Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Office for National Statistics
Government Buildings, Cardiff Road
Newport
NP10 8XG
Contact
Darren Bone
Telephone
+44 1633582408
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKL21 - Monmouthshire and Newport
Internet address(es)
Main address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Procurement for Services related to COVID-19
Reference number
PU-21-0140
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 79311000 - Survey services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Office for National Statistics ('ONS') has a requirement to procure Services related to COVID-19. ONS was commissioned in April 2020 to conduct the COVID-19 Infection Survey collecting the data which informs HMG's policies and operational interventions regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. CIS is a repeated cross-sectional household survey with additional serial sampling and longitudinal follow-up which provides an estimate of the proportion and number of people living in private households who would have had COVID-19 in the last week based on trend modelling. The study is led by DHSC and ONS and draws on the world-leading scientific expertise of the University of Oxford. CIS is the flagship surveillance study and the key source of COVID-19 infection data, incidence and antibody prevalence in UK communities. We work with key stakeholder partners; PHE, PHS, PHW, the Joint Biosecurity Centre, Ministers, SAGE, and the wider UK Test & Trace programmes to inform required policy and operational interventions.
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2021/S 000-001035
Section seven. Changes
seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number
IV.2.2
Instead of
Date
24 February 2021
Local time
1:00pm
Read
Date
26 February 2021
Local time
12:00pm
Section number
IV.2.7
Instead of
Date
25 February 2021
Local time
12:00pm
Read
Date
27 February 2021
Local time
12:00pm
seven.2) Other additional information
In addition to the change in time limit for requests to participate, the Invitation to Tender will now be published on 27 January 2021 at 12:00 hours.