Contract award notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 07/09/2017

External Reference: 2017-593172

TED Reference: 2017/S 173-354886

Contract award notice

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

National Savings and Investments
1 Drummond Gate
London
SW1V 2QX
UK
Contact person: Malcolm Edwards
NUTS code:  UK -  UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.nsandi.com

I.4)

Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law
I.5)

Main activity

Other activity:  Financial services.

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

Quantitative Research Services including Customer Satisfaction Surveying
Reference number:  1514
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

79310000  -  Market research services
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.1.4)

Short description

The purpose of this invitation to tender is to establish a one year agreement with a service provider for the provision of quantitative research services including running NS&I’s strategic level customer satisfaction survey. Please note, this contract does not include omnibus services as these are already covered by another contract or NS&I’s tactical customer satisfaction surveying.
II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7)

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT:  250000.00  GBP
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

79342311  -  Customer satisfaction survey
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  UK -  UNITED KINGDOM
Main site or place of performance:  
LONDON
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

Each year NS&I potentially carries out a small number of ad-hoc quantitative research projects. Currently we do not have a contract in place to cover these needs so need to tender for each piece separately. For efficiency purposes we want to set up a ‘call off’ contract with an agency that can provide us with any ad hoc quantitative research services that are not covered by current contracts. NS&I is unable to guarantee whether any ad hoc quantitative research projects will be commissioned during the lifetime of this contract or the scale of any pieces that are commissioned. Ad hoc quantitative research projects could take a number of different formats and cover a range of topics.
In addition to this ad hoc quantitative research there is the requirement to run NS&I’s strategic customer satisfaction survey and support us by providing expert guidance around the area of customer satisfaction and customer experience. In particular, recommending solutions to identify customer experience issues.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Technical  /  Weighting:  55
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Capability  /  Weighting:  10
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Quality  /  Weighting:  5
Cost criterion  -  Name:  Costs  /  Weighting:  25
Cost criterion  -  Name:  Agreement to NS&I terms  /  Weighting:  5
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

For further information and to participate in this tender opportunity please visit the NS&I eProcurement portal: https://nsandi.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=NSANDI.
Select 'Ref: 1514 Quantitative Research Services' and register your interest to download the tender documents. Please note that all communications with NS&I can only be conducted via the NS&I eProcurement portal.

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Description

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Open procedure
IV.1.8)

Information about the 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 126-256863

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: Quantitative Research Services specialising in Customer Satisfaction/Experience Surveying and Insight

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

06/09/2017
V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received:  9
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators :  no
V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor

Discovery Research Ltd
London
UK
NUTS code:  UK -  UNITED KINGDOM

The contractor is an SME : yes
V.2.4)

Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot:  250000.00  GBP

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3)

Additional information

The contract value shown is an estimated value of the expected value of the services to be called off from the supplier over the contract period.
VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

National Savings & Investments
London
UK