CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

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Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Gwasanaeth Tracio Delwedd / Image Tracking Service

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Through this tender S4C is seeking to appoint a company to carry out approximately 1,000 face-to-face interviews with adults 18+, conducted during each wave at selected locations across Wales and across three core audience groups. The core objective of the research is to understand viewers’ attitude towards S4C and the other main channels, in terms of brand and content and to monitor these over time. All fieldworkers must be fluent Welsh speakers. The successful applicant will be required to report back on the findings by way of written report and verbal presentation in Welsh.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=68079.

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Notice Coding and Classification

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Total quantity or scope of tender

A maximum of £140,000 in total over 5 years.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

Tenders are invited from companies which are able to demonstrate experience of successfully providing such similar services.

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

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Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

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Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

Welsh

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Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

S4C shall not be bound to accept any tender and reserves the right: a) to withdraw from and/or abandon and/or defer this procurement at any time; and/or b) not to award any contract as a result of this procurement.

For further information concerning S4C’s requirements and this tender process please refer to the Invitation to Tender, a copy of which can be obtained via the S4C website (www.s4c.cymru) by clicking on “tenders” and following the link.

Candidates must obtain and complete the Invitation to Tender available at http://www.s4c.cymru/tendrau/e_index.shtml The ITT will be available on the S4C website in both English and Welsh within 48 hours of publication. Applications not submitted in accordance with the ITT will not be considered.

S4C reserves the right not to proceed with the award of this contract at any stage of the tendering process and not to accept any tenders submitted.

Freedom of Information

S4C is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information (“FOI”) Act 2000. Information supplied by any candidate to S4C may be disclosable by S4C under the provisions of the FOI Act. If any candidate considers that any information supplied by it to S4C pursuant to this Contract Notice is commercially sensitive or confidential in nature, this should be highlighted explicitly and the reasons for its sensitivity set out in full in the tender response. This will enable S4C to take account of such sensitivity or confidentiality in deciding whether to release the information in response to freedom of information requests. However, candidates accept that S4C may disclose such information in response to any request under the FOI Act if S4C determines that it is appropriate to do so.

Data Protection

Candidates authorise S4C to process all information provided as part of their application and confirm that they have obtained all necessary third party consents to enable S4C to do so.

Tenders may be submitted in Welsh or English. A tender submitted in Welsh will be treated no less favourably than a tender submitted in English.

(WA Ref:68079)

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice