Official UK procurement notice
Research Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Wales & West Utilities Limited
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionWales & West Utilities is seeking to commission market research to inform its current and future decision-making over the next 3-5 years. During the period, research may also be commissioned to inform its Business Plan for the regulatory period from 2026.
Currently, this market research is not specifically defined, but Wales & West Utilities would like to put in place a framework of suppliers able to deliver the requirements as they arise.
Potential service providers should have experience of working with the utility sector and a good understanding of how the energy industry and specifically the gas sector is structured. Wales & West Utilities wants to commission research that engages with audiences in the UK and most commonly with audiences in our geographical operating area of Wales and south west England. Research will most frequently involve domestic consumers and subsets of this group. On occasion, research may be commissioned with representatives of SME's or specific groups of SME's or business sectors such as the public, private or voluntary sectors.
The requirement will be divided into lots and tenders may be submitted for all lots:
Lot 1 - General secondary research insight services - Typically desk research and unlikely to include direct interviews
Lot 2 - Stakeholder including customer qualitative research services
Lots 3 - Stakeholder including customer quantitative research services including use of advanced statistical methods and analysis.
Wales & West Utilities is looking to award a 3 year contract with the option to extend for up to 2 years.
- Recurrence: 3-5 years
CPV: Research consultancy services
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · no lot values publishedLot #1General secondary research insight servicesRenewal
Lot #2Stakeholder including customer qualitative research servicesRenewal
Lot #3Stakeholder including customer quantitative research services including use of advanced statistical methods and analysis.Renewal
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The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Suitability
Please note this sourcing event will be run via our e-sourcing procurement portal - Bravo Solution.
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Suppliers are required to be registered on WWU's Bravo portal to allow participation in this sourcing event.
Please note that there is a PQQ/ITT running in tandem with the OJEU notice, this will close on Monday 4th October 2021.
- Legal form for consortia
- If required details will be provided in the tender documentation.
- Shortlisting
- If required details will be provided in the tender documentation.
- “Research Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · 3-5 years
- First published
- 1 Sept 2021, 15:41 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Sept 2021, 15:41 BST
- Authority reference
WWU1188- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-021660- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02dc0bFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
If required details will be provided in the tender documentation.
Publisher note: Participants wanting to participate in this sourcing activity must request access to the tender documents by e-mailing [email protected] before the deadline of 30th September 2021 Please include the following information in your email: 1) Full company name; 2) Main contact details (name, job title, email address, and telephone numbers). 3) Please confirm that you have experience within the Utilities industry Please note the the tender will be run via our procurement portal Bravo which requires suppliers to be registered to participate, failure to register will result in the supplier not being able to participate in the sourcing event. Please note that there is a PQQ/ITT running in tandem with the OJEU notice, this will close on Monday 4th October 2021.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 30 Sept 2021, 09:00 BST
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Deposits and guarantees
- If required details will be provided in the tender documentation.
Timeline
1 Sept 2021 → 30 Sept 2021 · 2 dates- Notice published1 Sept 2021, 15:41 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown30 Sept 2021, 09:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Wales and West UtilitiesReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria