Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Scottish Government
Victoria Quay, Leith
Edinburgh
EH6 6QQ
UK
Telephone: +44 1312444916
E-mail: scott.brice@gov.scot
NUTS: UKM
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.scotland.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10482
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Jury Research.
Reference number: Case/336513
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79315000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Scottish Government has appointed a Service Provider to undertake jury research.
In the Programme for Government, the Scottish Government stated that we would commission ‘jury research to consider the dynamics of decision-making by juries, including the current jury majority and 3 verdict system, helping to inform future proposals for the reform of the criminal justice system’.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
496 969.36
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79315000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Cabinet Secretary for Justice has decided that the research should focus on the recommendations made by Lord Bonomy in his Post-corroboration Safeguards Report with 2 additional topics.
The proposed research methodology will be a mixed-method approach using case simulation and literature review(s).
The research will not involve actual or live criminal court cases and as such will not observe real jurors currently sitting on actual cases or ask questions of jurors about their past experience(s) of jury duty.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 70 %
Price
/ Weighting:
30 %
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
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.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2017/S 068-128552
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: Case/336513
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
08/09/2017
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Market & Opinion Research International Ltd
3 Thomas More Square
London
E1W 1YW
UK
Telephone: +44 2073473453
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 496 969.36
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
http://www.parliament.scot/S5_JusticeCommittee/General%20Documents/20161117_Jury_Research_-_CSec_to_Conv.pdf
(SC Ref:516240).
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Scottish Government
Victoria Quay, Leith
Edinburgh
EH6 6QQ
UK
Telephone: +44 1312440000
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.scotland.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
25/10/2017