2013 - National Drug Strategy Household Survey Fieldwork

This is an Open Call for Tenders to conduct the 2013 National Drug Strategy Household Survey fieldwork. The 2013 Survey will be the eleventh in a series that commenced in 1985. It is managed by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare on behalf of the Department of Health & Ageing. The services required include: advice on methodology, conducting the Survey, provision of a clean, weighted unit record data set, analyses to support presentation of preliminary results and preparation of a technical report.

The Survey is Australia-wide and of approimately 25,000 persons aged 12 years and older.

All tenderers are asked to provide information and estimates based on a drop and collect only collection mode including a pre-notification letter advising selected households of the survey, mailed out using a geo-coded national address file which can be purchased.

Another data collection strategy which is under serious consideration is to use a dwelling-based sample but have a mixed-mode collection methodology where respondents could choose to complete the survey using a number of different collection modes made available to them (such as a self-completed paper questionnaire, web-based questionnaire and/or Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing initiated by respondents). This type of strategy would be expected to help maximise response rates and to also be a relatively cost-effective collection strategy overall. Tenderers are also encouraged to provide information and estimates based on this type of mixed-mode data collection mode.