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Tender: UK-Exeter: research and development services and related consultancy services

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UK-Exeter: research and development services and related consultancy services

2010/S 54-080446

CONTRACT NOTICE

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

  • I.1)
    NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)

    Contact: Attn: Tel. E-mail: Fax Met Office
    Fitzroy Road
    Mrs Christina Stubbings
    Mrs Christina Stubbings
    EX1 3PBExeter
    UNITED KINGDOM
    +44 1392885068
    christina.stubbings@metoffice.gov.uk
    +44 1133362431

    Internet address(es)

    General address of the contracting authority https://tenders.metoffice.gov.uk

  • I.2)
    TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES

    Body governed by public law

    Other Weather Forecasting & Climate Research

    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

    Market research framework.

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

    Services

    Service category: No 0

    NUTS code UKK

  • II.1.3)
    The notice involves

    The establishment of a framework agreement

  • II.1.4)
    Information on framework agreement

    Framework agreement with several operators

    maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged

    Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in year(s): 3

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

    The Met Office is seeking to set in place a framework agreement for the provision of market research to build and support the Met Office in meeting customer needs and our vision of being recognised as the best weather and climate service in the world. The research is split into three different lots allowing agencies to express an interest in all or individual lots as follows:

    Lot 1 – quantitative research.

    — Field/tab,

    — Website development and usability,

    — Mystery shopping,

    — Omnibus (consumer & business),

    — Brand research,

    — Concept testing (including advertising, communications, marketing, new product development and web),

    — Pricing/ value added research,

    — International,

    — Employee attitude,

    — Customer satisfaction,

    — Usage & attitude,

    — Public consultation/ policy evaluation research,

    — New product testing and evaluation.

    Lot 2 – qualitative research.

    — Innovation research and consultancy,

    — Brand research,

    — Concept testing (including advertising, communications, marketing, new product development and web),

    — Pricing/ value added research,

    — International,

    — Employee attitude,

    — Customer satisfaction,

    — Usage & attitude,

    — Public consultation/ policy evaluation research,

    — New product testing and evaluation.

    Lot 3 – Expert research.

    — Desk research/ market intelligence scenario modelling/ horizon scanning/ PESTLE creative stimulus/survey results visualisation,

    — Competitor intelligence & tracking.

    We are seeking between 2-5 agencies under each lot.

  • II.1.6)
    Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

    73000000

    • II.1.7)
    Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

  • II.1.8)
    Division into lots

    Yes

    tenders should be submitted for one or more lots

  • II.1.9)
    Variants will be accepted

    Yes

    • II.2)
    QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT

    II.2.1)
    Total quantity or scope

    II.2.2)
    Options

  • II.3)
    DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION

    Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)

INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS

    LOT NO:

    TITLE Quantitative research

  • 1)SHORT DESCRIPTION

    Lot 1 – quantitative research.

    — Field/tab,

    — Website development and usability,

    — Mystery shopping,

    — Omnibus (consumer & business),

    — Brand research,

    — Concept testing (including advertising, communications, marketing, new product development and web),

    — Pricing/ value added research,

    — International,

    — Employee attitude,

    — Customer satisfaction,

    — Usage & attitude,

    — Public consultation/ policy evaluation research,

    — New product testing and evaluation.

  • 2)COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV)

    73000000

  • 3)QUANTITY OR SCOPE

    Lot 1 – quantitative research.

    — Field/tab,

    — Website development and usability,

    — Mystery shopping,

    — Omnibus (consumer & business),

    — Brand research,

    — Concept testing (including advertising, communications, marketing, new product development and web),

    — Pricing/ value added research,

    — International,

    — Employee attitude,

    — Customer satisfaction,

    — Usage & attitude,

    — Public consultation/ policy evaluation research,

    — New product testing and evaluation.

  • 4)INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR STARTING/COMPLETION

    Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)

    • 5)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS

    LOT NO:

    TITLE Qualitative research

  • 1)SHORT DESCRIPTION

    Lot 2 – qualitative research.

    — Innovation research and consultancy,

    — Brand research,

    — Concept testing (including advertising, communications, marketing, new product development and web),

    — Pricing/ value added research,

    — International,

    — Employee attitude,

    — Customer satisfaction,

    — Usage & attitude,

    — Public consultation/ policy evaluation research,

    — New product testing and evaluation.

  • 2)COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV)

    73000000

  • 3)QUANTITY OR SCOPE

    Lot 2 – qualitative research.

    — Innovation research and consultancy,

    — Brand research,

    — Concept testing (including advertising, communications, marketing, new product development and web),

    — Pricing/ value added research,

    — International,

    — Employee attitude,

    — Customer satisfaction,

    — Usage & attitude,

    — Public consultation/ policy evaluation research,

    — New product testing and evaluation.

  • 4)INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR STARTING/COMPLETION

    Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)

    • 5)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS

    LOT NO:

    TITLE Expert research

  • 1)SHORT DESCRIPTION

    Lot 3 – expert research.

    — Desk research/ market intelligence scenario modelling/ horizon scanning/ PESTLE creative stimulus/survey results visualisation,

    — Competitor intelligence & tracking.

  • 2)COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV)

    73000000

  • 3)QUANTITY OR SCOPE

    Lot 3 – expert research.

    — Desk research/ market intelligence scenario modelling/ horizon scanning/ PESTLE creative stimulus/survey results visualisation,

    — Competitor intelligence & tracking.

  • 4)INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR STARTING/COMPLETION

    Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)

    • 5)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS

SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION

  • III.1)
    CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT

    • III.1.1)
    Deposits and guarantees required

    III.1.2)
    Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating 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 to which the performance of the contract is subject

    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 capacity

    III.2.3)
    Technical capacity

    III.2.4)
    Reserved contracts

  • III.3)
    CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
  • III.3.1)
    Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession

    No

    • III.3.2)
    Legal entities should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service

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

    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)
    An electronic auction will be used

    No

  • IV.3)
    ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

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

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

    No

  • IV.3.3)
    Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

    Payable documents No

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

    15.4.2010 - 12:00

    • 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

    English.

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

  • IV.3.8)
    Conditions for opening tenders

    Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders No

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

  • VI.1)
    THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT

    No

  • VI.2)
    CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU 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

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

  • VI.5)
    DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:

    16.3.2010