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Published 18 May 2022, 13:59 BST

Official UK procurement notice

ID 4166085 - DfE - InterTradeIreland - All Island Business Monitor

Official notice

Authority: InterTradeIreland (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)

Published estimate£268,387exc. VAT44.3% above published estimate

Submissions closed 22 Jun 2022awarded 20 Jul 2022

Awarded to Perceptive Insight Market Research Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

InterTradeIreland (ITI) requires a Contractor to undertake 13 quarterly surveys and analysis (over 3 years and 5 months, Q3 2022 to Q3 2025) on business confidence and various all-island business and economic themes. InterTradeIreland requires Pulse Surveys through the timeframe of the project and require a Business Panel for the duration of the contract. The contract is due to commence on 01 August 2022.

CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Customer survey services · Market and economic research; polling and statistics · Market research services · Survey analysis services · Survey conduction services · Survey services · Telephone survey services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1AwardedPublished value£268,387

Delivery: Northern Ireland

Extensions: Initial 5 years contract period, plus the option to extend for a further 1 + 1 years.Variant bids: not allowed

79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security 79300000 Market and economic research; polling and statistics 79310000 Market research services 79311200 Survey conduction services 79311210 Telephone survey services 79311300 Survey analysis services

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more

How bids were scored

Quality: 70%Price: 30%

Published sub-criteria (4)

Proposed Team Experience: 31.5%
Proposed Methodology: 31.5%
Contract Management: 7%
Total Contract Cost: 30%

Published award criteria (4)

Proposed Team Experience: 31.5
Proposed Methodology: 31.5
Contract Management: 7
Total Contract Cost: 30

What this means for your bid

Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Open procedure
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Yes
First published: 18 May 2022, 13:59 BST
Last source update: 26 Jul 2022, 09:38 BST
Award evaluation window: 22 Jun 2022 – …
Authority reference: 4166085
FTS notice number: 2022/S 000-020247
Classification (CPV): Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and securityCustomer survey servicesMarket and economic research; polling and statisticsMarket research servicesSurvey analysis servicesSurvey conduction servicesSurvey servicesTelephone survey services
Delivery area: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-033acc Find a Tender

Contract terms

Electronic trading: e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: The successful Contractor’s performance on this Contract will be managed as per the specification and regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract... requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory... levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory... levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs and their... performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave. professional... misconduct and they may be issued with a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and this Contract may be terminated. A central register... of such Notices for supplies and services contracts will be maintained and published on the CPD website. Any. contractor in receipt of a... Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance will be required to declare this in future tender submissions for a period of three years from the... date of issue of the Notice. It may also result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by... Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy.

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: 22 Jun 2022, 15:00 BST
Submission channel: {"written"}
Accepted languages: en
Bids opened: 22 Jun 2022, 15:30 BST

Timeline

22 Jun 2022 → 20 Sept 2022 · 4 dates

Submission deadline
22 Jun 2022, 15:00 BST
Bids opened
22 Jun 2022, 15:30 BST
Notice published
26 Jul 2022, 09:38 BST
Bids must remain valid until
20 Sept 2022, 23:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender

Status changed to complete
26 Jul 2022, 09:38 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £387,3501 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 21 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 20 Jul 2022

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Perceptive Insight Market Research LimitedSME	£387,350 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

ID 4166085 DfE - InterTradeIreland - All Island Business Monitor · Perceptive Insight Market Research LimitedSME
Signed
20 Jul 2022
Value
£387,350
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic · 1 from abroad	1	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

InterTrade Ireland

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawGeneral public services The Old Gasworks Business Park Kilmorey Street, Newry, UK, BT34 2DEContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as amended and, where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information onMediation body UK
The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Any challenges are dealt with by the High Court Commercial Division to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the Public Contracts RegulationsReview body UK
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended.Review body UK

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

PERCEPTIVE INSIGHT MARKET RESEARCH LTDAwarded supplier 109 Bloomfield Avenue, BELFAST, UK, BT5 5ABContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria