Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Office for National Statistics
Government Buildings, Cardiff Road
Newport
NP10 8XG
Contact
Jessica Payne
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/ons/aspx/Home
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/ons/aspx/Home
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
National or federal Agency/Office
one.5) Main activity
Economic and financial affairs
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Provision of CPI and RPI Local Price Collection and Associated Statistical Services
Reference number
PU-21-0065
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Provision of CPI and RPI Local Price Collection and Associated Statistical Services.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £30,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - UNITED KINGDOM
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
ONS produces a wide range of key economic/social statistics. The Consumer Prices Indices (CPI and CPIH) and the Retail Price Index (RPI) figures are one of the most important (and most public) statistics that the ONS produces. They are one of the key economic indicators used by HM Treasury, the Monetary Policy Committee, and across Government and the private sector for decision making.The Contract involves the collection of nationally representative price data from retail outlets for the UK's monthly inflation indicators: the CPI and the RPI. The services to be provided include: i) Item selection: the participation, with ONS staff, in the periodic review and selection of items for a basket of goods and services and of a subset of those items for which the service provider will collect prices; ii) Sourcing of products and outlets: finding products that comply with the item specifications, and outlets in which to price those products; iii) Location enumeration; the enumeration of, and supply of information on, locations where this is needed for outlet selection; iv) Collection of prices: the collection of representative price data and descriptions of the products being priced for the subset of items for which the service provider will collect prices; v) Data cleaning: the checking of the data for quality; vi) Data delivery: the delivery of the data to ONS; and vii) Associated services: including but not limited to market information on prices, retailers, goods and services; and the twice yearly collection of price data (in London) for the Purchasing Power Parities surveys.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £20,000,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start date
1 July 2021
End date
31 January 2026
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
The initial contract term is for 3 years with the option to extend for up to a further 4 years as required.
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: Yes
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2020/S 128-314882
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
15 February 2021
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
15 February 2021
Local time
12:30pm
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.3) Additional information
Please note that this tender includes a core requirement as well as potential future requirements which may be taken up by the Authority subject to requirements/funding. The estimated total contract value is in the range of approximately £18,000,000 to £30,000,000. The higher value includes all potential/optional requirements and the potential 4 year contract extension. The Authority does not guarantee that any/all of these additional requirements/extension options will be taken up. The potential estimated maximum value is provided here for transparency purposes.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Office for National Statistics
Newport
Country
United Kingdom