The Annual Canvass of Households in the District is a function of the Electoral Registration Officer and, accordingly, the District Council will provide the means by which that Officer can conduct the Canvass and the costs shall be borne by the Council.
Prior to the award of the contract, a procurement exercise was conducted by advertising the specification of requirements on Find a Tender: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025032-2025 The deadline for submission of bids was 17 June 2025. The bids submitted were subject to evaluation by a panel. The evaluation comprised of Commercial and Technical assessment. 9 companies submitted bids to supply these services. The highest scoring company in both the Commercial and Technical evaluations was SCIprint Limited. SCIprint Limited were the incumbent contractor, have a solid verified reputation with colleagues in the electoral community and have given no concerns to the authority during their previous canvass contract period. The bid submitted by SCIprint Limited was the lowest in cost terms.