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Published 9 Mar 2022, 15:23 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Visit Wales Occupancy Survey

Official notice

Authority: Welsh Government

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£150,000exc. VAT24.8% above published estimate
Submissions closed 13 Apr 2022awarded 12 Jul 2022
Awarded to Strategic Research and Insight Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This contract is for the Wales Accommodation Occupancy Survey (WAOS), which is a key survey for monitoring and evaluating accommodation performance trends.

  • Recurrence: 2025

CPV: Business and management consultancy and related services · Research and development consultancy services · Research consultancy services · Research services · Social research services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£150,000

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: 80%Price: 20%
Published sub-criteria (5)
  • Based upon your reading of the specification, please state your understanding of the brief in relation to the requirements stipulated in section 3 of the specification: 25%
  • Proposed methodology, which clearly outlines a detailed research design and demonstrates how the requirements will be met: 25%
  • Staff roles and suitability of staff for those roles: A clear and detailed description of the resources to be deployed for both elements of the contract: 15%
  • Understanding of, and ability to meet, project timetable and dependencies/risks for the WAOS: 15%
  • price: 20%
Published award criteria (5)
  • Based upon your reading of the specification, please state your understanding of the brief in relation to the requirements stipulated in section 3 of the specification: 25
  • Proposed methodology, which clearly outlines a detailed research design and demonstrates how the requirements will be met: 25
  • Staff roles and suitability of staff for those roles: A clear and detailed description of the resources to be deployed for both elements of the contract: 15
  • Understanding of, and ability to meet, project timetable and dependencies/risks for the WAOS: 15
  • Price: 20
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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 · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
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
Yes · 2025
First published
9 Mar 2022, 15:23 GMT
Last source update
12 Jul 2022, 15:35 BST
Award evaluation window
14 Apr 2022 – …
Authority reference
C410/2021/2022
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-019067
Classification (CPV)
Business and management consultancy and related servicesResearch and development consultancy servicesResearch consultancy servicesResearch servicesSocial research services
Delivery area
Wales (UKL)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-031fe7 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

As stated in the tender documentation.

Publisher note: E-TENDER INFORMATION: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk - The first person from your Organisation to use the Platform will be required to register on behalf of the Organisation. - Registration involves accepting a User Agreement, and providing basic information about your Organisation and about the User performing the Registration. - The User who performs the Registration becomes the Super User for the Organisation. - On registering on the Platform the Super User will select a Username and will receive a password. - The Password will be sent by e-mail to the email address that was specified in the User Details section of the Registration page. - In order to log-in to the Platform please enter your Username and Password. - Note: If you forget your Password then visit the homepage and click “Forgot your password?” - Registration should only be performed once for each Organisation. - If you think that someone in your Organisation may have already registered on this Platform then you must not register again. - Please contact the person who Registered (i.e. the Super User) in order to arrange access to the Platform. - Contact the Helpdesk immediately if you are unable to contact the Super User (for example if they have left your Organisation). - Note: If your Organisation is already registered on the Platform then you must not make any additional registration. Please contact the Helpdesk to gain access to the Platform. - Tenders must be uploaded to the BravoSolution portal by 2pm HOW TO FIND THE ITT: - Once logged in you must click on ‘ITT’s Open to all Suppliers’ - The etender references for this contract are: Project_49674 and ITT _93018 - Click on the title to access summary details of the contract. If you are still interested in submitting a tender, click the ‘Express an Interest button’. This will move the ITT from the ‘Open to all Suppliers’ area to the ‘My ITT’s’ on the home page. - You will then see the full details of the ITT in the qualification and technical envelopes along with any relevant documents in the ‘Attachments’ area. - Should you have any questions on the ITT, please use the ‘Messages’ area to contact the buyer directly – Please do not contact the named person at the top of this notice. NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process.To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID= 118769 (WA Ref:118769) Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are: as described in the tender documents The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding. (WA Ref:123038)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on Sell2Wales
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN, CY
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
13 Apr 2022, 14:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en, cy
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
14 Apr 2022, 09:30 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

13 Apr 2022 → 12 Jul 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    13 Apr 2022, 14:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    14 Apr 2022, 09:30 BST
  3. Notice published
    12 Jul 2022, 15:35 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    12 Jul 2022, 15:35 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £187,2051 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 32 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 12 Jul 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Strategic Research and Insight LtdSME£187,205 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Welsh Government

Contracting authorityMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsGeneral public services Corporate Procurement Services, Cathays Park, Cardiff, Wales, CF10 3NQContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body LondonContact phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria