Published date: 14 October 2021

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: 29 October 2021, 11am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

  • Market and economic research; polling and statistics - 79300000

Location of contract

SW1H 0TL

Value of contract

£40,000

Procurement reference

PS21080 Acas User and Non-user research subscription service

Published date

14 October 2021

Closing date

29 October 2021

Closing time

11am

Contract start date

9 November 2021

Contract end date

31 October 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The final date and time for the submission of bids is Friday, 29 October 2021 - 11.00
DO NOT apply directly to the buyer. All tender information MUST be submitted through the Delta eSourcing Portal.

Brief Description of Requirement
Acas wishes to procure an Omnibus survey for polling employees and employers for the purposes of:
a) Assessing the awareness of Acas
b) Assessing the awareness of Acas services
c) Assessing the prevalence of certain workplace relations issues affecting employees and/or employers
The survey would run quarterly with some core questions and some questions that would switch out/in depending on requirements, topical issues and/or policy requirements.

All attachments can be found with the Document Uploads tab within the
Delta eSourcing Portal. This contract will be awarded based on the evaluation criteria set
out in the ITQ / RFP document. How to Apply UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS)
will be using the Delta eSourcing Portal for this procurement. To register on the Delta
eSourcing portal please use the link https://uksbs.delta-esourcing.com and follow the
instructions to register. If you are already registered on the Delta eSourcing Portal and
wish to participate in this procurement, please use the link: https://uksbs.deltaesourcing.com and the follow the instructions to 'Login' Once you are logged into the
system you will be able to link yourself into this procurement using the Access Code:
6ZZRJ343N8 Please disregard any content in this notice that requests your organisation
"to apply directly to the buyer" as this unfortunately a system generated error, that is
outside of the Contracting Authorities control

More information

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DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO BUYER All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, for procurement values that exceed Regulation 5 (Threshold amounts) Responses must be received by the date in the tender documentation; responses received outside of the deadline or not sent via the Delta eSourcing portal will not be accepted or considered further for this opportunity. As a user of the Delta eSourcing Portal you will have access to the Delta messaging service
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which facilitates all messages sent to you and from you in relation to any specific tender event. Please note it is your responsibility to access these messages on a regular basis to ensure you have sight of all relevant information applicable to this opportunity. The contracting authority expressly reserves the right: i. not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; and ii. to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the procurement; and in no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for any costs incurred by any supplier. If the contracting authority decides to enter into a contract with the successful supplier, this does not mean that there is any guarantee of subsequent contracts being awarded. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of bidders. About UK Shared Business Services UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) brings a commercial attitude to the public sector; helping our contracting authorities to improve efficiency, generate savings and modernise. Where UK SBS is not named as the Contracting Authority within the documentation, UK SBS will be acting as an agent on behalf of the Contracting Authority. Our broad range of expert services is shared by our customers. This allows our customers the freedom to focus resources on core activities; innovating and transforming their own organisations. For full details of our partner base please review the following link: http://www.uksbs.co.uk/services/procure/contracts/Pages/default.aspx

About the buyer

Contact name

Rebecca Eldridge

Address

Polaris House
North Star Avenue
SWINDON
SN2 1FF
England

Telephone

01793 867000

Email

professionalservices@uksbs.co.uk

Website

www.uksbs.co.uk