Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bf7-a6c9-727f-9f65-dc4017a8d71c/child-maintenance-service-a-survey-of-direct-pay-clients

awarded GB restricted procedure Suitable for SMEs

# Child Maintenance Service – Survey of Direct Pay Clients

[Crown Commercial Service](https://tendernation.io/buyers/crown-commercial-service)

Open field

Estimated value

£169,550

Published

18 Nov 2016

Deadline

Closed

1 Jul 2014

## Who can bid

- Buyer says suitable for SMEs

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## About this tender

The DWP operates the statutory child maintenance scheme (administered by the recently launched Child Maintenance Service (CMS) and the Child Support Agency (CSA)) and funds Child Maintenance Options, a service which provides information and support for separating parents. The Government is committed to helping parents (both the receiving parent and paying parent) 1 to take responsibility for their children, and strengthening and supporting families is one of its key priorities. The Government’s view is that a parent’s failure to take responsibility for their children or to pay child maintenance is simply not

acceptable.

The main aims of this research are to measure the outcomes of Direct Pay in the short-term (i.e. around 3 months after putting an arrangement in place) and in the longer term (i.e. around 12 months after putting an arrangement in place), following the introduction of charging.

This requirement is for a series of quantitative telephone surveys with key groups of clients. DWP will provide a sample files containing clients’ contact details.

The supplier will be responsible for:

Designing questionnaires, including cognitive testing and piloting (in conjunction with DWP)

## CPV classification

Market research services

Source

Contracts Finder (UK)

[View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/642a431c-adc8-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b)

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