Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Office for National Statistics
Government Buildings, Cardiff Road
Newport
NP10 8XG
UK
Contact person: Census Commercial Team
Telephone: +44 1329444000
E-mail: census2021.transformation.programme@ons.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.ons.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://intendhost.co.uk/ons/aspx/Home
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Questionnaire Management Services (the Services)
Reference number: PU-17-0382
II.1.2) Main CPV code
22000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Contracting Authority is procuring an integrated service for the production and dispatch of up to 16 000 000 paper questionnaire packs to both households and communal establishments in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, for both the 2019 Rehearsal and 2021 Census. The services will provide the data capture and coding on all returned paper questionnaires, as well as the coding required of residual data from the Contracting Authority’s online capture system. The services comprise:
— print service,
— data capture and coding service.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
65 100 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
22000000
22000000
22000000
22000000
22000000
22000000
22000000
22000000
22000000
22000000
22000000
22000000
22000000
22000000
22000000
22000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Background: The Contracting Authority is the UK's largest independent producer of official statistics, and is responsible for collecting and publishing statistics related to the economy, population and society at national, regional and local levels. The Contracting Authority also conducts the census in England and Wales every 10 years. The Census There has a been a census in England and Wales every 10 years since 1801, with the exception of 1941 due to the Second World War. The census is the most important single source of information about the size and population of the country's most valuable resource — its people. The next census will be taken in 2021 (the “2021 Census”). Broadly the same questions are asked in the census each time and the information is recorded in the same way throughout England and Wales. This means the census allows the comparison of different groups of people and small areas across the entire nation. It also gives the opportunity for linking various characteristics of the population. And the high level of consistency between one census and another allows for change over time to be measured. The planning, execution and evaluation of the 10 yearly population census is a vast and complex undertaking and often described as the largest peacetime operation carried out. The Census Transformation Programme When it's completed, the Census Transformation Programme will have:
— delivered a mainly online census (including support for those members of the public who can't respond online) of England and Wales,
— delivered an administrative data census (with a recommendation on the future of the census after the 2021 Census),
— maximised the benefit derived from the census spend for the public sector and the wider statistical system.
In delivering a census, the Contracting Authority aims for the complete coverage of the population of England and Wales. Taking part in a census is compulsory. The Questionnaire Management Services comprise:
1) Print Service: to support the collection of census data and census coverage survey data, the Services will print, personalise, enclose and dispatch up to 16 000 000 paper questionnaire packs. The services will also provide the postal solutions for the dispatch of paper questionnaire packs to households and communal establishments in England, Wales and Northern Ireland;
2) Data Capture and Coding Service: capture and code questionnaire data, provide secure destruction of all paper questionnaires and produce images of all captured paper questionnaires. The Services will also code residual data from the Contracting Authority’s online capture system.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical
/ Weighting: 70
Cost criterion: Commercial
/ Weighting: 30
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
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
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: PU-17-0382
Title: Questionnaire Management Services
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
22/10/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Leidos Innovations UK Ltd
SC112421
Skypark 1, 8 Elliot Place
Glasgow
G3 8EP
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 65 100 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Office for National Statistics
Government Buildings, Cardiff Road
Newport
NP10 8XG
UK
Telephone: +44 1329444000
E-mail: census2021.transformation.programme@ons.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: www.ons.gov.uk
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Chief Procurement Office, Office for National Statistics
Room D.201, Government Buildings, Cardiff Road
Newport
NP10 8XG
UK
Telephone: +44 1633456569
E-mail: census2021.transformation.programme@ons.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: www.ons.gov.uk
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Office for National Statistics
Government Buildings, Cardiff Road
Newport
NP10 8XG
UK
Telephone: +44 1329444000
E-mail: census2021.transformation.programme@ons.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: www.ons.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
30/11/2018