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Published 13 May 2022, 18:29 BST

Official UK procurement notice

C1156 - Culture and Engagement Listening Strategy Partnership

Official notice

Authority: NI Water and its subsidiaries

ServicesNegotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Published estimate£320,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 26 May 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NI Water wish to appoint a partner to help build on the success of our current listening approach to provide a longer term approach to listening which harnesses the knowledge of our workforce, drives performance and maximises engagement. Provide a new listening strategy which gives a holistic view of ‘what it’s like to work here’, to measure, align and improve culture and therefore our employee experience, and demonstrates best practice in workforce engagement and Corporate Governance.

CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Customer satisfaction survey · Customer survey services · Market and economic research; polling and statistics

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 60%
  • Cost: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 60
  • Cost: 40
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
13 May 2022, 18:29 BST
Last source update
13 May 2022, 18:29 BST
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-012558
Classification (CPV)
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and securityCustomer satisfaction surveyCustomer survey servicesMarket and economic research; polling and statistics
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0337ac Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
Submission deadline
26 May 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

13 May 2022 → 24 Aug 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published
    13 May 2022, 18:29 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    26 May 2022, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids must remain valid until
    24 Aug 2022, 23:59 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NI Water and its subsidiaries

Contracting authorityWater Westland House, Belfast, UK, BT14 6TEContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Northern Ireland WaterReview body Belfast

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.