Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
European Social Survey ERIC
ESS ERIC HQ, c/o City, University of London, Northampton Square
London
EC1V 0HB
UK
Contact person: Lorna Ryan
Telephone: +44 2070408387
E-mail: tenders.esseric@city.ac.uk
NUTS: UKI4
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.europeansocialsurvey.org
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.mytenders.co.uk/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.html
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 attitude surveys
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Methodology to measure Media Context in the European Social Survey.
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79315000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The ESS ERIC wishes to commission a scoping report on potential methodologies for measuring media context on the European Social Survey. The report should review past approaches to this problem within the European Social Survey, evaluate alternatives where they already exist, and explore the merits and costs of developing a new methodology that reduces the burden on national coordinators and, if possible, eliminates the need for real-time selection and coding of media material during fieldwork periods. It should make recommendations for how the ESS ERIC should tackle the measurement of the fieldwork context henceforth, and produce a draft work package to implement these recommendations as part of the next ESS ERIC work programme in 2019-21.
The scoping study should be conducted between the 1.1.2018 and be ready by the 30.6.2018.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
45 000.00
EUR
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
Main site or place of performance:
UK.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The ESS ERIC wishes to commission a scoping report on potential methodologies for measuring media context on the European Social Survey. The report should review past approaches to this problem within the European Social Survey, evaluate alternatives where they already exist, and explore the merits and costs of developing a new methodology that reduces the burden on national coordinators and, if possible, eliminates the need for real-time selection and coding of media material during fieldwork periods. It should make recommendations for how the ESS ERIC should tackle the measurement of the fieldwork context henceforth, and produce a draft work package to implement these recommendations as part of the next ESS ERIC work programme in 2019-21.
Possible options which the report should address include (but are not limited to):
— Continuing the collection of media claims with enhanced central support and clear guidelines,
— Making effective use of the political claims data collected in rounds 6-8,
— Suggesting ways to improve the present media claims collection procedure,
— Suggesting alternatives to the present media claims procedure,
— Experimenting with automated coding of claims/events,
— Using ‘expert reports’ on major developments within countries to supplement claims data,
— Exploring how far other sources, including Twitter and other social media data, can augment or replace the current contextual database.
The scoping study should be conducted between the 1.1.2018 and be ready by the 30.6.2018.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Ability to meet the specification
/ Weighting: 40
Quality criterion: Experience of the proposed applicants
/ Weighting: 40
Price
/ Weighting:
20 %
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
45 000.00
EUR
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/01/2018
End:
30/06/2018
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
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:
02/11/2017
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:
29/12/2017
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
02/11/2017
Local time: 12:00
Place:
Offices of ESS ERIC Headquarters, c/o City, University of London, Northampton Square, London.
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:
Tenders will be downloaded from email correspondence and printed by the ESS ERIC Research Manager on 1.11.2017.
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.esseric@city.ac.uk
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=202274
(MT Ref: 202274).
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
European Social Survey ERIC
ESS ERIC HQ, c/o City, University of London, Northampton Square
London
EC1V 0HB
UK
Telephone: +44 2070408387
E-mail: tenders.esseric@city.ac.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: www.europeansocialsurvey.org
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
25/09/2017