DfE/Invest NI: PROCUREMENT OF KEY MARKET RESEARCH AND COMPANY DATABASES: LOTS 1-7
A Contract Award Notice
by DEPARTMENT FOR THE ECONOMY - INVEST NI
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Contract (Services)
- Duration
- 1 year (est.)
- Value
- £185K-£375K
- Sector
- PROFESSIONAL
- Published
- 11 Oct 2024
- Delivery
- To 11 Oct 2025 (est.)
- Deadline
- n/a
Concepts
Location
BELFAST
2 buyers
7 suppliers
- Mintel Group London
- Euromonitor London
- Unnamed None
- Ibisworld London
- Globaldata London
- Fitch Solutions Group London
- Kompass East Grinstead
Description
Invest NI Business Information Centre (BIC) is operated by the Business Information Services team, based in the Innovation, Research and Development (IRD) Division of Invest NI. It provides a cost-effective information service to any NI company or individual wishing to develop their business, particularly when they intend to sell outside Northern Ireland. The BIC wishes to procure annual subscription licences to 7 online Market Research Information Resources which provide twenty-four seven access through a web browser to secondary market research and market analysis. This Tender has been divided into seven Lots. Each Lot will be evaluated and awarded independently. There are no restrictions on the number of Lots a Tenderer can bid for or be awarded, Tenderers may bid for one, two, three etc or all Lots as they wish. One Tenderer will be awarded per lot based on the Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT). The contract duration for each lot is one year with four optional extension of up to one year each (maximum of up to 5 years).
Lot Division
| 1 | Consumer: Market Reports for Ireland; Food and Drink: UK Market Reports and Global Insights
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| 2 | Consumer Reports: Global: medium depth including trend analysis
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| 3 | Industrial reports: Global: Markets and Technologies research
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| 4 | Sector reports for key export markets
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| 5 | Industrial, consumer reports: High level market and economic reports worldwide
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| 6 | Global: Medium level industrial reports and country risk analysis
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| 7 | Company Information – Worldwide product data
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Award Detail
| 1 | Mintel Group (London)
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| 2 | Euromonitor (London)
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| 3 | Unnamed (None)
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| 4 | Ibisworld (London)
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| 5 | Globaldata (London)
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| 6 | Fitch Solutions Group (London)
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| 7 | Kompass (East Grinstead)
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Renewal Options
Option to extend the Contract for a further four periods of one year each subject to satisfactory performance and budgetary provision.
CPV Codes
- 79310000 - Market research services
- 73110000 - Research services
- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 64216210 - Value-added information services
- 72221000 - Business analysis consultancy services
Indicators
- Options are available.
- Award on basis of price and quality.
Other Information
Contract Monitoring. The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored in line with the tender documentation. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance can result in the Contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a period of three years from the date of issue.. . .
Reference
- FTS 032803-2024