Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
University Of Edinburgh
Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chambers Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1HT
Contact
Rosa Mak
Telephone
+44 1316502759
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKM75 - Edinburgh, City of
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00107
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Education
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Consultancy
Reference number
NCA21287
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 73110000 - Research services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Consultancy expertise in statistics and data ethics and will lead the application to the Human Ethics
Research Committee for the use of the secondary datasets. Preparing the acquisition of data, the preparation and analysis of the datasets and interpretation of results, either taking a lead role or supporting the research fellow and lead the preparation of several manuscripts from the project.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £81,132
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 73110000 - Research services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKM75 - Edinburgh, City of
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lead the application to the Human Ethics
Research Committee for the use of the secondary datasets and be involved in the acquisition of data, the preparation and analysis of the datasets and interpretation of results and preparation of several manuscripts from the project.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: quality / Weighting: 100
Price - Weighting: 0
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
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
The consultant was one of the authors of the grant application and therefore knows the area of work extremely well. She has worked previously at the lead partner institution and with the Principle and Co-Investigators and is trusted to carry out extremely high-quality work. She is an expert in the areas of nutrition and nutrition-data processing, which are very valuable, and uncommon, skillsets that will hugely benefit the delivery of this project.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
NCA21287
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
1 November 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Amelia B. Finaret
782 Maple Street
Meadville, PA
16335
Telephone
+44 16502917814
Country
United States
NUTS code
- US - United States
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £81,132
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
(SC Ref:791049)
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Edinburgh Sherriff Court
27 Chamber Street
Edinburgh
EH1
Country
United Kingdom