--- title: "Data Preparation Services" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-8fd55d42-7ed5-4fe2-8628-68fe3375ff1a" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-8fd55d42-7ed5-4fe2-8628-68fe3375ff1a" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-8fd55d42-7ed5-4fe2-8628-68fe3375ff1a.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-8fd55d42-7ed5-4fe2-8628-68fe3375ff1a.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "NATIONAL SAVINGS & INVESTMENTS" published: "2019-05-09" --- # Data Preparation Services Buyer: NATIONAL SAVINGS & INVESTMENTS Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8fd55d42-7ed5-4fe2-8628-68fe3375ff1a [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-8fd55d42-7ed5-4fe2-8628-68fe3375ff1a) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-8fd55d42-7ed5-4fe2-8628-68fe3375ff1a.json) ## Summary 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. ## Notice 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. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5ba3671e-7a36-4c03-b32a-2d016eb65c79 | | 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 | | All stages | Tender, Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 9 May 2019 | | Submission deadline | 5 Mar 2019 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 18 Mar 2019 | | Contract period | 24 Apr 2019 - 24 Apr 2021 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £60,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | £60,000 | | 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 | NATIONAL SAVINGS & INVESTMENTS | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South West London | | Postcode | SW1V 2QX | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London | | Local authority | Westminster | | Electoral ward | Pimlico North | | Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster | | Delivery location | TLI London | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | PLUS FOUR MARKET RESEARCH | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 72312000 - Data entry services ## Release History - 9 May 2019 at 15:26 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5ba3671e-7a36-4c03-b32a-2d016eb65c79 - 14 Feb 2019 at 18:13 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c95c6579-a6d0-4b9a-b472-eeb9c00f2c84 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5ba3671e-7a36-4c03-b32a-2d016eb65c79 9th May 2019 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c95c6579-a6d0-4b9a-b472-eeb9c00f2c84 14th February 2019 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=NSANDI Link to NS&I procurement portal ## Notice URLs - http://www.nsandi.com - https://nsandi.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=NSANDI ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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