DEFENCE & PROCUREMENT

Defence Equipment Post-Delivery Satisfaction & Procurement Relationship Survey

Defence procurement officers, contract managers, and acquisition leads evaluate supplier performance, post-delivery compliance, and vendor relationship quality, so you can sharpen vendor selection criteria, benchmark contract renewal positioning, and reduce procurement cycle risk.

Multi-geography defence sample
Defence procurement teams (Acquisition and Contract Heads)
15-20 min
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Delivery friction & contract gapsIdentify where post-delivery disputes, compliance failures, or handover delays surface.
Vendor relationship & renewal signalsBenchmark supplier trust scores, re-engagement triggers, and contract extension drivers.
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CONTEXT & RELEVANCE

Why run this survey now

Most defence OEMs and prime contractors don't lose renewal contracts purely on technical specification gaps. They lose them due to unresolved field performance complaints, opaque spares support, delayed maintenance response, misaligned acceptance criteria, and eroding procurement-team trust, none of which fully surface in contract compliance reports or delivery milestone trackers.

If you are...

  • Defence OEM post-delivery account team

  • Prime contractor relationship manager

  • Procurement head, armed forces or MoD

  • Aftersales and sustainment programme lead

  • Strategic partnerships and re-tender lead

You're likely facing...

  • Satisfaction gaps: delivery vs field use

  • Spares lead time vs operational readiness

  • OEM = reliable/slow support perception

  • Re-tender risk: undocumented relationship friction

  • Procurement trust eroding post-acceptance

This will help answer...

  • Post-delivery satisfaction drivers by platform

  • Sustainment drop-off stage and cause

  • Procurement vs end-user satisfaction gap

  • Pricing and support contract tension points

  • Re-tender loyalty and switching triggers

RESEARCH THEMES

What This Survey Investigates

Eight interconnected research themes that map the complete defence procurement journey from contract award to long-term supplier retention.

TENETS 01

Delivery & Conformance

  • Schedule adherence, phased delivery
  • Specification conformance, acceptance testing
TENETS 02

Operational Performance

  • Mission readiness rates, field reliability
  • Mean time between failures, MTTR
TENETS 03

Maintenance & Supportability

  • In-country depot support, OEM field teams
  • Spare parts lead times, stockout frequency
TENETS 04

Training & Transfer

  • Operator certification, crew qualification timelines
  • Technology transfer obligations, local content
TENETS 05

Contract & Compliance

  • Offset obligations, indigenisation commitments
  • Warranty claims, penalty clause activation
TENETS 06

Supplier Relationship

  • Account management quality, escalation access
  • Communication cadence, programme review frequency
TENETS 07

Upgrade & Obsolescence

  • Mid-life upgrade roadmap, retrofit timelines
  • Component obsolescence risk, lifecycle visibility
TENETS 08

Reprocurement Intent

  • Repeat order likelihood, competitive re-tendering
  • Switching triggers, incumbent OEM advantage
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SAMPLING STRATEGY

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METHODOLOGY

Survey approach

For the Defence Equipment Post-Delivery Satisfaction and Procurement Relationship Survey, we recommend a quant-first design with flexible data-collection modes to balance reach, depth, and verification across procurement and technical stakeholder cohorts.

PRIMARY
Online web surveySelf-administered survey shared via email / panels to capture structured responses at scale.
Best for
1
Scoring post-delivery satisfaction by equipment category
2
Ranking procurement relationship drivers across defence ministries
3
Benchmarking OEM performance across contract cohorts
Deliverables
Satisfaction score matrix
Supplier performance rankings
Procurement driver index
OPTIONAL
CATI (phone survey)Interviewer-led telephone interviews to reach owners who are harder to get online.
Best for
1
Defence procurement officers with restricted digital access
2
Rapid coverage across multiple military commands or bases
Deliverables
Command-level coverage
Call-log diagnostics
SELECTIVE
Face-to-faceOn-ground surveys or interviews in key industrial clusters or high-value cohorts.
Best for
1
Senior acquisition officials managing high-value equipment contracts
2
Technical evaluation teams requiring in-person verification protocols
Deliverables
Contract relationship maps
High-value cohort profiles
OPTIONAL
FGDs
Deliverables
Themes and verbatims
Relationship tension map
OPTIONAL
Mixed surveysAny 4-mode combo Online + CATI + F2F + FGDs to maximise reach and representation. Mode-specific quotas and weighting for clean comparisons.
Deliverables
Unified dataset
Mode-adjusted analytics
Our Recommendation
Start with: Online web survey as the core quantitative layer, targeting procurement officers and technical evaluation leads across defence ministries and armed forces commands.
Consider adding: CATI for commands with restricted digital access, and F2F interviews for senior acquisition officials managing multi-year, high-value equipment contracts where relationship depth requires direct verification.
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EXECUTION PROCESS

How we execute

A proven 9-step process from scoping to delivery, designed to ensure quality, speed, and actionable insights.

Define the decision frame

Confirm objectives, target cohorts, geographies, and reporting cuts

Step 01

Define the decision frame

Design the instrument

Build workstream modules mapped to outputs (drivers, friction, pricing, retention, trust)

Step 02

Design the instrument

Lock the questionnaire

Review wording, sequencing, LOI, and competitive context; approve final version

Step 03

Lock the questionnaire

Pilot and calibrate

Test comprehension and ease quality; refine quotas and remove friction where needed

Step 04

Pilot and calibrate

Run fieldwork

Execute collection with active quota management and feasibility controls

Step 05

Run fieldwork

Assure quality

Dedupe, attention checks, speed/consistency rules, removals with audit trail

Step 06

Assure quality

Prepare the dataset

Clean data and deliver codebook/variable definitions

Step 07

Prepare the dataset

Analyse and synthesise

Driver ranking, leakage diagnostics, pricing bands, segment insights

Step 08

Analyse and synthesise

Deliver and align

Executive deck (optional dashboard) and leadership readout with recommendations

Step 09

Deliver and align

COMMERCIAL TERMS

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Pricing depends on cohort, geography, sample size, approach, LOI, and deliverables. Configure below for an indicative estimate.

Select Sample Size

100

Geography

  • India
  • APAC (Singapore, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, NZ, Japan, Thailand)
  • Middle East (UAE, KSA, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait)
  • North America (US, Canada)
  • Europe
  • Africa (South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt, Algeria)
  • LATAM (Brazil, Mexico)

Select Mode of Survey

  • Online
  • CATI
  • Online FGD (5 people per FGD)
  • F2F

Length of the Interview

  • Select
  • 0-15
  • 16-20
  • 21-30
  • 31-45
  • 46-60
  • Custom
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Proposal turnaround typically 24–48 hours

Note: Estimate is indicative only. Final pricing is subject to scope finalization after discovery call.

REFERENCE CASELETS

Reference

Real-world examples of survey work in the defence procurement and equipment supply space.

CASELET 1

Spares supply chain friction & vendor perception mapping (India)

CASELET 2

Procurement relationship quality & re-tender intent study (India)

Spares supply chain friction & vendor perception mapping (India)

OBJECTIVE

A defence equipment OEM needed to isolate where post-contract spares fulfilment broke down across Tier-1 integrators and depot-level maintenance units , and which friction points most damaged long-term vendor credibility.

WHAT WE DID

Ran a structured quant survey across 120 procurement and logistics respondents, capturing lead time variance, order acknowledgement gaps, documentation compliance rates, and escalation frequency at each stage of the post-delivery spares cycle.

DELIVERED

A friction map by supply chain stage, a ranked vendor credibility driver list , a segment framework separating depot-level from integrator-level expectations, and a set of relationship repair levers tied to specific fulfilment breakdowns.
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CASELET 1

Spares supply chain friction & vendor perception mapping (India)

CASELET 2

Procurement relationship quality & re-tender intent study (India)

Spares supply chain friction & vendor perception mapping (India)

OBJECTIVE

A defence equipment OEM needed to isolate where post-contract spares fulfilment broke down across Tier-1 integrators and depot-level maintenance units , and which friction points most damaged long-term vendor credibility.

WHAT WE DID

Ran a structured quant survey across 120 procurement and logistics respondents, capturing lead time variance, order acknowledgement gaps, documentation compliance rates, and escalation frequency at each stage of the post-delivery spares cycle.

DELIVERED

A friction map by supply chain stage, a ranked vendor credibility driver list , a segment framework separating depot-level from integrator-level expectations, and a set of relationship repair levers tied to specific fulfilment breakdowns.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Common Questions

Answers to frequently asked questions about this survey mandate.

What decisions will this survey enable?

Who is the buyer vs who are the respondents?

Can we see differences between platform-level buyers, sub-system integrators and end-user units?

How will you measure supplier relationship quality beyond simple ratings?

Will the survey map the full post-delivery lifecycle and drop-offs?

Can this survey inform product and pricing strategy?

How will findings improve our re-tender and contract renewal performance?

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