Published date: 17 October 2022

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: 17 November 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Market research services - 79310000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£300,000

Procurement reference

tender_318381/1110680

Published date

17 October 2022

Closing date

17 November 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2023

Contract end date

1 April 2025

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

AHDB intend to procure a Contract to a successful Provider or Providers for the provision of Meat and Dairy Consumer Data on behalf of AHDB, HCC and QMS (the Contracting Authority) through the process set out in this ITT. The successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver retail purchase data and insight relating to consumer demand, and deliver the most efficient service for all parties as well as ensuring value for money for levy payers is provided.
Lot One - Meat Purchase Data
Lot Two - Dairy Retail Purchase Data and Insight
AHDB current contract is due to expire in April 2023. HCC and QMS current contracts are due to expire in November 2023. It is expected that the contract will start from April 2023 with HCC and QMS mobilising in November 2023.
AHDB, QMS and HCC need a selection of core and optional data requirements. The Core data requirement "Primary Red Meat" will be utilised by all parties (AHDB, QMS and HCC) the Optional data requirements will be utilised by individual parties depending on budget availability and organisational need.
The basic measures required will consist of the following as a minimum:
- Value
- Volume
- Price
- Buyers
- Volume per buyer
The optional data requirements will consist of:
- The addition of processed red meat
- The addition of all other red meat products (e.g. added value, ready meals etc)
- The addition of a view of poultry and fish "Meat, Fish & Poultry" view
- Advanced measures e.g. switching data and promotion data
- More granular detail for cuts/products (colour coded as optional in document titled 'Meat Data requirements' - desirable data splits are used on more of an ad-hoc basis).
- Data split by tiers
- Data split by region - England, Scotland and Wales
- Data split by demographic e.g., age, social class etc.
- Read of meat-free market e.g., meat alternatives, vegan, vegetarian, flexitarian e.g., meat and veg
- Read of total grocery and key categories for comparison e.g.ambient goods, fresh fruit & veg, chilled etc
- Build in existing segmentation

More information

Additional text

Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender and respond to the opportunity

1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once)
Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register Accept the terms and conditions and click 'continue'
Enter your correct business and user details - Note the username you chose and click 'Save' when complete
You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure)

2. Express an Interest in the tender
Login to the portal with the username/password
Click the ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) - Click on the relevant ITT to access the content.
Click the 'Express Interest' button at the top of the page.
This will move the ITT into your 'My ITTs' page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) You can now access any attachments by clicking 'Buyer Attachments' in the 'ITT Details' box

3. Responding to the tender
Click 'My Response' under 'ITT Details', you can choose to 'Create Response' or to 'Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining)
You can now use the 'Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification - Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the ITT
There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available) You must then submit your reply using the 'Submit Response' button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help.

About the buyer

Contact name

Sarah Waters

Address

AHDB, Stoneleigh Park
Kenilworth, Warwickshire
CV8 2TL
England

Email

procurement@ahdb.org.uk