ID 4629334 DfE - Consumer Council - Market Research Support

Concepts

• market and economic research
• consumer council
• belfast
• market research
• market research contractor
• behalf of the consumer council
• understanding consumers
• best practice research
• dfe - consumer council - market research support
• polling and statistics

Location

Northern Ireland:

Description

The Consumer Council is seeking to appoint a market research Contractor who can deliver insight on behalf of the Consumer Council that fully aligns to the organisation’s statutory powers and objectives regarding understanding consumers and undertaking best practice research. The contract period will be for an initial period of one year with two options to extend for any period, up to and including, twelve months each, starting from the award of the contract.

Renewal Options

There are two options to extend for any period, up to and including, twelve months each.

CPV Codes

• 79300000 - Market and economic research; polling and statistics
• 79310000 - Market research services

Indicators

• This is a recurring contract.
• Options are available.
• Renewals are not available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The figure indicated in Section II 1.5 represents an estimated contract value. This value reflects the potential scale of the contract,.. however, neither CPD nor the Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. The Contracting.. Authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. Economic Operators remain responsible for all costs and expenses.. incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from the Economic Operator in connection with taking part in this.. procurement process regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence, directly or indirectly of any amendments made to the.. procurement documents by the Contracting Authority at any time. No legally binding contract shall arise (and an Economic Operator.. shall. have no legitimate expectation that a contract will be entered into) until such time as entry into the Contract has been confirmed.. by the. Contracting Authority. Economic Operators should note that all dates, time periods and figures in relation to values and volumes.. specified. in this notice and the procurement documents are approximate only and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to. change. any or. all of them. The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. 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 will 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. twelve. months from the date of issue of the Notice..