Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Design Research Participants
Authority: The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe BBC tendered a number of framework agreements for providers of participant recruitment services.
Successful providers will assist BBC researchers in identifying and recruiting suitable participants for our design research studies which assist our teams make more informed product decisions.
CPV: Social research services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 11 suppliers · 10 bids on the busiest of 3 lots (0.9 per place) · 7 appointed
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · no lot values published · win at most 3 of them · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Provision of participants for Qualitative Research projectsAwarded
Provision of participants for Qualitative Research projects
Lot #2Provision of participants for Quantitative Research projectsAwarded
Provision of participants for Quantitative Research projects
Lot #3Disabled Participant RecruitmentAwarded
Disabled Participant Recruitment
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 award criteria (2)
- Quality: 65%
- Price: 35
- Suitability
Where there is more than one economic operator, the BBC reserves the right to require a grouping of economic operators to take a particular legal form or to require a single economic operator to take primary liability or to require that each party undertakes joint and several liability.
Please register your interest in this project by taking the following steps: 1 - Register your company on the Jaggaer eSourcing portal (this is only required once): 1.1 Go to bbc.bravosolution.co.uk ↗ 1.2 - Click the link on the login page to register. 1.3 Accept the terms and conditions and click 'Continue'. 1.4 - Enter your correct business and user details. 1.5 - Note the username you chose and click 'Save' when complete. 1.6 - You will shortly receive an email with your temporary password. 2 - Express an interest in the tender: 2.1 - Login to the portal with the username/password. 2.2 - Click the 'PQQs/ITTs Open to all Suppliers' link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier). 2.3 - Click on the relevant PQQ/ITT to access the content. 2.4 - Click the 'Express Interest' button at the top of the page. This will move the PQQ/ITT into your 'My PQQs/My ITTs page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only. 2.5 - You can now access any attachments by clicking 'Buyer Attachments' in the 'PQQ/ITT Details' box. 3. Responding to the tender: 3.1 - Click 'My Response' under PQQ/ITT Details', you can choose to 'Create Respon…
- Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Provision of Design Research Participants” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 11 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 · 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
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 13 Dec 2023, 09:44 GMT
- Last source update
- 22 Mar 2024, 16:50 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 17 Jan 2024 – …
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-009491- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042520Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
As stated in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The applicable review time limits shall be as stated in Regulations 92 and 93 Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Publisher note: In the case of technology requirements, the BBC may involve its technology partner (Atos IT Solutions and Services Limited) to assist in the scoping and drafting of invitations to tender and/or the evaluation of tenders. However, the final decision as to which is the most economically advantageous (by reference to the award criteria) will be made by the BBC. The awarding authority reserves the right not to award a contract and to annul the procurement process at any stage. Tenders and all supporting documents must be priced in sterling and all payments will be made in sterling. The contract shall be subject to English law. The awarding authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest, or any tender and reserves the right to accept part of a tender unless the tenderer expressly stipulates otherwise in the tender document.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 17 Jan 2024, 14:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 17 Jan 2024, 14:00 GMT
Timeline
17 Jan 2024 → 22 Mar 2024 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown17 Jan 2024, 14:00 GMT
- Bids opened17 Jan 2024, 14:00 GMT
- Notice published22 Mar 2024, 16:50 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete22 Mar 2024, 16:50 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast3 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 009491-2024-1
- Signed
- 21 Mar 2024
- Value
- £900,000
- Status
- active
Contract 009491-2024-2
- Signed
- 21 Mar 2024
- Value
- £200,000
- Status
- active
Contract 009491-2024-3
- Signed
- 21 Mar 2024
- Value
- £400,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Provision of participants for Qualitative Research projects | 10bids | — | — | — |
| 2 · Provision of participants for Quantitative Research projects | 6bids | — | — | — |
| 3 · Disabled Participant Recruitment | 7bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Business and Property Courts of England and Wales - TCCReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
7 commercial parties on the notice- Acumen Field LimitedFramework contractor
- Angelfish Market Research LtdFramework contractor
- Askable LimitedFramework contractor
- Criteria Fieldwork LtdFramework contractor
- Discovery Research LtdFramework contractor
- MyPocketSkill LtdFramework contractor
- People for Research LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria