Published date: 15 October 2020

Last edited date: 23 December 2020

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 1 September 2020, 11am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

  • Market and economic research; polling and statistics - 79300000

Location of contract

EC4Y 8JX

Value of contract

£0 to £100,000

Procurement reference

CR20070

Published date

15 October 2020

Closing date

1 September 2020

Closing time

11am

Contract start date

1 October 2020

Contract end date

30 September 2021

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 Tuesday, 1st September 2020 at 11:00.

DO NOT apply directly to the buyer.

All tender information MUST be submitted through the Delta eSourcing Portal.

Brief Description of Requirement

The Office of Manpower Economics (OME) provides support for the eight independent Pay Review Bodies, which make evidence-based recommendations to the Government on levels of pay for their remit groups covering 2.5 million workers - around 45 per cent of public sector staff - and a pay bill of £100 billion. In making recommendations, Review Bodies consider the need to recruit, retain and motivate suitably able and qualified people as well as affordability.

Please ensure you review all attached information to ensure a full understanding of this requirement. 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 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.delta-esourcing.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: BF42WYM8S9

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

Previous notice about this procurement

CR20070 - OME Open Call for Research on Public Sector Pay and Workforces 2020

  • Opportunity
  • Published 9 July 2020

Attachments

Links

Additional text

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 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

Award information

Awarded date

6 October 2020

Contract start date

12 October 2020

Contract end date

12 October 2021

Total value of contract

£101,033.50

This contract was awarded to 3 suppliers.

Incomes Data Research

Address

71-75 Shelton Street
London
United Kingdom
WC2H 9 JQ

Reference

No reference - other

Value of contract

£17,450

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

INSTITUTE FOR GOVERNMENT

Address

2 Carlton Gardens
SW1Y 5AA
GB

Reference

Companies House number: 06480524

Value of contract

£38,554

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

National Foundation for Educational Research

Address

The Mere, Upton Park, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 2DQ

Reference

No reference - other

Value of contract

£45,029.50

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

About the buyer

Address

Polaris House
SWINDON
SN21FF
England

Telephone

01793 867005

Email

Research@uksbs.co.uk

Website

www.uksbs.co.uk