Telephone Survey of Businesses in Northern Ireland, Ireland and Scotland

The University of Warwick, Warwick Business School and the Enterprise Research Centre has a requirement for a telephone survey of businesses operating in Northern Ireland, Ireland and Scotland.

United Kingdom-Coventry: Survey services

2017/S 032-057994

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name and addresses

University Of Warwick
Argent Court, Sir William Lyons Road, Science Park
Coventry
CV4 7EZ
United Kingdom
Contact person: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofwarwick/aspx
E-mail: J.Norman.1@warwick.ac.uk
NUTS code: UKG3

Internet address(es):Main address: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofwarwick/aspx/Home

Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofwarwick/aspx/Home

I.2)Joint procurement

I.3)Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at:http://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofwarwick

Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address

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

I.4)Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.5)Main activity

Education

Section II: Object

II.1)Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)Title:

Telephone Survey of Business in Northern Ireland, Ireland and Scotland.

Reference number: CJ-02-17-WBS-ESRC-SURVEYTAX-SR

II.1.2)Main CPV code

79311000

II.1.3)Type of contract

Services

II.1.4)Short description:

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)

79311000

II.2.3)Place of performance

NUTS code: UKG33

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

The University of Warwick, Warwick Business School (WBS) and the Enterprise Research Centre (ERC) has a requirement for a telephone survey of businesses operating in Northern Ireland, Ireland and Scotland. An initial survey will be conducted between May and July 2017 with a follow-up survey of respondents to the 2017 survey conducted between May and June 2019. Contractors are required to tender for both elements of the survey.

In order to express interest in this opportunity please go to the University of Warwick In-Tend supplier portal (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofwarwick). All queries must be sent via In-tend Correspondence and not directly to University staff.

Note: The University of Warwick is not a contracting authority for the purposes of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and its procurement activities are not subject to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or the obligations under the European Public Procurement Directives, including the European Remedies Directive. Advertisement of any contract in the Official Journal of the European Union or Contracts Finder is at the sole discretion of the University and is undertaken on a voluntary basis with no implied obligation to comply with the procurement legislation.

II.2.5)Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.6)Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: 1.00 GBP

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

Duration in months: 36

This contract is subject to renewal: no

II.2.10)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

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

List and brief description of conditions:

As set out in the invitation to tender documents.

III.1.2)Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

III.1.3)Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

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

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: 14/03/2017

Local time: 12:00

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: 14/03/2017

Local time: 12:30

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: no

VI.2)Information about electronic workflows

Electronic ordering will be used

Electronic payment will be used

VI.3)Additional information:

Please refer to http://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofwarwick for further information and to express interest. You will be able to download the full tender documents from this site. Any queries in relation to this requirement should be directed to the University of Warwick via the correspondence functionality of the In-tend system. Failure to do so may result in queries being excluded from the procedure.

The University expressly reserves the rights:

i) Not to award any contract as a result of this procurement process commenced by publication of this notice.

ii) To make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition.

iii) To award (a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the [services] covered by this notice; and

iv) To award contract(s) in stages.

Under no circumstances will the University be liable for any costs incurred by candidates.

The University of Warwick is not a contracting authority for the purposes of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and its procurement activities are not subject to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or the obligations under the European Public Procurement Directives, including the European Remedies Directive. Advertisement of any contract in the Official Journal of the European Union or Contracts Finder is at the sole discretion of the University and is undertaken on a voluntary basis with no implied obligation to comply with the procurement legislation.

VI.4)Procedures for review

VI.4.1)Review body

University of Warwick
Coventry
CV4 7AL
United Kingdom

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:

13/02/2017

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