Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Arts Council Of Wales
Bute Place
Cardiff
CF10 5AL
UK
Telephone: +44 2920441326
E-mail: chris.batsford@arts.wales
Fax: +44 2920441400
NUTS: UKL
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.artswales.org.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0543
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
www.Sell2Wales.gov.wales
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
www.Sell2Wales.gov.wales
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at:
www.Sell2Wales.gov.wales
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Recreation, culture and religion
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Audience Insight Services
II.1.2) Main CPV code
73110000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Arts Council of Wales is seeking to appoint an organisation(s) with the relevant vision, experience and skills to provide national box office data analysis and audience insight services to performing arts venues in Wales. The Audience Insight service, while providing monitoring information for the Arts Council, will support individual arts organisations to develop their audience intelligence and encourage a coherent nationwide approach to collecting, sharing and benchmarking audience data
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
250 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
73110000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
Main site or place of performance:
Wales
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Arts Council of Wales is seeking to appoint an organisation(s) with the relevant vision, experience and skills to provide national box office data analysis and audience insight services to performing arts venues in Wales. The Audience Insight service, while providing monitoring information for the Arts Council, will support individual arts organisations to develop their audience intelligence and encourage a coherent nationwide approach to collecting, sharing and benchmarking audience data.
Please see Tender notice for further information
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
250 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 24
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.12) Information about electronic catalogues
Tenders must be presented in the form of electronic catalogues or include an electronic catalogue
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
please refer to tender documents for further information
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
Please refer to tender documents for further information
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
please refer to tender documents for further information
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
03/12/2018
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
CY
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
03/12/2018
Local time: 13:30
Place:
Sell2Wales electronic post box
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:
2 nominated Arts Council of Wales Officers
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
please see tender document for further information
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=86225.
The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.
Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.
(WA Ref:86225)
The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Arts Council Of Wales
Bute Place
Cardiff
CF10 5AL
UK
Telephone: +44 2920441326
Fax: +44 2920441400
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.artswales.org.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
10/10/2018