Proposals for the provision of conducting the European Social Survey Round 11 in Austria. The Institute for Advanced Studies is the Austrian National Coordinator for ESS Round 11 in Austria. Tenderers must comply with the ESS

Round 11 Survey specifications (available with the procurement documents). The Specifications outline the tasks and responsibilities of the Survey Agency, list all activities, present a timetable and refer to a set of documents that provide guidelines in specific areas (sampling, translation, interviewer briefing, data delivery). The mode of the fieldwork has to be computer-assisted face-to-face interviews (F2F CAPI).

The services required include but are not limited to:

- Programming the translated questionnaire and contact forms into CAPI.

- Propose an appropriate sampling design together with the Austrian National Coordinator and the ESS Sampling Experts Panel adhering to the sampling specifications as outlined in the ESS10 survey specifications.

- Interviewer briefing jointly with the Austrian National Coordinator.

- Conducting face-to-face interviews with CAPI in the German language.

- Adhering to the rules regarding the form and number of contact attempts as outlined in the ESS11 survey specifications.

- Continually reporting on the fieldwork progress on a case-level basis.

- Providing data for other required documents, e.g., fieldwork questionnaire, national technical summary, etc.

The fieldwork organization to be appointed has to have the following expertise and resources available:

- A sufficient number of interviewers fluent in the German language.

- The technical equipment for CAPI.

- A dense network of interviewers to conduct F2F-interviews throughout Austria.

- Compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

- The ability to conduct all the required interviews in the period of 01. March 2023 to 31. December 2023.