Published date: 13 December 2016

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


Closing: 12 October 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research services - 73110000

Location of contract

NP10 8XG

Value of contract

£3,000,000 to £6,000,000

Procurement reference

PU-17/0016 - AWARD

Published date

13 December 2016

Closing date

12 October 2016

Contract start date

1 January 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Provision of an Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the United Kingdom's National Statistics Institute with responsibility for the delivery of a variety of vital statistical outputs, including the UK's headline economic statistics. To help it achieve this remit ONS will establish a dedicated research centre of excellence in relation to economic statistics for the analysis of emerging and future issues in measuring the modern economy through improved access to economic expertise.

It is envisaged that the Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE) will offer the capacity for fundamental methodological and conceptual work, for example on how best to address the challenge of measuring new forms of economic activity in a globalised world, meeting the needs for local, city and regional statistics, and understanding the productivity puzzle, as well as forming a platform for constructive discussion and dialogue around official statistics. The objective of the ESCoE is to feed into the development and improvement of ONS economic statistics and data processing methodologies.

ONS will interact with the ESCoE to enable it to deliver successfully against our objectives. The ESCoE will be a very significant investment for ONS and we need to ensure value for money and cost-effectiveness in terms of ESCoE becoming a key and integral enabler of future transformation of economic statistics in the UK.

Award information

Awarded date

--

Contract start date

1 January 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2022

Total value of contract

£0

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

National Institute of Economic and Social Research

Address

2 Dean Trench Street, Smith Square, London, United Kingdom, SW1P 3HE

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Leilah McDowall

Address

Cardiff Road
Newport
Gwent
NP10 8XG
United Kingdom

Telephone

01633 456564

Email

leilah.williams@ons.gov.uk