Award

Data Preparation Services

NATIONAL SAVINGS & INVESTMENTS

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

09 May 2019 at 15:26

Award Notice
Tender

14 Feb 2019 at 18:13

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

National Savings & Investments (NS&I) is seeking a suitable agency for Data Preparation Services, specifically for data processing and tabulation skills, to handle up to 20,000 questionnaires annually. This procurement falls within the services category, and it is currently in the Award stage as of 9th May 2019, following a tender period that ended on 5th March 2019. The contract, valued at £60,000, will require processing in the Greater London area and has a call-off nature with an initial term of two years starting from 1st April 2019, with the option to extend for one additional year.

This tender presents a significant opportunity for SMEs engaged in data entry and processing services, especially those located within Greater London. Businesses with expertise in handling survey data, coupled with efficient processing capabilities, can benefit from this contract as NS&I conducts both regular and ad-hoc surveys. Competitors should be prepared to manage large volumes of data entry and be adaptable to varying questionnaire formats based on NS&I's instructions to ensure compliance with their operational requirements.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Data Preparation Services

Notice Description

The purpose of this ITT is to commission a suitable agency with specialist data processing and tabulation skills to provide NS&I with data preparation/entry services. Tenderers should note that, in order to ensure that the costs incurred by NS&I of sending the completed questionnaires by secure courier are kept to a minimum, the location where the completed questionnaires are to be processed under any awarded contract must be within the Greater London area. As part of NS&I's insight gathering, it carries out both regular and ad-hoc surveys among its customers. Although an increasing number of these surveys are conducted online, some are postal based and therefore there is a requirement for the responses to the surveys to be data entered by an external company on NS&I's behalf. Examples of a regular and an ad hoc questionnaire have been supplied. The questionnaire design and analysis of data is carried out within NS&I, as is most of the free response coding. However, the data entry, including coding of the responses to any occupation questions into social economic group, will be carried out by the data preparation supplier. On occasion NS&I may also require other free response questions to be coded and may require verbatim comments typed up. For each new survey that requires data entry, NS&I provides formatting instructions for the questionnaire. It would also send revised versions when changes are made to any of the questionnaires. The exact quantity of questionnaires is unknown but is likely to be in the region of between 15,000 and 20,000 a year. Approximately, 1,000 questionnaires are sent for data entry on a monthly basis. This represents around 20 to 25 different regular surveys per annum. The ad hoc jobs will tend to consist of between 200 and 2,000 questionnaires to be input; with the average being around 500 questionnaires. However, it has been known for significantly larger surveys to be run once every few years. Any eventual contract would be call-off in nature for an initial term of two years with NS&I's option to extend for a further period of one year. Additional information: For further information and to register your interest in this opportunity please visit the NS&I e-sourcing portal: https://nsandi.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=NSANDI and click on 'Current Tender Opportunities". Please note the deadline for receipt of responses is midday on 5th March 2019. All communications regarding this tender must be communicated via the NS&I e-sourcing portal: https://nsandi.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=NSANDI. Communications sent outside the portal cannot be answered.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-8fd55d42-7ed5-4fe2-8628-68fe3375ff1a
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5ba3671e-7a36-4c03-b32a-2d016eb65c79
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure (below threshold)
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

CPV Codes

72312000 - Data entry services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£60,000 Under £100K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£60,000 Under £100K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
9 May 20196 years ago
Submission Deadline
5 Mar 2019Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
18 Mar 20196 years ago
Contract Period
24 Apr 2019 - 24 Apr 2021 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NATIONAL SAVINGS & INVESTMENTS
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1V 2QX
Post Town
South West London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
TLI London
Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
Pimlico North
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

PLUS FOUR MARKET RESEARCH

Further Information

Notice Documents

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