Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
RC000797
Room 004 John Owens Building, Oxford Road
MANCHESTER
M13 9PL
UK
Contact person: Jan Disley
Telephone: +44 1612753912
E-mail: jan.disley@manchester.ac.uk
NUTS: UKD33
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.procurement.manchester.ac.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/manchesteruniversity/aspx/
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/manchesteruniversity/aspx/
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
British Election Study 2023-2026: in-person post-election survey
Reference number: 2023/2049/BES-F/EF
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79300000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Tenders are invited to conduct the fieldwork for a face-to-face cross-sectional post-election survey for the next general election.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
980 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD3
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The fieldwork for a face-to-face cross-sectional post-election survey for the next general election. The Tenderer will be responsible for the conduct of interviews and for the timely delivery of 'clean' SPSS or Stata-formatted datasets based on those interviews.
Please note: There may be additional funding during the life of this contract. Should additional funding become available there will be an opportunity to use within the bounds of this contract.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
30/09/2023
End:
29/09/2026
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
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
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
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:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
17/07/2023
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
17/07/2023
Local time: 13:00
Place:
The University of Manchester
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:
University of Manchester staff only.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The High Court of Justice of England
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. Applicants who are unsuccessful shall be informed by the authority as soon as possible after the decision has been made as to the reasons why the applicant was unsuccessful.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
16/06/2023