Contract to Deliver the National Survey of Third Sector Organisations currently out to tender
The Office of the Third Sector is commissioning a national survey on the environment for a thriving third sector. It will measure performance at the 149 upper tier local authority district level in England. It will deliver a local government performance indicator (National Indicator 7) and additional evidence on the performance of local partnerships in relation to the third sector as well as intelligence about the issues facing the third sector at a local level.
The OTS has now invited tenders following a Contract Notice in the Official Journal of the European Union, Expressions of Interest, and assessment of Pre-Qualification Questionnaire process. This pre-qualification process has now closed and no further tenders will be admitted.
This survey is being commissioned in two lots:
- Lot A – sampling frame and associated data
- Lot B – conducting the survey, analysis and reporting
The contracts will be in place in July 2008 and the survey will be conducted in autumn 2008. The first data is scheduled for delivery at the end of January 2009. This second wave of this survey will be conducted in autumn 2010.
Further information on National Indictor 7 and the survey can be found in the briefing note published by the Office of the Third Sector to provide Local Strategic Partnerships (local public, private and third sector representatives) with more information and guidance.
The findings from a development study already undertaken to shape proposals for measuring the environment for a thriving third sector, including the pilot questionnaire, are available in the Research and Statistics section of this website. The tender specification can be accessed below.
If you have any questions related to this contract, please email ThirdSector.Research@communities.gsi.gov.uk.
