Public Services Mutuals Research Tender

To monitor the health of the mutuals sector and establish whether the government’s interventions are having a positive impact.

United Kingdom-London: Research services

2017/S 152-314992

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name and addresses

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Fourth Floor, 100 Parliament Street
London
SW1A 2BQ
United Kingdom
Contact person: Mark Hill
Telephone: +44 2072112028
E-mail: mark.hill@culture.gov.uk
NUTS code: UKI

Internet address(es):Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-culture-media-sport

I.2)Joint procurement

I.3)Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: http://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Research-services./4ZKD8K4K25

Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via: https://www.delta-esourcing.com

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the abovementioned address

I.4)Type of the contracting authority

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions

I.5)Main activity

General public services

Section II: Object

II.1)Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)Title:

Public Services Mutuals Research.

Reference number: 100937

II.1.2)Main CPV code

73110000

II.1.3)Type of contract

Services

II.1.4)Short description:

DCMS is looking to select a research partner that will have 2 main purposes:

To monitor the health of the mutuals sector and establish whether the government’s interventions are having a positive impact. This will include the growth in number, size and turnover of public service mutuals.

To gain in-depth qualitative insight, over an extended period of time, of the real challenges and opportunities faced when running a public service mutual.

We hope the combination of quantitative and qualitative insight will help us build the case for the mutual model as a viable way of delivering public services. It will also help us to make informed policy decisions about how the government should support these organisations in the future.

II.1.5)Estimated total value

II.1.6)Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.2)Description

II.2.1)Title:

II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)

II.2.3)Place of performance

NUTS code: UKI

Main site or place of performance:

London.

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

Public service mutuals are organisations which have spun out of the public sector, deliver public services and have a substantial level of employee involvement in the way they’re run. The Mutuals Team is in the Office for Civil Society (OCS), part of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). It works across government to support existing public service mutuals to thrive, and new ones to emerge.

This research will have 2 main purposes:

1. To monitor the health of the mutuals sector and establish whether the government’s interventions are having a positive impact. This will include the growth in number, size and turnover of public service mutuals.

2. To gain in-depth qualitative insight, over an extended period of time, of the real challenges and opportunities faced when running a public service mutual.

II.2.5)Award criteria

Criteria below

Quality criterion – Name: Case Study — Quantitative research / Weighting: 10

Quality criterion – Name: Case Study — Longitudinal qualitative research / Weighting: 10

Quality criterion – Name: Skills, expertise and capacity / Weighting: 20

Quality criterion – Name: Methodology / Weighting: 30

Quality criterion – Name: Understanding of the mutuals sector / Weighting: 10

Price – Weighting: 20

II.2.6)Estimated value

II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Start: 01/12/2017

End: 31/03/2020

This contract is subject to renewal: no

II.2.10)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: yes

II.2.11)Information about options

Options: no

II.2.12)Information about electronic catalogues

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

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions for participation

III.1.1)Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

III.1.2)Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

III.1.3)Technical and professional ability

III.1.5)Information about reserved contracts

III.2)Conditions related to the contract

III.2.1)Information about a particular profession

III.2.2)Contract performance conditions:

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.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

IV.1.4)Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue

IV.1.6)Information about electronic auction

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

IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date: 11/09/2017

Local time: 17:00

IV.2.3)Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:

English

IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders

Date: 10/10/2017

Local time: 12:00

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: no

VI.2)Information about electronic workflows

VI.3)Additional information:

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

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GO Reference: GO-201788-PRO-10797106.

VI.4)Procedures for review

VI.4.1)Review body

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Fourth Floor, 100 Parliament Street
London
SW1A 2BQ
United KingdomInternet address:https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-culture-media-sport

VI.4.2)Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.3)Review procedure

VI.4.4)Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

08/08/2017

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