SE1261 - Active Lives Statistical Assurance

Sport England’s Active Lives Surveys (adults and children and young people) are Official Statistics and therefore results need to be produced and published in accordance with the Code of Practice. The accurate and timely production of results requires considerable quality assurance in advance of the publication of the survey results Sport England is seeking to appoint a supplier who can carry out statistical assurance on the analytical and published tables as part of the Active Lives Adult and Children and Young People publications. For each data release, the supplier would be required to carry the following checks:

Checking and confirming bases

Checking and confirming rates / shares / means

Checking and confirming unweighted counts

Checking and confirming confidence intervals and significance tests

Checking and confirming the accuracy of published tables (including bases, rates/shares/means, confidence intervals, and population estimates)

The services required form an essential part of a wider, overall project plan for the assurance and publication of Active Lives survey results. For each release, the supplier will be required to provide:

Through the completion of the tasks described above, quality assured (error free and properly formatted) results / results tables that are ready for further analysis / publication

Details of any syntax, output or checking files used / created to assure the data

Completed quality assurance documentation to evidence / support the checks that have been carried out

Participate in an initial kick off meeting and debrief / review meeting following each release to discuss any issues and learning that could improve future releases

Sport England is also seeking to appoint a supplier that brings specific research knowledge and expertise relevant to the organisation’s priorities to carry out analytical work using the Active Lives Survey data.