Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
European Social Survey ERIC
ESS ERIC HQ, c/o City University London, Northampton Square
London
EC1V 0HB
UK
Contact person: Lorna Ryan
Telephone: +44 2070408387
E-mail: tenders@europeansocialsurvey.org
NUTS: UKI12
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.europeansocialsurvey.org
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.mytenders.org/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA36629
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/about/procurement
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
Other: European Research Infrastructure Consortium
I.5) Main activity
Other: social survey
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
European Social Survey ERIC Impact Study.
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79315000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
This study will assess the impact of the European Social Survey on academia, policy-making and policy-makers, professional practitioners and other groups outside academia from 2001-2016. The study will be focused within each of the current ESS ERIC member and observer countries but should also reflect more generally on the pan-European level.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
350 000.00
EUR
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79315000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI12
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Impact Study will be focused on each of the current ESS ERIC Member and Observer countries. The purpose of the study will be to:
— identify and study specific academic, policy and practice impacts arising from ESS data in each country;
— study the mechanisms through which impact has been achieved through the use of data by organisations and individuals in each country;
— identify the range of organisations/individuals who have made use of the ESS, and the ways in which the data have been used;
— study the role of Think Tanks, and other intermediaries, as transmission routes through which ESS data may have influenced policy in countries;
— through comparative activity across countries, identify best practice and lessons for impact generation in research infrastructures like the ESS; and
— critically reflect upon the methods used to assess and identify research infrastructure impact.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
350 000.00
EUR
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/07/2016
End:
30/06/2017
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:
Yes
Identification of the project:
Horizon 2020 Grant Agreement 676166 (European Social Survey- Sustainability).
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
III.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing 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:
07/06/2016
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
Tender must be valid until:
05/08/2016
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
07/06/2016
Local time: 12:30
Place:
European Social Survey ERIC (ESS ERIC) Headquarters, c/o City University London EC1V 0HB.
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:
Dr Rory Fitzgerald, Director, ESS ERIC
Dr Eric Harrison, Deputy Director, ESS ERIC
Dr Lorna Ryan, Research Manager, ESS ERIC
Tenders will be downloaded and printed on 7.6.2016. The evaluation meeting will take place on the afternoon of 7.6.2016.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
VI.3) Additional information
Only those tenders submitted by email will be accepted.
Email: tenders@europeansocialsurvey.org
Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the myTenders Web Site at http://www.myTenders.org/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=175249.
(MT Ref:175249).
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
European Social Survey ERIC
ESS ERIC HQ, c/o City University London, Northampton Square
London
EC1V 0HB
UK
Telephone: +44 2070408387
E-mail: ess@city.ac.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: www.europeansocialsurvey.org
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
02/05/2016