Official UK procurement notice
ID 4692815 DfE - Tourism NI - Consumer Sentiment Research
Authority: Tourism Northern Ireland (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTourism Northern Ireland (Tourism NI) is responsible for the marketing of Northern Ireland (NI) as a tourist destination to domestic tourists (from within NI) and visitors from the Republic of Ireland (ROI). Under the Tourism NI Operating Plan (2023/24), the Insights and Intelligence Service (IIS) is tasked with delivering a robust evidence base for Tourism NI, industry and stakeholders to help inform policy and strategy development and operational decisions. Within Tourism NI, the IIS is responsible for providing internal and external stakeholders with robust and relevant research, intelligence, and information to support the growth of the NI tourism industry via robust, analysis and insight into how such issues affect NI and ROI consumers. See ID 4692815 Specification document for further information.
CPV: Customer survey services · Market research services · Public-opinion polling services · Survey design services · Survey services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£534,732
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 (6)
- AC1 Proposed Methodology for Quantitative Research: 24.5%
- AC2 Proposed Methodology for Qualitative Reseach: 14%
- AC3 Key Personnel Experience: 14%
- AC4 Contract Management: 7%
- AC6 Total Contract Price: 30%
- AC5 Social Value: 10.5%
Published award criteria (6)
- AC1 Proposed Methodology for Quantitative Research: 24.5
- AC2 Proposed Methodology for Qualitative Reseach: 14
- AC3 Key Personnel Experience: 14
- AC4 Contract Management: 7
- AC5 Social Value: 10.5
- AC6 Total Contract Price: 30
- Technical & professional ability
SC1 Company Experience and SC2 Fair Work, as detailed in the tender documents.
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 4 Oct 2023, 17:06 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Jan 2024, 11:50 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 8 Nov 2023 – …
- Authority reference
ID 4692815- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-000104- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-040804Find a Tender
- Performance terms
As detailed in the tender documents
- Review procedure
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended). 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: Contract monitoring: the successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be 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 construction and procurement delivery. (CPD) for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period. this may be considered grounds for termination of the contract at your expense as provided for in the Conditions of Contract. In lieu. of termination, CPD may issue a Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance. A supplier in receipt of multiple. Notices of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance may, in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as. amended), be excluded from future public procurement competitions for a period of up to three years
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 8 Nov 2023, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 8 Nov 2023, 15:30 GMT
Timeline
8 Nov 2023 → 6 Feb 2024 · 4 dates- Submission deadline8 Nov 2023, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened8 Nov 2023, 15:30 GMT
- Notice published3 Jan 2024, 11:50 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until6 Feb 2024, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 3 Jan 2024- Status changed to complete3 Jan 2024, 11:50 GMT
- Buyer details updated3 Jan 2024, 11:50 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spark Market ResearchSMEContract | £500,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · Spark Market ResearchSME
- Signed
- 20 Dec 2023
- Value
- £500,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5bids · 5 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- 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
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Spark Market ResearchAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.