Published date: 2 December 2019

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: 2 January 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£180,000

Procurement reference

tender_223159/816174

Published date

2 December 2019

Closing date

2 January 2020

Contract start date

27 January 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2021

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

The Department for International Trade ("DIT") has a requirement for the provision of Security Export Statistics for Calendar Years 2019 to 2021. The Secretary of State for DIT is the contracting authority.

The full specification is provided with the contract documents in Schedule 07 of the Invitation to Tender or Annex A Contract Conditions and but in summary the requirement is to produce three annual reports for calendar years 2019, 2020 & 2021 covering the value of the Global Security Export market.

The contract shall be from contract start date to 31st March 2021, with the contractual option to extend by further 24 months in annual increments. The requirement has an estimated total value of £180,000.00 (ex-VAT) and this value includes any available contract option(s). Bidders will be expected to demonstrate their tenders will continue to deliver value for money throughout the period of the contract.

DIT has conducted a Cyber Risk Assessment to identify the level of cyber risk to this requirement. It has been identified that Cyber Essentials or equivalent is required.

DIT is using e-tendering for this procurement which means this Invitation To Tender (ITT) and the forms for submitting a response are only available in electronic form which can be accessed via your web browser at: https://uktrade.app.jaggaer.com/. Please see reference number: Project_105. Bidders should read all the instructions and documents thoroughly and follow the defined processes to comply with our requirements.


About the buyer

Address

3 Whitehall Place
London
SW1A 2AW
England

Email

corporateservices@trade.gov.uk