Contract award: UK-Cardiff: social research services

UK-Cardiff: social research services

2010/S 140-215102

CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Attn: Tel. E-mail: Fax The Welsh Ministers
  Welsh Assembly Government, Social Research Division, Department of the First Minister and Cabinet, Cathays Park
  Anne Kingdon
  CF10 3NQCardiff
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 2920899658
  anne.kingdon@wales.gsi.gov.uk
  +44 2920825779

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

  Body governed by public law

  Economic and financial affairs

  Education

  Environment

  General public services

  Health

  Housing and community amenities

  Public order and safety

  Recreation, culture and religion

  Social protection

  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

  2011-2013 Welsh health survey

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

  Services

  Service category: No 8

  Main place of performance Throughout Wales.

  NUTS code UKL

II.1.3)
The notice involves

• II.1.4)
  Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

  The contract is to carry out a survey of the health of the population of Wales during 2011, 2012 and 2013. The survey will be continuous throughout each year and will consist of a combination of a short household interview followed by self-completion questionnaires for individuals. The project will require experience in designing, organising, conducting and analysing health surveys, large-scale household surveys and complex sample surveys. It is intended to award the contract for four years from May 2010, with an option to extend the contract for up to two further years. Further information on the current Welsh Health Survey can be found at:

  http://wales.gov.uk/topics/statistics/theme/health/health-survey/?lang=e...

  The Welsh Assembly Government, on behalf of the Welsh Ministers, will be conducting this procurement exercise through the etenderwales portal https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk. Tender documents and other information must be downloaded from and returned through this portal. If you require any further assistance the BravoSolution helpdesk is available on:

  Email: help@bravosolution.co.uk Phone: +44 8000112470/ Fax: +44 2070800480.

  Full information in accessing the portal is found in Section VI.3. Deadline for submission of pre qualification questionnaire will be on 20.1.2010 (14:00).

• II.1.5)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  79315000, 73110000, 79311000, 79311100, 79311200

• II.1.6)
  Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

  Yes

• II.2)
  TOTAL FINAL VALUE OF CONTRACT(S)
• II.2.1)
  Total final value of contract(s)

  Value 2 918 700 GBP

  Excluding VAT

SECTION IV: PROCEDURE

• IV.1)
  TYPE OF PROCEDURE
• IV.1.1)
  Type of procedure

  Restricted

• IV.2)
  AWARD CRITERIA
• IV.2.1)
  Award criteria

  The most economically advantageous tender in terms of

  1. Proposals for survey design and methodology, and understanding of technical issues. Weighting 20 %

  2. Proposals for managing and conducting field-work, and likelihood of achieving high response. Weighting 20 %

  3. Proposals for processing data, and likelihood of delivering high quality data. Weighting 20 %

  4. Proposals for overall management of project, including suitability of key personnel. Weighting 15 %

  5. Confidentiality / information security procedures. Weighting 15 %

  6. Cost. Weighting 10 %

• IV.2.2)
  An electronic auction has been used

  No

• IV.3)
  ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
• IV.3.1)
  File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

  C-165/2009/10

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

  Contract notice

  Notice number in the OJEU: 348233-2009 of 17.12.2009

SECTION V: AWARD OF CONTRACT

CONTRACT NO: C/165/2009/10

TITLE 2011-2013 Welsh health survey

• V.1)
  Date of contract award decision:

  28.5.2010

• V.2)
  NUMBER OF OFFERS RECEIVED:

  3

• V.3)
  NAME AND ADDRESS OF ECONOMIC OPERATOR IN FAVOUR OF WHOM A CONTRACT AWARD DECISION HAS BEEN TAKEN

  E-mail: Tel. Internet: Fax National Centre for Social Research
  35 Northampton Square
  EC1V 0AXLondon
  UNITED KINGDOM
  melanie.doyle@natcen.ac.uk
  +44 2075497052
  http://www.natcen.ac.uk
  +44 2072501524

• V.4)
  INFORMATION ON VALUE OF CONTRACT

  Initial estimated total value of the contract

  Value 3 000 000 GBP

  Excluding VAT

  Total final value of the contract

  Value 2 918 700 GBP

  Excluding VAT

• V.5)
  THE CONTRACT IS LIKELY TO BE SUB-CONTRACTED

  No

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

• VI.1)
  CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY COMMUNITY FUNDS

  No

• VI.2)
  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  Buy4Wales Reference Number: 21389.

VI.3)
PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL

VI.3.1)
Body responsible for appeal procedures

VI.3.2)
Lodging of appeals

VI.3.3)
Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

• VI.4)
  DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:

  19.7.2010