Public tender for conducting the first two waves of the fifth sample of the Swiss Household Panel (SHP) and the STRATUS time-use study
Official title in French: Appel d’offre public pour la réalisation des deux premières vagues du cinquième échantillon du Panel suisse de ménages (PSM) et de l’étude sur l’emploi du temps STRATUS
FORS is commissioning fieldwork for the first two waves of a new Swiss Household Panel sample and the STRATUS time-use study, to extend longitudinal research on social change and time use.
- Deliverables
- Fieldwork covers 18,500 people: 8,500 panel and 10,000 STRATUS, with CAWI, CATI and two time-use diaries.
- Contract
- Separate budgets are required for the two projects; prices must be detailed in CHF, with and without VAT.
- Eligibility
- Only complete offers in the specified language are considered; submitters must provide one offer only.
- Award
- Scoring: specifications 30%, price 20%, longitudinal survey experience 20%, CAWI/CATI experience 15%, prior results 15%.
- Watch out
- No offer negotiations; the award depends on budget availability, and the final contract alone is binding.
Documents for your bid
- DTA FORS.pdfTender documents · 188 KB
- PSM_V_STRATUS_appeldoffre.pdfTender documents · 371 KB
Key dates
- 03.10.2026Published on simap.ch
- 20.10.2026Questions round
- 20.11.2026, 12:00Submission deadlineDeadline in 30 days
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Notice text
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Unofficial reproduction. The French text below is taken unchanged from SIMAP notice no. 45292. Only the official notice is binding.
Le marché porte sur la collecte de données du Swiss Household Panel (SHP), une enquête longitudinale probabiliste auprès de ménages et d’individus résidant en Suisse. Les prestations comprennent l’ensemble des opérations de terrain nécessaires à la réalisation de l’enquête et au suivi longitudinal des participants.