Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Food Standards Scotland (FSS)
4th Floor, Pilgrim House, Old Ford Road
Aberdeen
AB11 5RL
UK
Telephone: +44 1412420133
E-mail: tommy.mcphelim@gov.scot
NUTS: UKM
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.foodstandards.gov.scot
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA24524
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Pilot of INTAKE24 in the Scottish Health Survey
Reference number: FSS/2017/030
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79311000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Aims of the project:
To assess the feasibility of integrating INTAKE24 into the Scottish Health Survey to collect nationally representative dietary intake data.
This should include:
a. an assessment of response rates for those completing the pilot and any impact on the main survey;
b. assessment of feedback from participants and interviewers on using INTAKE24 as a means to collect dietary information;
c. establishing the optimum method of integration of INTAKE24 into the health survey and the best way to elicit 2 recalls from participants;
d. provision of baseline of dietary intake data for the Scottish population and comparison with the SDGs;
e. comparison of the data collected from INTAKE 24 with data collected from the existing eating habits module and fruit and vegetable intakes estimated within SHeS;
f. comparison of the dietary intake with health parameters (such as BMI) collected as part of the SHeS main survey.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
252 709.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
In Scotland, the Scottish Health Survey (SHeS) provides a detailed picture of the health of the Scottish population living in private households and makes a major contribution to the monitoring of health in Scotland.
The diet module currently used in the SHeS collects information on frequency of consumption of a limited range of foods including meat and fish, milk, and food and drinks high in fat and/or sugar. It is not possible to estimate intakes of energy, macronutrients or micronutrients (as total dietary intake is not measured), and the data collected have mainly been used to monitor year on year trends in some aspects of the diet. The main survey contains questions to monitor the number of portions of fruit and vegetables eaten in the previous 24 hours and these questions are asked of all children and adults. INTAKE24 provides a comprehensive measure of food and drink intake over 24 hour period which can be repeated to provide robust dietary data that can be used to monitor progress towards the dietary goals, including measurement of portions of fruit and vegetables.
Embedding INTAKE24 within the SHeS would allow the collection of robust dietary data for Scotland, including comparison of current intakes with the SDGs. However it is important that the feasibility of using this tool for dietary data collection within SHeS is tested. Therefore this pilot survey is required to test how INTAKE24 could be integrated into SHeS. Any impacts on the main stage survey, response rates and feedback from participant and interviewers will be assessed.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 60
Price
/ Weighting:
40
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 IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation
FSS is unable to use the existing contract between NatCen and Scottish Ministers for the piloting the use of INTAKE24 to collect dietary data as part of the survey.
It is essential that the existing Scottish health survey participants are used to pilot INTAKE24 for the following reasons:
a. the SHeS board require evidence of how the INTAKE24 functions within the existing survey before making a decision on whether to embed the new methodology within the survey permanently to collect dietary data;
b. using a new survey with different participants would not provide data that was credible with the SHeS board;
c. the SHeS board require a comparison with the results from the existing dietary module and INTAKE24 and an assessment of impact on response rates;
d. NatCen hold the contract for the SHeS and they are therefore required to access existing survey participants and pilot the use of INTAKE24 in the field.
NatCen is the current (and previous) supplier of the Scottish Health Survey, the survey is deployed in Scotland by the Scottish part of the organisation, Scotcen. This organisation is therefore required to carry out the piloting the use of INTAKE24 within the health survey. There are no other existing surveys which would provide the sample required. NatCen produce a sampling frame that provides a sample representative of the Scottish population and the large numbers surveyed mean that it is possible to do subanalysis (such as by sex, age and Scottish index of multiple deprivation). This allows dietary information to be related to health outcome measures (obesity and diet related diseases) and confounding factors such as smoking can be linked to the data. This would provide the best possible diet and health evidence base for Scotland.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2018/S 034-074644
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: FSS/2017/030
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
14/03/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
National Centre for Social Research
35 Northampton Square
London
EC1V 0AX
UK
Telephone: +44 2075499584
Fax: +44 2072501524
NUTS: UKI
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 252 709.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(SC Ref:536850).
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Food Standards Scotland (FSS)
4th Floor, Pilgrim House, Old Ford Road
Aberdeen
AB11 5RL
UK
Telephone: +44 1412420133
E-mail: tommy.mcphelim@gov.scot
Internet address(es)
URL: www.foodstandards.gov.scot
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The deadline for appeals is midnight on 26.2.2018. Appeals should be made known to the contact identified in this notice in the first instance outlining the grounds for the appeal.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
26/03/2018