Official UK procurement notice
Insights and Market Research Services for The Royal Mint
Authority: The Royal Mint (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Royal Mint had a requirement for the supply of timber transit packaging products, primarily including boxes and pallets.
- Recurrence: 4 Years
CPV: Market and economic research; polling and statistics · Market research services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 5 suppliers · 25 bids received (5.0 per place) · 5 appointed (full)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Royal Mint Limited as wholly owned by Her Majesty's Treasury undertook a…AwardedRenewalPublished value£625,000
The Royal Mint Limited as wholly owned by Her Majesty's Treasury undertook a procurement exercise compliant with Public Contract Regulations 2015 in order to enter a framework agreement with supply partners capable of providing high quality, sustainable, and commercially competitive solutions.
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 (3)
- Quality: 60%
- Cost: 30%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality: 60
- Social Value: 10
- Cost: 30
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Insights and Market Research Services for The Royal Mint” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 5 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- 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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · 4 Years
- First published
- 14 Jun 2023, 14:06 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Sept 2023, 10:52 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 14 Jul 2023 – …
- Authority reference
57295- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-026162- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03d624Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 14 Jul 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 14 Jul 2023, 12:01 BST
Timeline
14 Jul 2023 → 5 Sept 2023 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown14 Jul 2023, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened14 Jul 2023, 12:01 BST
- Notice published5 Sept 2023, 10:52 BST
Notice history
2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Sept 2023- Status changed to complete4 Sept 2023, 11:01 BST
- Buyer details updated5 Sept 2023, 10:52 BST
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextII.1.4 | The Royal Mint had a requirement for the supply of timber transit packaging products, primarily including boxes and pallets. | The Royal Mint had a requirement for the provision of insights and market research services under a framework agreement. |
1 amendment published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Insights and Market Research Services for The Royal Mint
- Signed
- 16 Aug 2023
- Value
- £625,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeFramework contractors & participating bidders
5 commercial parties on the notice- Beehive Research LimitedFramework contractor
- Flood & Partners LimitedFramework contractor
- Ragdoll Research & Planning LtdFramework contractor
- Verve Partners Holdings LimitedFramework contractor
- oomph Agency Services LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria