About the buyer

Contact name

Leah Jones

Address

Northcote House
Exeter
EX4 4QH
ENG

Telephone

+44 1392723757

Email

procurement@exeter.ac.uk

Website

www.exeter.ac.uk