CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

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Authority Name and Address

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Address from which documentation may be obtained

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Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

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Title

Fly-Tipping Litter Campaign Research Project - Keep Wales Tidy,

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Description of the goods or services required

As part of the Caru Cymru project, Keep Wales Tidy is developing a national campaign to tackle fly-tipping.

The aim is work with tenants of social housing (particularly areas which have communal bin stores such as flats and high density housing) and student tenants of HMO’s around universities to identify hotspots and develop messaging and interventions targeting tenants. To date, there has been limited research into waste management in Welsh HMOs, particularly from the perspective of tenants.

Using robust and in-depth research techniques, we want to gather insights into the factors informing waste management behaviours. We also want to gain a better understanding of the demographics of university and social housing tenants in Wales.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=119582.

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Notice Coding and Classification

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Total quantity or scope of tender

The supplier will need to work closely with the Keep Wales Tidy Policy and Research Team in the development of the research.

The research project is split into two lots:

Lot 1: Understanding the tenant perspective – University Students

We are most urgently looking to hear directly from University Students who are HMO tenants and gather insights into the factors affecting waste management behaviours. The research must include participants from this key audience.

1. We need to hear from a cross-section of University Students who are representative of the overall mix of this tenure type. The supplier is free to suggest the most appropriate form of research (including focus group, one to one interviews) to gather the themes set out below:

• Tenants’ understanding of the language used to describe fly-tipping, waste, and waste management processes.

• Tenants’ understanding of the mechanisms in place to dispose of bulky items.

• Tenants’ experience of disposing bulky items.

• Tenants’ awareness of low-cost borrowing and free repair facilities e.g. libraries of things, repair cafes.

• Tenants’ likelihood to use/access on low-cost borrowing / free repair facilities e.g. libraries of things/repair cafes.

• How tenants source information on waste management processes.

• Litter and recycling facilities within HMOs.

• Different waste behaviours within the HMOs.

• Whether their landlord has given instructions about waste management in and around the property.

• Whether the tenancy agreement includes conditions about clearing the property at the end of the tenancy.

• How the level of waste produced by the HMO varies throughout the year.

• Ideas for improving waste management in HMOs.

• How tenants respond to different themes of ‘anti-litter’ messaging.

• An understanding of what types of communications are likely to reach them and their fellow tenants (letters, texts, digital media) and where they look for information re. subjects such as disposal and recycling.

Lot 2: Understanding the tenant perspective – Tenants in RSL properties

We are then looking to hear directly from HMO tenants in Social Housing properties and gather insights into the factors affecting waste management behaviours. The research must include participants from this key audience.

We need to hear from a cross-section of Social Housing tenants but with a strong representation from those who live in flats or other homes with shared bins or refuse areas or HMOs if the social housing organisation manages homes of this tenure type, who are representative of the overall mix of this tenure type. The supplier is free to suggest the most appropriate form of research (including focus group, one to one interviews) to gather the themes set out below:

• Tenants’ understanding of the language used to describe fly-tipping, waste, and waste management processes.

• Tenants’ understanding of the mechanisms in place to dispose of bulky items.

• Tenants’ experience of disposing bulky items.

• Tenants’ awareness of low-cost borrowing and free repair facilities eg libraries of things, repair cafes.

• Tenants’ likelihood to use/access on low-cost borrowing / free repair facilities e.g. libraries of things/repair cafes.

• How tenants source information on waste management processes.

• Litter and recycling facilities within flat blocks / HMOs.

• Different waste behaviours within the flat blocks / HMOs.

• Whether their landlord has given instructions about waste management in and around the property.

• Whether the tenancy agreement includes conditions about clearing the property at the end of the tenancy.

• How the level of waste produced by the flat blocks / HMO varies throughout the year.

• Ideas for improving waste management in flat blocks / HMOs.

• How tenants respond to different themes of ‘anti-litter’ messaging.

• An understanding of what types of communications are likely to reach them and their fellow tenants (letters, texts, digital media) and where they look for information re. subjects such as disposal and recycling.

3 Conditions for Participation

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Minimum standards and qualification required

Suppliers are asked to provide the following information:

• Their understanding and approach to the brief

• A plan outlining the actions they will take to meet the requirements of the contract and key milestones, including how the support at the beginning of the project will be delivered.

• The experience and credentials of the team undertaking the work

• All costs including day rates and expenses.

• The numbers of people within the target audiences to be surveyed within the budget

4 Administrative Information

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Type of Procedure

Single stage

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Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

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Time Limits

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Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

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Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

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Additional Information

(WA Ref:119582)

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice