Published date: 12 September 2022

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


Closing: 22 February 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Data services - 72300000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£15,615,539

Procurement reference

PU-21-0065

Published date

12 September 2022

Closing date

22 February 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 February 2023

Contract end date

31 January 2030

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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) produces a wide range of key economic/social statistics. The Consumer Prices Indices (CPI and CPIH) and the Retail Price Index (RPI) figures are one of the most important (and most public) statistics that the ONS produces. They are one of the key economic indicators used by HM Treasury, the Monetary Policy Committee, and across Government and the private sector for decision making. The contract involves the collection of nationally representative price data from retail outlets for the UK's monthly inflation indicators, the CPI and the RPI. The services to be provided include:

(i) item selection: the participation, with ONS staff, in the periodic review and selection of items for a basket of goods and services and of a subset of those items for which the service provider will collect prices;

(ii) sourcing of products and outlets: finding products that comply with the item specifications, and outlets in which to price those products;

(iii) location enumeration; the enumeration of, and supply of information on, locations where this is needed for outlet selection;

(iv) collection of prices: the collection of representative price data and descriptions of the products being priced for the subset of items for which the service provider will collect prices;

(v) data cleaning: the checking of the data for quality;

(vi) data delivery: the delivery of the data to ONS; and

(vii) associated services: including but not limited to market information on prices, retailers, goods and services; and the twice yearly collection of price data (in London) for the Purchasing Power Parities surveys.

Award information

Awarded date

1 August 2021

Contract start date

1 February 2023

Contract end date

31 January 2030

Total value of contract

£15,615,539

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

KANTAR UK LIMITED

Address

TNS House,
Westgate,
London,
W5 1UA

Reference

Companies House number: 03073845

Value of contract

£15,615,539

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Gareth Niblett

Address

Government Buildings,Cardiff Road
NEWPORT
NP108XG
Wales

Telephone

01633 456789

Email

Gareth.Niblett@ONS.gov.uk