Higher Education Longitudinal Study

HESA is proposing to offer a 1-year 1 contract term and will require the appointed contractor to conduct the survey in 2016.

United Kingdom-Cheltenham: Market and economic research; polling and statistics

2016/S 028-045451

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)
95 The Promenade
GL50 1HZ Cheltenham
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1242211105
E-mail: LDLHE-procurement@hesa.ac.uk

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/

Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.3)Main activity

Education

I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

Destination of Leavers from Higher Education Longitudinal study.

II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services
Service category No 24: Education and vocational education services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Cheltenham.

NUTS code UKK13

II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

The notice involves a public contract

II.1.4)Information on framework agreement

II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

The requirement is for a contractor to undertake a Destination of Leavers from Higher Education survey. HESA is proposing to offer a 1-year 1 contract term and will require the appointed contractor to conduct the survey in 2016. There may be potential for a second survey in 2018 should funding be available or indeed if the requirement for this data collection remains following the outcomes of the sector review of graduate destination and outcomes data (https://www.hesa.ac.uk/content/view/3779)

Contractors will be required to provide a complete quality assured and documented data-set to HESA for onward analysis.
Will bidders please note that this requirement is time-critical and this new contract needs to be in place no later than the end of June in order for the survey to commence by 1.8.2016.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

79300000, 79311000, 79311100, 79311200, 79311210

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no

II.1.8)Lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.1.9)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

Contractors will be required to provide a complete quality assured and documented data-set to HESA for onward analysis.
Will bidders please note that this requirement is time-critical and this contract needs to be in place no later than the end of June in order for the surveys to commence by 1.8.2016.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 750 000 GBP

II.2.2)Information about options

Options: no

II.2.3)Information about renewals

This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Number of possible renewals: 1

II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

Duration in months: 12 (from the award of the contract)

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions relating to the contract

III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:

A parent company guarantee may be required.

III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

III.1.4)Other particular conditions

The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no

III.2)Conditions for participation

III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

III.2.3)Technical capacity

III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts

III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts

III.3.1)Information about a particular profession

Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no

III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service

Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: no

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

Restricted

IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Envisaged minimum number 3: and maximum number 6
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: The most economically advantageous tender and the ability to meet HESA’s time schedule.

IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

IV.2)Award criteria

IV.2.1)Award criteria

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document

IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction

An electronic auction will be used: no

IV.3)Administrative information

IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:

C12019 LDLHE

IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 16.3.2016
Payable documents: no

IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

16.3.2016 – 17:00

IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

28.3.2016

IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

English.

IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: no

VI.2)Information about European Union funds

The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

VI.3)Additional information

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: HESA will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period from the date information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from HESA before a contract is entered into. Applicants have 2 working days from the notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before the expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should be requested from the Company Secretary, HESA, — LDLHE-procurement@hesa.ac.uk If an appeal regarding the award of a contract is not successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England).

VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

8.2.2016