Published date: 22 October 2020

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: 12 November 2020, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research services - 73110000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£50,000 to £100,000

Procurement reference

BIP536031590

Published date

22 October 2020

Closing date

12 November 2020

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 December 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

DCMS is seeking to appoint a supplier to conduct research into the UK Managed Service Providers sector. The Supplier will be expected to conduct predominantly qualitative research to meet the research objectives. The research will include desktop research and in-depth interviews with industry experts to explore service-associated risks research, service taxonomy or considerations around costs of increased service security.

More information

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Additional text

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. With regards to Section 9 - Estimated Value of Requirement - the current budget for the contract is in the range £50k to £65k (excl VAT).

About the buyer

Contact name

DCMS Commercial

Address

100 Parliament Street,
London
SW1A 2BQ
UK

Telephone

02072112088

Email

commercial@dcms.gov.uk