PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Flexible Pilot Voting

THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION · published 10 Apr 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release IDe766a500-13db-494f-90da-a75896236a67-892484
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-14de816d-21e3-434a-b754-fa6cc0adde5c
Buyer identifierGB-GOR-IM1203
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

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Award value
£51,600
award field
Tender value
£61,920
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
73110000
Research services
Delivery
Not stated
EC1Y 8YZ
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

This report presents the outcome of the procurement process for the Flexible Pilot Voting - Exit Polling Research project and seeks approval to award the contract to BMG Research. The purpose of this procurement was to appoint a research agency to conduct polling station exit interviews across selected pilot areas to evaluate flexible voting arrangements being trialled at the May 2026 local elections. Following a compliant procurement process via the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) RM6126 Research & Insights Framework, it is recommended that the contract is awarded to BMG Research. The total contract value is £51,600 (Ex VAT)

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release10 Apr 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published20 Mar 2026
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published21 Mar 2026
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Jul 2026
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Published 10 Apr 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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