Published date: 27 July 2018

This notice was replaced on 8 November 2019

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 8 November 2019)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£25,000

Procurement reference

CR18097

Published date

27 July 2018

Closing date

24 August 2018

Contract start date

10 September 2018

Contract end date

14 January 2019

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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The final date and time for the submission of bids is Friday 24th August 2018 at 14:00
DO NOT apply directly to the buyer.
All tender information MUST be submitted through the CCS eSourcing Portal
Due to a critical evidence gap outlined in previous Research (links available in the Invitation to Quote Document, the Director's first Strategy outlined the need for further research to be undertaken in the field of measuring non-compliance and the number of workers affected. We are therefore looking to commission work to fill this gap with a valuable addition to the evidence base that might aid the enforcement of employment laws going forward. To do so, we are pursuing a two-stage approach:
• Stage 1. An initial scoping study to advise on the type of research that could be undertaken to achieve the objectives and research questions set out below [This tender].
• Stage 2. Once a suitable research design has been identified, conducting the full research project itself [A follow-up tender to be issued in early 2019].
The results of the full research project would then be used to inform the Director's future annual strategies and annual reports.
The main outputs from the project will be:
• After 8 weeks of the contract commencing (estimated date: week commencing 15/11/2018): a preliminary report including the review of the existing evidence and provisional findings from the review of methods.
• After 8 weeks of the contract commencing (estimated date: week commencing 15/11/2018): a non-technical executive summary (length: no more than 5 pages) of the preliminary report outlined above.
• After 18 weeks of the contract commencing (estimated date: week commencing 07/01/2019): a draft of the final report that discusses the results of the literature reviews in detail, and concludes with a recommended research design - including full details of the practicalities, methodological issues, and statistical and research methods involved - that could be directly applied to the UK labour market. The final report should be no more than 50 pages, excluding references.
Please ensure you review all attached information to ensure a full understanding of this requirement. All attachments can be found with the RFx attachments tab within the Emptoris System.

How to Apply
As part of the strategic alliance between UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) and Crown Commercial Service (CCS), UK SBS will be using the CCS eSourcing Suite for this procurement.

To register on the CCS eSourcing portal please follow the details contained within the Additional Information section of this notice.

If you are already registered on the CCS eSourcing portal and wish to register your interest in this opportunity please email; expressionofinterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk

Your email must clearly state:
•the name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for;
•the name of the registered Bidder;
•the name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email

More information

Attachments

Additional text

DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO BUYER

All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, for procurement values that exceed Regulation 5 (Threshold amounts)

Responses must be received by the date in the bid documents.

Responses received outside or concurrently using the eSourcing process will not be accepted or considered further for this opportunity.

How to Register on the CCS eSourcing Suite

Full details of this opportunity can be found on the e-sourcing portal please follow instructions below. If you have not yet registered on the eSourcing Suite, this can be done online at https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk by following the link 'Register for CCS eSourcing'.

Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so.

Once you have registered on the eSourcing Suite, a registered user can express an interest for a specific procurement. This is done by emailing expressionofinterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk.

Your email must clearly state:
• name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for;
• name of the registered Bidder;
• name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email.

Crown Commercial Service will process the email and then enable the Bidder to access the procurement online via the e-Sourcing Suite. The registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done. The Sourcing documents can then be accessed on the eSourcing Suite at: https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk using the instructions detailed in the Specification documents within Contracts Finder.
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For technical assistance on use of the e-Sourcing Suite please contact Crown Commercial Service Helpdesk: Telephone: 0345 010 3503

Training documents to support Bidders to utilise Emptoris CCS eSourcing are available in the Contracts Finder Tender documents section.

About UK Shared Business Services

UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) brings a commercial attitude to the public sector; helping our customers improve efficiency, generate savings and modernise.

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/cont

About the buyer

Contact name

Amelia Stroud

Address

Polaris House
SWINDON
SN2 1FF
England

Telephone

01793 867005

Email

Research@uksbs.co.uk