Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Office for National Statistics
Government Buildings, Cardiff Road
Newport
NP10 8XG
UK
Contact person: Commercial Services
E-mail: clare.jones@ons.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.ons.gov.uk
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/ons/aspx/Home
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/ons/aspx/Home
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: Non-departmental Government Body
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Provision of Online Job Advert Data
Reference number: PU-24-0001
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72300000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Contracting Authority is seeking to develop a contract with organisations that hold information about online job adverts in the UK. The organisations would be required to provide data which covers all currently existing or active online job adverts via portal access, as well as a back-series of previous existing or active online job adverts going back at least to 2017 and preferably earlier, with substantial coverage of the whole UK online job advert market as individual records for processing, analysis, and onward dissemination.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
800 000.00
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:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
1. The Contracting Authority is seeking to develop a contract with organisations that hold information about online job adverts in the UK. The organisations would be required to provide data which covers all currently existing or active online job adverts via portal access, as well as a back-series of previous existing or active online job adverts going back at least to 2017 and preferably earlier, with substantial coverage of the whole UK online job advert market as individual records for processing, analysis, and onward dissemination. The data will need to include the following variables at a minimum for each job advert, including consistently for future deliveries: • Full unedited job description • Raw location as specified by the advert • Low-level geography classification (Local Authority at a minimum, or information to be able to derive this in-house) • Raw unedited job title • Salary • Posting date • End date (or some equivalent marker to identify if a job is still live or is closed
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:
800 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
03/07/2023
End:
02/07/2025
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Option to extend the contract on a one year plus one year basis subject to funding availability.
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
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
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:
02/06/2023
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
02/06/2023
Local time: 12:00
Place:
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
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
02/05/2023