Published date: 31 July 2018

Last edited date: 31 July 2018

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: 7 September 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Animal products, meat and meat products - 15100000

  • Meat - 15110000

  • Various meats - 15119000

    • Meat products - 15130000

Location of contract

NP10 8XG

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

PU-19-0156

Published date

31 July 2018

Closing date

7 September 2018

Contract start date

1 January 2019

Contract end date

31 December 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Office for National Statistics is looking for regular collection on meat prices.

The data requirements can be broken down into rules as follows:

o Point of price/sale: We need prices of meat at the production level (i.e. out of the factory - post 'processing') and not retail prices which reflect retailers' profit margins.
o Accuracy: The prices of meat must be comparable over time. This means the product specification must not change frequently and must be representative of what producers purchase.
o Timeliness: Ideally weekly/fortnightly price data.
o Coverage: A variety of cuts and meats whose data is collected regularly, allowing comparability.
o Geography: National prices collected in a methodologically uniform way would be appropriate.

More information

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Additional text

If you would like to be part of these discussions, please register on the ONS e-tendering portal https://in-tendhost.co.uk/ons and use the 'express an interest' function against the project title 'Provision of Meat Price Data'.
When you have expressed an interest, please attach the following information to allow ONS to understand what your company can offer. Please include as a minimum:
o Contact details
o Brief description of primary activity of organisation
o The type of data you can provide and whether you are able to supply data in more than one of the areas specified above
In the event that the market engagement exercise is successful. Following this engagement exercise, ONS foresees a tender will be conducted through ONS's 'DPS Data SaSiE'. If you would like to sign up for this in readiness to receive the tender pack, please search for the DPS title on the e-tendering portal and 'opt in'. This will take you through to the associated documentation for your organisation to apply.


Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Kash Dholliwar

Address

Cardiff Road
Newport
Gwent
NP10 8XG
United Kingdom

Telephone

01329 447042

Email

kash.dholliwar@ons.gov.uk