Notice Information
Notice Title
DFE - INTERTRADEIRELAND - ALL-ISLAND BUSINESS MONITOR
Notice Description
DFE - INTERTRADEIRELAND - ALL ISLAND BUSINESS MONITOR - InterTradeIreland requires a Supplier to undertake 16 quarterly surveys (over 3 years with an option to extend for a 4th year) with data collection and analysis for Q1 2026 to Q4 2029 on business confidence and various all-island business and economic themes. The Supplier must also provide up to 80 in-depth interviews a year and up to a maximum of 8 Pulse Surveys a year, the timing of which is flexible, through the timeframe of the project (for data collection periods Q1 2026 - Q4 2029). Suppliers should refer to full suite of tender documents for further details and full scope of requirements.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: One option to extend the contract for up to 12 months
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0610cb
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007547-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79310000 - Market research services
79311000 - Survey services
79311210 - Telephone survey services
79342300 - Customer services
79342310 - Customer survey services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £899,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £899,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 28 Jan 20263 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 23 Feb 2026Today
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- 2030-01-28
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- INTERTRADEIRELAND
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- ssdadmin.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NEWRY
- Postcode
- BT34 2DE
- 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)
- TLN06 Belfast
- Delivery Location
- TLN Northern Ireland
-
- Local Authority
- Belfast
- Electoral Ward
- Sydenham
- Westminster Constituency
- Belfast East
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007547-2026
28th January 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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