Notice Information
Notice Title
QUB/1996/21 Research Contractor to conduct the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey
Notice Description
The aim of the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey is to provide a time-series and a public record of how the attitudes and behaviour of adults in Northern Ireland develop on a wide range of social policy issues. The survey is designed to meet two distinctive but complementary needs: 1. a local resource for use by the general public; 2. data to inform a more theoretical academic debate within the field of social policy research. The purpose of this procurement is to appoint a Research Contractor to conduct the survey on behalf of Queen's University Belfast and Ulster University.Please note: the award of this contract and the appointment of a Research Contractor will be subject to confirmation of funding.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The aim of the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey is to provide a time-series and a public record of how the attitudes and behaviour of adults in Northern Ireland develop on a wide range of social policy issues. The survey is designed to meet two distinctive but complementary needs: 1. a local resource for use by the general public; 2. data to inform a more theoretical academic debate within the field of social policy research. This procurement is conducted on behalf of Queen's University Belfast and Ulster University to appoint a Research Contractor to conduct the Northern Ireland Life and Time Survey.
Options: The Contract shall be for one round of the survey in 2021, with the option to extend to a further one round of the survey in 2022, subject to satisfactory performance and funding. This option to extend shall be entirely at the discretion of Queen's.
Renewal: The Contract shall be for one round of the survey in 2021, with the option to extend to a further one round of the survey in 2022, subject to satisfactory performance and funding.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-029d5c
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015587-2021
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79310000 - Market research services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £216,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £186,000 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 6 Jul 20214 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 30 Apr 2021Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 24 Jun 20214 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Mrs Gillian Wasson
- Contact Email
- g.wasson@qub.ac.uk, gm.robinson@ulster.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 2890973026
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BELFAST
- Postcode
- BT7 1NN
- Post Town
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLN Northern Ireland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLN0 Northern Ireland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLN0C Causeway Coast and Glens
- Delivery Location
- TLN0 Northern Ireland
-
- Local Authority
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Electoral Ward
- University
- Westminster Constituency
- East Londonderry
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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