A practical guide for officers buying surveys, evaluations and survey software
Survey or market research services on GeM are bought under a named service category, with sub-categories such as program evaluation or assessment survey services and feedback survey. This page is for the procurement and programme officers writing that bid. It explains the category, the specification choices that protect data quality, and how to procure Bharat Survey's field services or software. We do not publish a GeM seller ID here; ask us for our current listing status before you draft.
Live GeM bid titles use the path Survey or Market Research Services, then Program evaluation or assessment survey services, then a type such as Feedback Survey. Picking the right node decides which sellers see your bid.
Central ministries and departments must buy services available on GeM through GeM under Rule 149 of the General Financial Rules, 2017. The portal handles the process. The quality of the survey still depends on what the bid asks for.
A survey bid priced only per completed interview rewards speed, not care. Add measurable quality requirements to the scope of work and the service level agreement: GPS coordinates, start and end time and duration on every record; a named share of interviews back-checked by supervisors who did not collect them; and raw unit-level data, not only tables, as a deliverable.
Be specific about geography and sample. State districts and blocks, the sampling method, the minimum sample per reporting unit and the languages of fieldwork. Vague geography invites low bids that cannot be delivered, followed by contract disputes.
These can be added to the additional terms and conditions or scope of work attached to the bid.
The same survey need can be bought three ways on GeM. Each shifts responsibility differently.
Departments that want to run surveys with their own staff can buy a survey platform as software or a subscription. Specify the functions you need rather than a brand: offline Android data collection, GPS and timestamp on every record, supervisor review, role-based access, Indian-language forms and data export.
Bharat Survey's software is Android-first with a web panel. Ask us for the current GeM listing status of the software before you draft; if it is not listed in the category you need, we will say so.
Ask where data is hosted, who can access it, how long it is retained and how it is deleted at contract end. Include the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 obligations that apply to your programme.
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Bids for surveys and evaluations commonly use the Survey or Market Research Services category, with Program evaluation or assessment survey services and types such as Feedback Survey beneath it. Check the category tree on the portal at the time of drafting, since names and parameters can be updated.
We do not publish a seller ID on this page. Contact us with the category you intend to use and we will confirm our current listing status in writing, so your bid is drafted on accurate information.
Buy a service when you want the seller accountable for sample, quality and report. Hire enumerators through manpower outsourcing only if your department will supervise daily and owns the method. Mixing the two without clear roles is a common cause of poor data.
Yes. Tie payment milestones to verifiable measures such as records with valid GPS and duration, completed back-checks and delivery of raw data. Measures a reviewer can check from the data file are far easier to enforce than general statements about quality.
Send the draft scope or the scheme guidelines. We will suggest sample and quality clauses and confirm how you can procure our services or software.
