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Published 11 Feb 2025, 10:31 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Research Contractor to Conduct the Northern Ireland Life and Times (NILT) Survey

Official notice

Authority: Queens University Belfast (Education)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN06)
Awarded value£152,000published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 19 Mar 2025awarded 22 May 2025
Awarded to IPSOS (MARKET RESEARCH) LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The aim of the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey is to provide a time-series and a public record of how the attitudes and behaviour of adults in Northern Ireland develop on a wide range of social policy issues. The survey is designed to provide: 1. A local resource for use by the general public; 2. Trusted and independent evidence to inform policy making;3. A data source to inform an academic debate. The survey currently has a large number of users both within the academic sector and more widely. This includes academic experts within the fields of Sociology, Social Policy, Politics and Psychology; policy-makers in district councils, government departments and other agencies; grass-roots community groups; lobbyists; students and schoolchildren; journalists and others needing background data for their work. The survey website can be found at www.ark.ac.uk/nilt.The ↗ purpose of this procurement is to appoint a Research Contractor to conduct the survey on behalf of Queen’s

CPV: Survey conduction services · Survey services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal
Delivery: Northern Ireland
Extensions: One round of the survey for 2025, with the option to extend for a further one round in 2026. · One round of the survey for 2025, with the option to extend for a further one round in 2026.Variant bids: allowed
79311000 Survey services79311200 Survey conduction services

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
Quality: 45%Price: 55%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical: 45%
  • price: 55%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical: 45%
  • Price: 55%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 55 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5.5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
11 Feb 2025, 10:31 GMT
Last source update
22 May 2025, 14:22 BST
Award evaluation window
19 Mar 2025 – …
Authority reference
QUB/2731/25
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-024953
Classification (CPV)
Survey conduction servicesSurvey services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN06)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04dd8f Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

N/A

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
19 Mar 2025, 16:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Bids opened
19 Mar 2025, 16:10 GMT

Timeline

19 Mar 2025 → 22 May 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    19 Mar 2025, 16:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    19 Mar 2025, 16:10 GMT
  3. Notice published
    22 May 2025, 14:22 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 May 2025
  1. Status changed to complete
    22 May 2025, 14:22 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    22 May 2025, 14:22 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £152,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 22 May 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
IPSOS (MARKET RESEARCH) LTD£152,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Research Contractor to Conduct the Northern Ireland Life and Times (NILT) Survey · IPSOS (MARKET RESEARCH) LTD

    Signed
    22 May 2025
    Value
    £152,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Queens University Belfast

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation University Road, BT7 1NN, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT7 1NNContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.