II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
Main site or place of performance:
1 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0ET
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) on behalf of The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), wishes to establish a Framework for the provision of Office for Product Safety & Standards (OPSS) Strategic Research Programme.
UK SBS is managing this procurement process in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) (the "Regulations").
The duration of this Framework will be 48 Months (From award until Friday 3rd October 2025).
It is intended that there will be 3 suppliers awarded to this Framework. These awarded suppliers will be ranked 1st, 2nd and 3rd based of the scores awarded from this completion of this procurement.
Background:
This contract is being commissioned as part of the Office for Product Safety & Standards (OPSS) Strategic Research Programme. OPSS was established by BEIS in January 2018 in order to enhance protections for consumers and drive forward increased productivity, growth and business confidence. The OPSS strategic research programme provides high quality, strategic, science-based research to strengthen the evidence base for OPSS policy development, delivery and enforcement.
In recent months it has been necessary to seek consumer insight on a number of issues such as the recall of large white goods and purchase and use of certain consumer products in relation to Covid-19. It is expected that further issues will arise where consumer insight can help shape the OPSS response. In addition to this OPSS has recently taken on regulation of construction products, presenting a new research area where consumer insight could add value.
Please ensure you review all attached information to ensure a full understanding of this requirement. All attachments can be found with the Document Uploads tab within the Delta eSourcing Portal.
This contract will be awarded based on the evaluation criteria set out in the RFP document.
The final date and time for bidders to request the RFP documents is Thursday 2nd September 2021 at 10:00.
The final date and time for the submission of bids is Thursday 2nd September 2021 at 11:00.
The procurement documents are available at: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3e157736-3f0a-4979-aeec-0871532371c8
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: PROJ1.1 - Approach
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: PROJ1.2 - Scenario 1
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: PROJ1.3 - Scenario 2
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: PROJ1.4 - Scenario 3
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: PROJ1.5 - Staff to Deliver
/ Weighting: 15
Quality criterion: PROJ1.6 - Understanding the Project Environment
/ Weighting: 15
Price
/ Weighting:
20.00
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
245 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
04/10/2021
End:
03/10/2025
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.2.13) 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
DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO BUYER
All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, for procurement values that exceed Regulation 5 (Threshold amounts).
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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.
Closing date and time for Bidder to request RFP documents: 2nd September 2021 @ 10:00
Closing date and time for Bidder to submit their response ('the deadline'): 2nd September 2021 @ 11:00hrs