Published date: 27 September 2018

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: 25 October 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Data services - 72300000

  • Research services - 73110000

  • Market and economic research; polling and statistics - 79300000

    • Social research services - 79315000

    • Library services - 92511000

Location of contract

SE1 0LL

Value of contract

£468,000 to £600,000

Procurement reference

20180927060046-33133

Published date

27 September 2018

Closing date

25 October 2018

Contract start date

2 February 2019

Contract end date

1 February 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The London Fire Commissioner requires an information service covering the following areas of activity:
1. Provision of an enquiry service (covering a range of activities from profiling to literature searching).
2. Production of alerting bulletins, highlighting new policy announcements, reports, official statistics, publications and research articles across a range of policy subject areas.
3. Supply of a daily information bulletin covering all policy areas relevant to the GLA.
4. Access to full text books, journals and newspapers.
5. Access to social / urban affairs database to enable GLA users, other public sector staff and paying subscribers to carry out their own searches for research articles.
6. Training to strengthen information literacy.
7. Promotion and marketing.
8. Contract management.
9. Hosting and server support.

The Commissioner will be entering into a Shared Services agreement with the Greater London Authority (GLA) to provide information services to their staff. The Contractor shall provide services to both the Commissioner and the GLA. The Commissioner shall be acting as contract manager on behalf of both parties.

More information

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About the buyer

Contact name

Catherine Bray

Address

169 Union Street
London
SE1 0LL
ENG

Telephone

+44 2085551200

Email

catherine.bray@london-fire.gov.uk

Website

www.london-fire.gov.uk