Planning

Provision of Card Spending Data

OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS

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Planning

27 Jan 2025 at 11:21

Planned Procurement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has announced a procurement process for the "Provision of Card Spending Data" under the industry category of Data Services (CPV: 72300000). This tender is currently in the planning stage, with the deadline for market engagement ending on 10th February 2025. The project aims to collaborate with a UK data provider to develop economic and statistical applications based on card spending data, with an emphasis on high coverage and data granularity. This initiative is expected to enhance the ONS's capabilities in understanding and analysing consumer behaviour and retail performance across the United Kingdom.

This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses in the data services industry, particularly those with expertise in payment data, data analytics, and economic research. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are encouraged to apply. Companies that can provide detailed data tables on retail performance, merchant location spending, and spending by origin and channel will find this tender particularly relevant. The collaboration offers a platform for shared growth through cost-recovery and value-exchange models, potentially boosting the participating companies' technological capabilities and enhancing their reputation through association with ONS publications and insights.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Provision of Card Spending Data

Notice Description

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have been developing card spending data for the public good in partnership with data providers in the payment industry since 2019. The work so far, in conjunction with similar work undertaken by other National Statistical Institutes, has demonstrated the clear potentials of card spending data as new data sources for Official Statistics production as well as for providing granular, timely insights into the national and local economies. ONS are seeking to work collaboratively with a UK data provider with high coverage and data granularity to jointly develop economic and statistical applications for ONS and wider UK Government based on card spending data. We expect working together on a cost-recovery basis, i.e. contract costs being proportionate to the actual costs incurred, in a value-exchange model. For example, when developing new data and insights for ONS' purposes, data scientists from both organisations may work together to solve technical issues that bring additional value to the data provider beyond the partnership. Similarly, the data provider may benefit from ONS publications and statistical improvements based on their data through an enhanced corporate reputation. We expect to build a strong partnership with the data provider, that goes beyond a transactional commercial arrangement, in maximising the public value of large transactional data. As part of the partnership, ONS would like to develop card spending data into new economic data that can improve National Accounts measurement and produce insights on consumer behaviour to: 1. understand retail performance of high streets and towns 2. understand spend by merchant location 3. understand spend by origin & channel. Further requirements include permissions for ONS to regularly publish articles and aggregated insights/datasets and to enable cross-government access to the data through a secure data platform (such as the Integrated Data Service) to link to other government key data assets to produce further innovative, cross-cutting insights. ONS require the following information, in the form of 3 data tables. *Retail Performance of High Streets and Town *Spend by merchant location *Spend by origin and destination The full details of the variables required within each of the tables are included in the attached document "Request for Information - ROM Costs". The data tables will be aggregated to monthly totals (or more granular, subject to statistical disclosure control not affecting the utility of the data) and provided to ONS a monthly or quarterly basis. If you are interested in this opportunity and are able to provide the required variables detailed in "Request for Information - ROM Costs", please complete this document and submit via InTend before the closing date.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-dea62fbd-6c4c-4637-bebf-5a2b806f04a7
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ef4670bc-8c7c-4fbe-8386-b5fdbce08c92
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planned Procurement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Not specified
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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

CPV Codes

72300000 - Data services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
27 Jan 20251 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
10 Feb 2025Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
NEWPORT
Postcode
NP10 8XG
Post Town
Newport
Country
Wales
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLL Wales
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLL5 South East Wales
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLL54 Monmouthshire and Newport
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Newport
Electoral Ward
Tredegar Park and Marshfield
Westminster Constituency
Newport West and Islwyn

Further Information

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