Published date: 9 May 2022

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


Closing: 29 November 2021, 11am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

  • Market and economic research; polling and statistics - 79300000

Location of contract

SW1H 0ET

Value of contract

£30,000

Procurement reference

PS21234

Published date

9 May 2022

Closing date

29 November 2021

Closing time

11am

Contract start date

15 December 2021

Contract end date

31 March 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 11:00am on Monday, 29th November 2021.

DO NOT apply directly to the buyer.

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

Brief Description of Requirement

There is a general shortage of rich data on equality outcomes for businesses in the UK.
In particular, for this project, we are interested in aggregate indicators of business success for organisations with historically disadvantaged groups in the senior leadership team, including looking at intersectional outcomes.
For example, what is the size and growth performance of majority women-led businesses? What sectors do Chinese-led businesses tend to operate in? What about the performance of businesses run by Black African women?
We are interested in looking at major ethnic groups separately, rather than treating them as a "BME" or "BAME" business. This is as other information suggests that the business outcomes and barriers vary widely by ethnic minority group, for example for cultural, geographical, class or historic reasons.
We are mainly interested in the for-profit sector in this project.

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 as 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://www.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://www.delta-esourcing.com/ and the follow the instructions to 'Log in'

Once you are logged into the system you will be able to link yourself into this procurement using the Access Code: 3VBKU54RPU

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

PS21234 - Assigning Gender and Ethnicity to Understand Business Outcomes

  • Opportunity
  • Published 11 November 2021

Attachments

Links

Additional text

DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO BUYER

All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Procurement Regulations that apply to this opportunity.

Responses must be received by the date and time in the tender documentation; responses received outside of the deadline or not sent via the Delta eSourcing portal will not be accepted or considered by the Contracting Authority further for this opportunity. Interested organisations should ensure that they allow a sufficiency of time, prior to the deadline to allow all sections to be completed in full and any attachments to be uploaded.

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, as well as other messages and updates in relation to any specific tender event. Please note that any and all information secured outside of the messaging service, shall have no merit or worth and should not be relied upon by any organisation submitting a tender response.

Please note it is your organisations 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 under no circumstances as part of your organisations participation in this opportunity, will the Contracting Authority be liable for any costs incurred by any organisation as a result. If the Contracting Authority decides to enter into a contract with any successful organisation(s), 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 your organisation in doing so.

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 January 2022

Contract start date

5 January 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2022

Total value of contract

£22,950

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

BEAUHURST LIMITED

Address

45A Station Road,Willington
BEDFORD
Bedfordshire
MK44 3QL
GB

Reference

Companies House number: 08818278

Value of contract

£22,950

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

North Star House,North Star Avenue
SWINDON
SN21FL
England

Telephone

01793425076

Email

ProfessionalServices@uksbs.co.uk