Awarded contract

Scottish Third Sector Tracker — a longitudinal panel survey of Scottish third sector organisations.

  • Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

F03: Contract award notice

Notice reference: 2021/S 000-006919

Published 2 April 2021, 9:08am



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

Email

steve.grozier@scvo.org.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKM82 - Glasgow City

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.scvo.org.uk

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.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.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £54,660

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.2.11) 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: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2021/S 000-002522


Section five. Award of contract

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

1 April 2021

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 8

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4

Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 8

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

DJS Research

Unit 3, Pavilion Ln,

Marple, Stockport

SK6 7GH

Telephone

+44 1663767857

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKD3 - Greater Manchester
The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £48,000

Total value of the contract/lot: £43,728


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

(SC Ref:649708)

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