Published date: 4 September 2023

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


Closing: 27 July 2023, 11am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Event services - 79952000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£90,000

Procurement reference

GSS23441

Published date

4 September 2023

Closing date

27 July 2023

Closing time

11am

Contract start date

14 August 2023

Contract end date

13 August 2026

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?

Yes

Description

The final date and time for the submission of bids is Thursday 27th July 2023 at 11:00 GMT.

DO NOT apply directly to the buyer.

All tender information MUST be submitted through the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal.

Aim of tender exercise: for ESRC to take on a new secretariat for the Social Science and Policy APPG.

• ESRC sponsors the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Social Science and Policy. Its remit is to bring together parliamentarians (MPs and members of the House of Lords), other senior policymakers, economists and social scientists and by doing so demonstrate the relevance and value of economic and social science research. Objectives include:
o Ensuring connectivity between research and policy, and building durable relationships with parliamentarians in order to achieve this.
o Ensuring that the latest research evidence can feed into policy decisions on relevant topics.
o Demonstrating the value of social science research and of ESRC, as part of UKRI, to policymaking.

Please ensure you review all attached information to ensure a full understanding of this requirement. All attachments can be found with the Supplier Attachments tab within the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal.

This contract will be awarded based on the evaluation criteria as set out in the ITQ document.

How to Apply

UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) will be using the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal for this procurement.

To register on the Jaggaer eSourcing portal please use the link https://beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/ and follow the instructions to register as a supplier.

If you are already registered on the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal and wish to participate in this procurement, please use the link: https://beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/.

Once you are logged into the system you will be able to locate the Procurement you wish to leave a bid on by clicking the ITTs Open to All Suppliers and searching for the reference number GSS23441.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

GSS23441 - UKRI - Secretariat for All-Party Parliamentary Group for Social Science and Policy

  • Opportunity
  • Published 11 July 2023

Attachments

Additional text

DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO BUYER

All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Procurement Regulations that apply to this opportunity.

Responses must be received by the date and time in the tender documentation; responses received outside of the deadline or not sent via the Jaggaer eSourcing portal will not be accepted or considered by the Contracting Authority further for this opportunity, unless a system outage is experienced, to which the Contracting Authority will advise upon accordingly. Interested organisations should ensure that they allow a sufficiency of time, prior to the deadline to allow all sections to be completed in full and any attachments to be uploaded.

As a user of the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal you will have access to the Jaggaer messaging service which facilitates all messages sent to you and from you, as well as other messages and updates in relation to any specific tender event. Please note that any and all information secured outside of the messaging service, shall have no Legal Standing, merit or worth and should not be relied upon by any organisation submitting a tender response.

Please note it is your organisations responsibility to access these messages on a regular basis to ensure you have sight of all relevant information applicable to this opportunity.

The Contracting Authority expressly reserves the right:

i. not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; and

ii. to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the procurement; and under no circumstances as part of your organisations participation in this opportunity, will the Contracting Authority be liable for any costs incurred by any organisation as a result. If the Contracting Authority decides to enter into a contract with any successful organisation(s), this does not mean that there is any guarantee of subsequent contracts being awarded. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of your organisation in doing so.

About UK Shared Business Services

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

Where UK SBS is not named as the Contracting Authority within the documentation, UK SBS will be acting as an agent on behalf of the Contracting Authority.

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/contracts/Pages/default.aspx

Award information

Awarded date

28 September 2023

Contract start date

28 August 2023

Contract end date

27 August 2026

Total value of contract

£89,650

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Palace Yard Events Limited

Address

23 Berkeley Square
London
W1J 6HE

Reference

Companies House number: 14294995

Value of contract

£89,650

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

About the buyer

Contact name

FM Procurement

Address

Polaris House,North Star Avenue
SWINDON
SN21UH
England

Telephone

01793 867005

Email

FMprocurement@uksbs.co.uk

Website

www.uksbs.co.uk