Official UK procurement notice
ID 4629334 DfE - Consumer Council - Market Research Support
Authority: Consumer Council Northern Ireland (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Consumer Council is seeking to appoint a market research Contractor who can deliver insight on behalf of the Consumer Council that fully aligns to the organisation’s statutory powers and objectives regarding understanding consumers and undertaking best practice research. The contract period will be for an initial period of one year with two options to extend for any period, up to and including, twelve months each, starting from the award of the contract.
CPV: Market and economic research; polling and statistics · Market research services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£2,000,000
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (5)
- AC1 Proposed Methodology: 24.5%
- AC2 Proposed Team Experience: 24.5%
- AC3 Risk Management: 10.5%
- AC5 Total Scenario Price: 30%
- AC4 Social Value: 10.5%
Published award criteria (5)
- AC1 Proposed Methodology: 24.5
- AC2 Proposed Team Experience: 24.5
- AC3 Risk Management: 10.5
- AC4 Social Value: 10.5
- AC5 Total Scenario Price: 30
- 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
- 22 Mar 2023, 08:21 GMT
- Last source update
- 30 Jun 2023, 09:55 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 28 Apr 2023 – …
- Authority reference
4629334- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-018623- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03b4e6Find a Tender
- Review procedure
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and incorporated a... standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.
Publisher note: The successful Contractor’s performance 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 grounds for termination... of the contract at the Contractor's expense. In lieu of termination they may be issued with a Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of.... Unsatisfactory Performance. 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 multiple Notices of Written Warning or Notices 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...
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 28 Apr 2023, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 28 Apr 2023, 15:30 BST
Timeline
28 Apr 2023 → 27 Jul 2023 · 4 dates- Submission deadline28 Apr 2023, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened28 Apr 2023, 15:30 BST
- Notice published30 Jun 2023, 09:55 BST
- Bids must remain valid until27 Jul 2023, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete30 Jun 2023, 09:55 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| COGNISENSE LTDSMEContract | £2,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · COGNISENSE LTDSME
- Signed
- 30 Jun 2023
- Value
- £2,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids · 4 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland, Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
- The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. 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 amendedReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- COGNISENSE LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria