Closed tender

Political Finance Research

Details

Value
£47,500
Topic
Research services
Published
23 December 2025
Submission
16 October 2025

Tender description

Summary The Electoral Commission invites suppliers appointed to the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) RM6126 - Research & Insights DPS to express their interest in delivering a UK-wide qualitative research project exploring public attitudes towards political finance. This research will help the Commission better understand public awareness, knowledge, and perceptions of the UK's political finance regime and provide insight to inform future policy and reporting work. Scope of Work The successful supplier will design and conduct qualitative research to explore: Public understanding of political donations and party funding rules. Attitudes to transparency, regulation, and potential reforms (e.g. donation caps). Trade-offs and perceptions around public vs. private funding of political parties. The work will include research design, sampling, fieldwork, analysis, and a final report and debrief presentation.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Submission date16 October 2025
  2. Completed: Tender published23 December 2025
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About the buyer

The Electoral Commission is the independent body that oversees elections and regulates political finance in the UK, and buys as a central government organisation. The value of a contract decides whether the Commission asks for written quotes or runs a full competitive tender. Tender submissions must show financial, commercial and technical capability.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Electoral Commission's contract awards have been in research and development, business services and education and training.

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