Published date: 1 June 2020

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Awarded contract (published 7 July 2020)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Survey services - 79311000

  • Customer survey services - 79342310

  • Evaluation consultancy services - 79419000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£0 to £39,000

Procurement reference

034

Published date

1 June 2020

Closing date

19 June 2020

Contract start date

1 July 2020

Contract end date

28 February 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Single tender action (below threshold)

A direct contract with a single supplier, without competition.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Business West plans to run a randomised controlled trial. The trial, led by Business West, includes the other members of the Cavendish Consortium (trading as Cavendish Enterprise) i.e TEDCO Business Support Ltd, Enterprise First (Southern) Ltd, NBV Enterprise Solutions Ltd; together with Lancaster University Management School (LUMS). We will be collaborating with Warwick Business School for the evaluation and for reporting. The trial will run from June 2020 to February 2022.
Business West is seeking to appoint a provider that can deliver two waves of survey interviews each comprising up to four hundred and twenty completed interviews with Founders/MD/CEOs of family businesses. Activities will include set-up, input on questionnaire design, sample cleaning and processing, online questionnaire, telephone fieldwork, project management, and provision of a clean and coded dataset after each wave of fieldwork. The delivery partners will recruit two hundred and eighty businesses for the service. The successful bidder will recruit one hundred and forty businesses.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Paul Coopey

Address

LEIGH COURT BUSINESS CENTRE
BRISTOL
BS83RA
England

Telephone

01275 370883

Email

procurement@businesswest.co.uk