Published date: 21 May 2019

Last edited date: 21 May 2019

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 3 June 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages - 30000000

  • Computer equipment and supplies - 30200000

  • Software package and information systems - 48000000

    • IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000

    • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

    • Administration, defence and social security services - 75000000

    • Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 79000000

    • Market and economic research; polling and statistics - 79300000

    • Education and training services - 80000000

    • Membership organisation services - 98100000

    • Equal opportunities consultancy services - 98200000

    • Miscellaneous services - 98300000

Location of contract

NP10 8XG

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

BDST-20-0040

Published date

21 May 2019

Closing date

3 June 2019

Contract start date

1 October 2019

Contract end date

2 October 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

EARLY MARKET ENGAGEMENT NOTICE -

The 2019 Government Statistical Service (GSS) Conference will be taking place at the Sheraton Hotel in Edinburgh on the 1 and 2 October.

The theme of this year's conference is \"Our statistics, today's issues\", where the main focus is around Government data informing public debate and shaping policy through evidence-based decision making.

The conference will be an opportunity to engage with the UK's government community of statistical experts and data scientists which work across a variety of organisations. Sponsors will have the opportunity to share their products and present examples of excellence in their field, as well as gaining meaningful insight and feedback from potential users or customers. The first GSS Awards will also be held at this year's conference recognising the excellent work being done across the GSS.

This Early Market Engagement notice is the opportunity to express an interest to Sponsor the GSS event. GSS are looking for Sponsors that have a links to the conference theme of 'Our statistics, today's issues', statistics or data science.

There are a number of packages available including

• Event Official Partner
• Event Partner Sponsors of Gold, Silver and Bronze packages
• Exhibitor
Further information on the packages can be found in the attachment document within In-Tend.

For further information on the event please logon to the GSS website : https://gss.civilservice.gov.uk/events/government-statistical-service-gss-conference-2019/#day-2

To register an interest to sponsor this event, please register/log in to the ONS In-Tend portal through the link below.

On the In-Tend portal you must \"opt-in\" to the conference advert AND indicate via correspondence which package/s you're interested in.

If there are any queries, please use the correspondence functionality within In-Tend.

Interested parties must Opt-in by 12:00pm 3rd June 2019. Only those parties that opt-in via In-Tend at this stage will be considered.

More information

Links

Additional text

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

John Marchrones

Address

Government Buildings
Cardiff Road
Newport
NP10 8XG
United Kingdom

Telephone

01633 456167

Email

john.marchrones@ons.gov.uk