Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
Brunswick House, 51 Wilson Street
Glasgow
G1 1UZ
Contact
Steve Grozier
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKM82 - Glasgow City
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA13902
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other type
Scottish charity
one.5) Main activity
Other activity
Membership organisation for Scotland's charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises.
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Scottish Third Sector Tracker — a longitudinal panel survey of Scottish third sector organisations.
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 73210000 - Research consultancy services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is looking to award a contract for the provision of longitudinal data collection. We require suppliers to undertake a panel survey every two months for the duration of 12 months, six survey phases in total.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £48,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 73210000 - Research consultancy services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKM - SCOTLAND
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
We require suppliers to undertake a panel survey every two months for the duration of 12 months, six survey phases in total. The surveys must be carried out in a manner agreed with the project manager, but most likely online or by telephone, to an agreed timescale. The survey will consist of a set of approximately twenty fixed closed questions with the majority having multiple prompted responses to choose from. For each survey phase, we would expect to change a small number of the questions, perhaps three or four, in response to current events. We would also like the option to add one open question in each survey phase, suppliers should factor that into their pricing.
We require suppliers to construct and maintain the panel. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations will advise on what type and size of organisations will be required to make the panel representative of the sector. The panel can largely be drawn from the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations membership and wider networks and therefore the supplier need not source contact details.
The size of the panel needs to reflect the diversity of the Scottish third sector and be sufficiently large to support statistical confidence in the overall analysis. It also needs to be large enough to enable for the analysis to be broken down to some degree at sectoral and regional levels. Accordingly, we expect the panel size to be in the range of 400-600 organisations. Suppliers should however advise what they think appropriate, based on their understanding of the scale and composition of the Third Sector in Scotland.
As far as possible, the panel should comprise the same organisations in each survey phase, with new representative organisations recruited if an organisation no longer wishes to participate.
In addition to the raw data, the supplier must provide summary data tables from the scripted questionnaire.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Demonstrate an understanding of the requirement including the context, aims and objectives for the research / Weighting: 10%
Quality criterion - Name: Operational proposals detailing the approach to the requirement, with particular emphasis on robust survey design, methodology and data analysis / Weighting: 20%
Quality criterion - Name: Relevant experience of this type of research and quality products / Weighting: 10%
Quality criterion - Name: Demonstrable experience and expertise of the proposed personnel / Weighting: 10%
Quality criterion - Name: Demonstrable capacity and availability to meet the timescales and outputs / Weighting: 10%
Cost criterion - Name: Total tender cost ex VAT (i.e., number of days x contracted day rate for all work less any applicable discounts) / Weighting: 40%
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £48,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
12
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
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 three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.3) Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria
The tenderer and/or staff associated with or employed on the project are required to have the following demonstrable skills and experience:
- Advise on draft research instruments, such as questionnaires
- Recruiting for, and running surveys and polls, managing panel surveys is desirable
- Statistical analysis skills
- conduct or commission, then analyse, interviews/surveys and datasets
- Ensure that research is conducted within a set time frame
- Ensure quality control of research
- Prepare and present research findings
- Manage staff and budgets
- Knowledge of the third sector in Scotland would be advantageous.
three.2) Conditions related to the contract
three.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract
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: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
10 March 2021
Local time
5:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
10 March 2021
Local time
5:00pm
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
six.3) Additional information
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Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.
(SC Ref:643606)
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Glasgow Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
1 Carlton Place
Glasgow
Country
United Kingdom