Early Years and Childcare Workforce Survey 2026 (Wales)
Social Care WalesEstimated Value
Up to £20,000
Deadline
22 June 2026
Published
8 June 2026
Type
Not specified
Key points
- Deliver a robust, high-quality bilingual (Welsh and English) workforce survey aligned to Welsh Government priorities
- Build on the 2025 survey, potentially retaining standardised questions agreed with Welsh Government and Social Care Wales stakeholders to ensure national comparability.
- Build on the 2025 response rate
- Organise and facilitate a stakeholder engagement session to review and consider evaluation questions.
- Provide a critical review of the current planned survey, recognising the ambitions of consistency, patterns and trends
- Achieve high response rates across Wales, ensuring representation across regions, service types and Welsh-medium provision
- Ensure the survey is accessible, inclusive and supports equality duties under the Equality Act 2010 and Public Sector Equality Duty in Wales
- Generate robust workforce intelligence to inform Welsh Government policy development, workforce planning and sustainability
- Produce a concise report to support evidence-based decision-making across Welsh public services Requirements include:
- survey design and setup
- survey hosting, distribution and delivery
- analysis & reporting
- governance & ethics
- digital, bilingual and accessibility considerations
Regulations cited
- Equality Act 2010
AI Analysis
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The Welsh Government wants to hire a research company to run a large survey of early years and childcare workers across Wales in 2026. You'll design the survey, send it out to thousands of workers, collect the answers, analyse the results, and write a report to help the government understand the workforce and make better policy decisions.
Requirements
- Ability to design and deliver a bilingual survey (Welsh and English language versions)
- Experience with survey methodology and social research best practice
- Compliance with Welsh Government research standards
- Compliance with relevant legislation (including the Equality Act 2010 and Public Sector Equality Duty in Wales)
- Capability to achieve high response rates across Wales
- Ability to ensure survey reaches all regions, different service types, and Welsh-medium childcare providers
- Experience in accessibility and inclusive design for surveys
- Capacity to coordinate with stakeholders (Welsh Government and Social Care Wales)
- Data governance and ethics compliance
- Digital survey platform hosting and management capability
- Statistical analysis and report-writing expertise
Key Tasks & Deliverables
- Design a bilingual (Welsh/English) workforce survey for early years and childcare sector in Wales
- Review the 2025 survey and recommend which questions to keep for consistency and trend comparison
- Organise and run a stakeholder engagement session to finalise survey questions
- Set up and host the survey on a digital platform
- Distribute the survey across Wales to early years and childcare workers (targeting high response rates)
- Ensure survey reaches workers across all Welsh regions, all service types, and Welsh-medium providers
- Make the survey accessible (supporting equality duties under UK and Welsh law)
- Collect and clean the survey data
- Analyse workforce data to identify patterns, trends, and key insights
- Write a concise, evidence-based report for Welsh Government policymakers
- Provide critical review of survey design and quality throughout the process
How to Read This Tender
- 1This is a research and intelligence contract, not a service delivery contract — you're gathering data and turning it into insights, not providing childcare itself. The focus is on quality methodology and high response rates, not just sending out a form.
- 2Pay close attention to the bilingual requirement (Welsh and English). This means every word, every question, every report must exist in both languages and be equally professional in both — this is not optional or an add-on in Wales.
- 3The phrase 'build on the 2025 survey' means you'll need to look at what was done last year and show how you'll improve it or maintain consistency. Ask the Welsh Government for a copy of the 2025 survey and results if you bid — this is essential background.
- 4Stakeholder engagement is a significant task — you need to facilitate a meeting with Welsh Government and Social Care Wales to review and agree survey questions. Budget time and skill for this; it's not just sending them a draft.
- 5Response rates and representation are critical success measures. The buyer cares deeply about reaching workers across all regions, service types, and Welsh-medium provision. Your bid should show a detailed strategy for how you'll achieve this (e.g., partnerships with childcare bodies, multiple distribution channels, incentives).
Tips for Small Businesses
- If you're not a large research firm, consider partnering with a specialist survey or social research company. A consortium bid (you leading stakeholder engagement and delivery, them providing survey platform and analysis) is a common winning approach in Welsh Government contracts.
- Welsh Government prioritises 'social value' — they want to know how your work will benefit Wales and support policy that improves early years workers' lives. Your bid should explain this clearly: e.g. 'better workforce data leads to better pay and conditions policy.' This can score as highly as price.
- Check if there are existing early years and childcare networks or representative bodies in Wales (e.g. childcare provider associations, union groups). Partnerships with these organisations can dramatically boost your survey response rate and improve your bid credibility — mention these relationships in your proposal.
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Social Care WalesKey Dates
Published
8 June 2026
Submission deadline
22 June 2026
Notice type
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Source
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