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Published 4 Mar 2025, 12:05 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Customer Research Partner

Official notice

Authority: Plus Dane Housing Limited (Public body)

2 lotsServicesOpen procedureMax 2 lots per supplier
Published estimate£220,000total for 2 lots
Submissions closed 13 Mar 2025awarded 12 May 2025
Awarded to Acuity Research and Practice Limited

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Plus Dane Housing are procuring a customer research service split into two lots as follows:

Lot 1 - Customer Research Partner, delivering customer perception surveys

Lot 2 - Transaction Satisfaction Survey Platform, delivering transactional feedback

Suppliers are invited to tender for either or both lots

  • Recurrence: 2028 - 2030

CPV: Customer survey services · Market and economic research; polling and statistics

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · all with a published value (£220,000 together) · win at most 2 of them · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1Customer Research (Perception Surveys)AwardedRenewalPublished value£130,000

Service to deliver customer perception surveys in compliance with the Consumer regulations set by the Regulator of Social Housing. Additional information: To respond to this opportunity please click here: plusdane.delta-esourcing.com/respond/EK57EEYZGZ ↗

Access Code: EK57EEYZGZ

Contract period is an initial period of 3 years, first year ending 31/03/2026 and optional extensions of up to a further 24 months

Delivery: North West · NORTH WEST (ENGLAND)
Extensions: Contract to be re-procured upon expiryVariant bids: not allowed
Lot #2Transaction Satisfaction Survey PlatformCancelledRenewalPublished value£90,000

Service of a platform to allow for ad-hoc transactional surveys to measure customer experience. Additional information: To respond to this opportunity please click here: plusdane.delta-esourcing.com/respond/EK57EEYZGZ ↗

Access Code: EK57EEYZGZ

Contract period is an initial period of 3 years, first year ending 31/03/2026 and optional extensions of up to a further 24 months

Delivery: North West · NORTH WEST (ENGLAND)
Extensions: Contract to be re-procured upon expiryVariant bids: not allowed

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 · same split on all 2 lots
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 60%
  • Cost: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 60%
  • Cost: 40%
Lot distribution rule: 1 & 2
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes · 2028 - 2030
First published
4 Mar 2025, 12:05 GMT
Last source update
16 May 2025, 14:05 BST
Award evaluation window
10 Mar 2025 – …
Authority reference
PDT-25-11
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-022247
Classification (CPV)
Customer survey servicesMarket and economic research; polling and statistics
Delivery area
North West (UKD)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04dccc Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: To view this notice, please click here: https://plusdane.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=950426472 GO Reference: GO-2025516-PRO-30598986

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Delta eSourcing · Who buys & how to bid on Delta
Public notice page · account needed to bidLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Select account; no DUNS asked at signup
Submission deadline
13 Mar 2025, 09:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
10 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

10 Mar 2025 → 16 May 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Bids opened
    10 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    13 Mar 2025, 09:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    16 May 2025, 14:05 BST

Notice history

2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Mar 2025
  1. Deadline moved to 13 Mar 2025, 09:00 GMT
    4 Mar 2025, 12:05 GMT
    +3 days · was 10 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
  2. Status changed to complete
    16 May 2025, 14:05 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DeadlineTime limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate Date: 13/03/2025 Time: 09:00 · IV.2.210 Mar 202513 Mar 2025+3 d

Extension of tender deadline from Monday 10th March 2025 to 9am Thursday 13th March 2025 To view this notice, please click here: https://plusdane.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=930803485 GO Reference: GO-202534-PRO-29642365

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £130,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 5
Contracts signed 1latest 12 May 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Lot 1 · Customer Research (Perception Surveys)1 award
Acuity Research and Practice LimitedSME£130,000 †—Awarded

1 further award records carry no date or value.

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Customer Research (Perception Surveys)5bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Plus Dane Housing Limited

Contracting authorityPublic bodyBody governed by public lawHousing and community amenities Atlantic Pavilion, Salthouse Quay, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, North West, L3 4AEContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court England and WalesReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria