--- title: "UK-Salford: Market research services" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-6bc5087d-29f1-496a-a8ec-eb571feebf5f" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-6bc5087d-29f1-496a-a8ec-eb571feebf5f" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-6bc5087d-29f1-496a-a8ec-eb571feebf5f.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-6bc5087d-29f1-496a-a8ec-eb571feebf5f.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "H M REVENUE & CUSTOMS" published: "2017-07-07" --- # UK-Salford: Market research services Buyer: H M REVENUE & CUSTOMS Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-b5fd17-6bc5087d-29f1-496a-a8ec-eb571feebf5f [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-6bc5087d-29f1-496a-a8ec-eb571feebf5f) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-6bc5087d-29f1-496a-a8ec-eb571feebf5f.json) ## Summary HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), located in Salford, Manchester, is seeking suppliers for the "UK-Salford: Market Research Services" tender. The contract value is estimated at £837,000 and will be executed under an open procurement method. The tender period concluded on 2nd May 2017, while the contract commenced on 1st July 2017 and will last until 30th June 2019. This project involves the development of a Market Industry Reporting Tool, divided into two lots: trade sector analysis and consumer landscape reporting. This procurement presents significant growth opportunities for businesses experienced in IT consulting and market research. Companies that can provide high-quality data services, particularly those familiar with developing reporting tools and data analysis, will be well-positioned to compete. The requirement for effective risk analysis and a user-friendly interface suggests that firms that employ modern web standards and technologies will have an advantage in fulfilling HMRC's needs. ## Notice HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) supported by the Valuation Office Agency and The Adjudicator's Office are tendering to acquire supplier(s) for the provision of a Market Industry Reporting Tool(s) to assist the Client in obtaining industry research intelligence and expert analysis in respect of trade sectors and consumer behaviours and forecasts. The requirement will be divided into two Lots - Lot 1, Trade sector expert analysis reporting tool HMRC requires UK (and overseas where available) information, data, industry reporting on trade sectors with expert analysis functionality. The required reporting tool must have the ability to: (a) create HMRC specific sectors and run pre-defined and ad-hoc reports; (b) cover a broad range of UK industries (Overseas if available), making use of government industry classification (SIC codes - at 5 digit 'class' level); (c) have a query tool enabling HMRC to search across the entire UK economy (Overseas if available) at the granular industry level; statistics, cost structure, levels, trends, risks, supply chain, external drivers, regional concentration (d) cover the subject - commodity; financial market; content types; corporate or industry type; economic; trends and analysis; international; political; sport and recreation. In addition to the above, the reporting tool must be able to provide risk analysis functionality to help understand risks such as forward-looking picture, impact assessment of critical factors on growth, competition and innovation in the market; Lot 2, Understanding on the consumer landscape reporting tool. HMRC requires UK consumer (Including business to end consumer and business to business (known as B2B)) reporting tool, to provide analysis and performance forecasts. The reporting functionality required needs to provide an understanding of consumer attitudes and behaviours of the trade sector customers. The reports also need to include how they operate and/or the market they are in, helping to identify potential risks. In addition to the above, the reporting tool must be able to provide a reporting tool functionality to provide strategic assessments of emerging trends to identify future risk areas to help understand a number of aspects, from revenue forecasts to threats and opportunities presented by consumers (end or B2B) to industry. HMRC will require a search tool that will allow users to combine various search criteria and select specified outputs as well as having the ability to run bespoke reports against UK economy. HMRC will require the Data to be up-to-date from official, recognised sources and be published in consistent report formats, to enable comparison between reports. Management Information will be required to provide reports on all activities throughout the life of the contract. Contractors will ideally be using latest web standards based on HTML5 and associated technologies.The reporting tool will be used by approximately 1000 users, of which 250 are likely to be concurrent. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f135a388-8e3f-4874-9318-3ee0768a79dd | | Notice type | Award Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Large | | All stages | Tender, Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 7 Jul 2017 | | Submission deadline | 2 May 2017 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 13 Jun 2017 | | Contract period | 29 Jun 2017 - 1 Jul 2019 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £837,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | £550,400 | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Active | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | H M REVENUE & CUSTOMS | | Locality | SALFORD/MANCHESTER | | Post town | Manchester | | Postcode | M60 9LA | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLD3 Greater Manchester | | ITL 3 | TLD34 Greater Manchester South West | | Local authority | Salford | | Electoral ward | Ordsall | | Westminster constituency | Salford | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 2 | | Supplier names | IBIS WORLD; MINTEL GROUP | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services - 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ## Release History - 7 Jul 2017 at 07:18 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f135a388-8e3f-4874-9318-3ee0768a79dd - 7 Jul 2017 at 07:00 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e82ec0b1-6976-4dcf-b9d6-8a1376f963f7 - 30 Mar 2017 at 11:49 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e82ec0b1-6976-4dcf-b9d6-8a1376f963f7 - 28 Mar 2017 at 07:29 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e82ec0b1-6976-4dcf-b9d6-8a1376f963f7 - 28 Mar 2017 at 07:26 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e82ec0b1-6976-4dcf-b9d6-8a1376f963f7 - 28 Mar 2017 at 07:26 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e82ec0b1-6976-4dcf-b9d6-8a1376f963f7 - 28 Mar 2017 at 07:26 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e82ec0b1-6976-4dcf-b9d6-8a1376f963f7 - 27 Mar 2017 at 09:28 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e82ec0b1-6976-4dcf-b9d6-8a1376f963f7 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f135a388-8e3f-4874-9318-3ee0768a79dd 7th July 2017 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e82ec0b1-6976-4dcf-b9d6-8a1376f963f7 7th July 2017 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/de46d2b8-0621-4b33-91bc-cb2d987a7cd6 Draft Tender Contract including Specification - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/6aa936ab-4014-4578-bdc8-876f1de136a2 Tendering Instructions - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/63ac69d3-9d4f-471e-8848-31ac3d229113 Instructions to Participate - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/0cff8413-9e43-44cc-bfbf-ffa452657aa8 Award Weighting Criteria - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/5d12b81d-9738-478a-b835-ec72bd8b5174 OJEU Contract Notice ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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