Published date: 14 July 2022

Last edited date: 19 July 2022

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: 28 July 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Survey services - 79311000

  • Survey design services - 79311100

Location of contract

NP10 8XG

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

IT-333-3411-PU-23-0084

Published date

14 July 2022

Closing date

28 July 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

14 November 2022

Contract end date

15 November 2022

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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The ONS is assessing the feasibility of a survey measuring the current prevalence of child abuse in the UK. We published an article (link below) in January 2021 outlining our proposals for what a survey should look like, such as the survey coverage and methodology.

Following conducting a large public consultation (link below) and further qualitative research, we concluded (link below) that there was no fundamental reason not to conduct a pilot.

The next stage of this work requires the development of an appropriate safeguarding procedure and questionnaire. The main aims of this research are to:

*develop two questionnaires to capture the current prevalence of child abuse, which will be asked of two different participant groups; children aged 11 to 17 years and adults aged 18 to 25 years (with the survey for children aged 11-15 taking place in schools)

*design a safeguarding procedure, which will assess the current level of risk to the participant and apply the appropriate level of safeguarding

Links to documents embedded in text:
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/articles/exploringthefeasibilityofasurveymeasuringchildabuseintheuk/january2021
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/articles/exploringthefeasibilityofasurveymeasuringchildabuseintheuk/april2022
https://consultations.ons.gov.uk/external-affairs/child-abuse-survey-consultation/

At this time ONS are looking to engage with prospective suppliers to gauge the level of expertise/previous experience in questionnaire development in this sensitive area. This engagement will be used to help ONS build and structure the statement of requirements to be used for the procurement.
Please register on ONS's e-tendering portal - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/ons/aspx/Home.
You will need to 'express an interest' in this project (search for the appropriate tender - Development of a child abuse questionnaire and safeguarding procedure under 'Current Tenders').   
When you have expressed an interest, please send correspondence indicating if you can meet the essential criteria outlined below, to allow ONS to have an understanding of what your company can offer. We will then schedule follow-up one-to-one sessions where we can discuss further.  
Essential criteria
*Expertise/previous experience in this sensitive topic area or connections with those that do
*Expertise/previous experience in survey and questionnaire development and testing

Please provide a brief overview of how you can meet the essential criteria via correspondence by the 28th July 2022.

More information

Links

Additional text

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Clare Jones

Address

Government Buildings
Cardiff Road
Newport
NP10 8XG
United Kingdom

Telephone

01633 651633

Email

clare.jones@ons.gov.uk