You asked
We are interested to understand what survey platform is used to collect the data when ONS are surveying the public for example the Quarterly Public Sector Employment Survey - Local Authorities - https://www.ons.gov.uk/surveys/informationforbusinesses/businesssurveys/quarterlypublicsectoremploymentsurvey
Another example is the Covid Infection Survey - https://www.ons.gov.uk/surveys/informationforhouseholdsandindividuals/householdandindividualsurveys/covid19infectionsurvey
Please can you advise who ONS contract with and the dates of contract renewals etc.
We said
Thank you for your request.
Quarterly Public Sector Employment Survey:
The platform we use for the Quarterly Public Sector Employment Survey is an in-house ONS developed platform SDC (survey Data Collection).
The products involved in this are eQ Runner and RASRM, in house ONS built Digital products, manage the facilitation of business surveys to respondents and internal ONS data management users.
We have utilised external consultants to develop an in-house solution in partnership with ONS staff. We do not have an element which is externally hosted, and thus subject to contractual renewal.
Covid Infection Survey:
The current contract for the Covid Infection Survey is with IQVIA; however, this is currently being recompeted with a view to a new contract being awarded by June 2020.
The IQVIA data collection tool/application used for the CIS is based on Microsoft Salesforce.