Open University Brand Tracker Tender
The Open University is seeking a supplier of Brand Tracking Service to support the organisation in measuring awareness and perceptions of the Open University brand.
United Kingdom-Milton Keynes: Market research services
2016/S 158-286746
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
The Open University
Walton Hall
Contact point(s): https://in-tendhost.co.uk/openuniversity/
For the attention of: Procurement Manager
MK7 6BP Milton Keynes
United Kingdom
E-mail: finance-tenders@open.ac.uk
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.open.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
I.3)Main activity
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Service category No 10: Market research and public opinion polling services
NUTS code UKJ12
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79310000
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
II.1.8)Lots
II.1.9)Information about variants
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
II.2.2)Information about options
II.2.3)Information about renewals
Number of possible renewals: 2
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees 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
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: As per documents.
III.2.3)Technical capacity
As per documents.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
As per documents.
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Up to maximum 5 top scoring submissions at the PQQ stage shall be shortlisted and invited to the ITT stage. Shortlisting shall be subject to the PQQ evaluation as described in tender documents.
IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue
IV.2.1)Award criteria
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes
Additional information about authorised persons and opening procedure: Procurement Manager (or delegate) and 2 other university officers.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
The Open University
Walton Hall
MK7 6AA Milton Keynes
United Kingdom
Internet address: www.open.ac.uk
Body responsible for mediation procedures
The Open University
Walton Hall
MK7 6AA Milton Keynes
United Kingdom
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
day standstill period at the point information on the
award of the contract is communicated to tenderers.
This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek
further debriefing from the contracting authority before
the contract is entered into. Applicants have 2
working days from 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 address in
section 1.1 If an appeal regarding the award of a
contract has not been successfully resolved the (for
Public Sector) Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI
2006 No 5) provide for aggrieved parties who have
been harmed or are at risk of harm by breach of the
rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales,
and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be
brought promptly (generally within 3 months). Where
a contract has not been entered into the court may
order the settling aside of the award decision or order
the authority to amend any document and may award
damages. If the contract has been entered into the
court may only award damages.
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
The Open University
Walton Hall
MK7 6AA Milton Keynes
United Kingdom
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
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