Published date: 1 March 2021

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: 19 March 2021, 10am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Market and economic research; polling and statistics - 79300000

  • Social research services - 79315000

Location of contract

West Midlands, London

Value of contract

£20,000 to £24,000

Procurement reference

MT222118

Published date

1 March 2021

Closing date

19 March 2021

Closing time

10am

Contract start date

1 April 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2024

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?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The appointed Supplier will be required to:
1. Monitor and report back on UK Parliament and Senedd Cymru matters that may have an impact on Ofwat or the water and wastewater sector.
2. Keep under review proposals for legislation and to identify and bring to our attention any developments in legislation which may affect the water and wastewater sector.
3. Supply any relevant information on a daily basis in accordance with the monitoring brief (detailed in section 1.6).
4. Provide access to an electronic archive database which is a repository of all information/documents sent to us.
5. Provide research hours each month, as part of the contract cost, in order to undertake any additional research or tasks which may be required.
6. Identify any additional new or innovations/services not captured above to be agreed in advance.
We will require:
7. The option to forward (electronically) the information provided by the monitoring service to members of staff within Ofwat. The number and specific staff receiving the information will greatly depend on subject matter and staff availability.
8. A licence to use, forward, reproduce and store the parliamentary monitoring information. Any bidder should state in their quotation what rights they are able to grant (if any) in terms of modifying and combining parliamentary information with other works.
9. A cost for licensing options for 1- 10 users.

More information

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About the buyer

Contact name

Lena Cluxton

Address

Centre City Tower
7 Hill Street
Birmingham
B5 4UA
England

Telephone

+44 1216447534

Email

lena.cluxton@ofwat.gov.uk

Website

http://www.ofwat.gov.uk/