Many surveys in Africa are bought through a tender or a request for quotation. Buyers want a vendor who can show a method and a team. Bidders often win on design and need someone credible on the ground to run the fieldwork. We work on both sides: we answer tenders and requests for quotation with a costed method, and we act as the local fieldwork partner for firms that win the contract.
Who it is for
- Procurement and programme teams issuing a survey, baseline or monitoring tender.
- International consultancies and research firms bidding on work in Africa that need local fieldwork and panel access.
- Local firms that need a partner to cover another country.
What we do
- Respond to your request for quotation or terms of reference with a method, a team and a timeline.
- Supply the fieldwork and panel component for a bid, with the documents a tender usually asks for.
- Run the fieldwork once the contract is awarded, under the lead firm or directly for you.
- Document the sample, the questionnaire and the quality rules so the work can be audited or repeated.
What you get
- A costed method and timeline for the tender or quotation.
- A plain statement of what we can cover and what we cannot, country by country.
- Fieldwork, quality control and data delivered to the agreed specification.
What decides the price
We do not publish list prices, because studies of the same size can be very different jobs. These are the things that move a quote:
- The terms of reference, countries and languages.
- Sample size and the precision the tender asks for.
- Whether you need us for the bid only or through delivery.
Try the scoping tool to see which of these matter most for your study, or see how pulse studies, trackers and full studies work.
Where we work
Ghana, Kenya, Ethiopia and South Africa. Nigerian studies are run with our Nigeria arm, NigeriaPolls, using the same method.
Frequently asked questions
What should I ask a research vendor in a tender?
Ask who will do the fieldwork, how interviewers are trained and checked, how quality is monitored while data arrives, how respondents consent, and what the vendor will not be able to do. A vendor that answers plainly is worth more than one that promises everything.
Can you support a bid before the award?
Yes. Send the terms of reference and the deadline. We will say what we can cover and give a costed method for the part we would run.
Do you work under another firm's contract?
Yes. We act as the local fieldwork partner and follow the lead firm's specification, with our own quality checks on top.
Do you cover every country in a tender?
We say which countries we can cover and which we cannot. We would rather decline part of a tender than promise coverage we cannot deliver.
Where do I find market research tenders in Africa?
Tenders appear on national procurement portals, on the pages of development partners and multilateral agencies, and on tender listing services. If you are bidding and need local fieldwork, send us the notice and the deadline early. We will say whether we can cover it.
What is in a baseline survey tender?
A baseline survey tender usually sets out the programme, the indicators to be measured, the countries or districts, the sample size and the timeline, and asks bidders for a method, a team and a budget. We read the terms of reference first and tell you plainly what we can deliver.
How do I compare customer satisfaction survey vendors?
Compare the method, the sample, how interviewers are checked, how quickly results arrive and how the vendor handles consent. Ask for the questionnaire and the method note from a past study. Be wary of a vendor that quotes a price before asking what you need to learn.
Do you cover market research tenders in South Africa?
We cover South Africa along with Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and Ethiopia. For a South African tender, send the notice and the deadline and we will say what we can cover and what the lead firm would have to supply.