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The contract begins on January 1, 2027, and concludes on December 31, 2027. The client has the option to extend the contract three times, each for an additional year. The maximum total volume for this contract, including all optional extensions, is €1,000,000 gross. While the documents refer to a "Zeitplan" (schedule/timeline) for weekly and monthly standard indicators, no specific key milestones or named phases with defined dates are explicitly stated.

The core scope of work for this tender involves opinion research for the German Federal Press and Information Office (BPA) to inform citizens and media about government policy and to aid the federal government and president with information for political decision-making.

The Statement of Work summary and core deliverables include:

1. Investigations on Current Political Topics: This involves qualitative and/or mixed-mode surveys, including:

• Coordination with the client.
• Recruitment and incentivization of participants.
• Setting up online platforms or video conferencing software for group discussions, individual interviews, and online research communities, allowing client observation.
• Covering associated software costs.
• Conducting interviews or moderating groups/communities.
• Evaluation and creation of chart reports with graphics and a summary of main results.
• Drafting and coordinating guidelines with the client.
• Utilizing the contractor's experience and providing existing, legally permissible research material, including other studies and trend series.
• Presenting anonymized transcripts upon request.
• Conducting studies and presenting results in German.
• Proposing potential time or cost savings through the use of Artificial Intelligence.
• Providing results in a fully labeled, SPSS-readable dataset.
• Enabling field controls by the client.

2. Synoptic Evaluations: Creating secondary analyses or synoptic evaluations of other online surveys, including graphics, based on client specifications.

3. Method Experiments: Testing new survey methods within method experiments and reporting the results to the client. This includes discussing and outlining potential opportunities and risks of new methodologies with the client in advance.

4. Briefing and Results Presentation: Providing briefings and presenting results in close coordination with the client, potentially requiring online conferences.

5. Documents and Deliverables: The following finalized documents, which must comply with accessibility requirements (DIN EN 301 549 and PDF/UA-Standard DIN ISO 14289-1), are to be created for the client:

• Offers and concepts.
• Invoices.
• Pre-test results.
• Method reports.
• Secondary analyses.

Each individual assignment under the framework agreement will require a contractor's offer specifying the objective and research content, research setup and design, services to be provided, a binding timetable, and effort and costs.