Contract award notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 18/10/2019

External Reference: 2019-574274

TED Reference: 2019/S 204-497356

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
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

Competitor & Market Intelligence – Monitoring digital developments within the retail financial services sector
Reference number:  1570
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

79000000  -  Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.1.4)

Short description

NS&I wishes to enter into an agreement with a supplier who can provide monitoring services and insight on competitors’ digital initiatives within the retail finance sector.
II.1.6)

Information about lots

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

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT:  198000.00  GBP
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

79310000  -  Market research services
II.2.3)

Place of performance

Main site or place of performance:  
LONDON
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

NS&I wishes to enter into an agreement with a supplier capable of providing monitoring services and insight on competitors’ digital initiatives within the retail finance sector.
For the purposes of this tender, NS&I requires the following services:
- Preparation and delivery of a quarterly innovation tracker on the latest developments across the categories of mobile app, mobile web and desktop within a competitor set specified by NS&I.
- Presentation of a quarterly deep dive on a customer experience/digital related topic chosen by NS&I.
- Through the use of research credits, dedicated analyst time is required on an ad-hoc basis to deliver insight.
- NS&I may also require, on an ad-hoc basis, assistance on light questions/queries to help clarify some insights.
- Delivery of a topic based monthly report/bulletin on a subject related to customer experience and digital chosen by NS&I.
- NS&I require the supplier to have a secured online platform containing a library of all reports and insights.
- NS&I requires a supplier that has specialist knowledge within the digital and fintech sector with a comprehensive savings market coverage. The supplier should be able to provide monitoring over an extensive list of competitors’ within the UK and globally.
- Proactive, up to date email news alerts on latest competitor and market developments should be sent to NS&I colleagues as and when they arise.
Any eventual contract would be for a maximum duration of three years, renewable on an annual basis after the first year. The indicative budget for this requirement is £210,000 (excluding VAT) over three years.
To download the tender documentation and register your interest please click on the above button.
Please note the deadline for submission of tenderers' responses is MIDDAY, 19 August 2019.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Technical  /  Weighting:  20%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Capability  /  Weighting:  40%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Quality  /  Weighting:  10%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Presentation  /  Weighting:  5%
Cost criterion  -  Name:  Cost  /  Weighting:  20%
Cost criterion  -  Name:  Acceptance of 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

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: 2019/S 140-344962

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: Competitor & Market Intelligence – Monitoring digital developments within the retail financial services sector

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

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

03/10/2019
V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received:  5
Number of tenders received from SMEs:  2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States:  0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States:  0
Number of tenders received by electronic means:  5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators :  no
V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor

Mapa International Ltd
The Blue Fin Building, 110 Southwark Street
London
SE1 0SU
UK

The contractor is an SME : no
V.2.4)

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

Total value of the contract/lot:  198000.00  GBP

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3)

Additional information

For further information and to download the tender documentation, please visit the NS&I e-sourcing portal: https://nsandi.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=NSANDI. Any questions relating to this tender must be submitted via the portal: https://nsandi.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=NSANDI.
Please note the deadline for submission of responses is Midday, 19th August 2019.
VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

National Savings & investments
1 Drummond Gate
London
SW1V 2QX
UK