ID 4166085 - DfE - InterTradeIreland - All Island Business Monitor

Concepts

• survey services
• newry
• business confidence
• intertradeireland
• island business
• all island business monitor
• business panel
• dfe
• business services
• pulse surveys

Location

Newry

Description

InterTradeIreland (ITI) requires a Contractor to undertake 13 quarterly surveys and analysis (over 3 years and 5 months, Q3 2022 to Q3 2025) on business confidence and various all-island business and economic themes. InterTradeIreland requires Pulse Surveys through the timeframe of the project and require a Business Panel for the duration of the contract. The contract is due to commence on 01 August 2022.

Renewal Options

Initial 5 years contract period, plus the option to extend for a further 1 + 1 years.

CPV Codes

• 79311000 - Survey services
• 79342310 - Customer survey services
• 79311300 - Survey analysis services
• 79311210 - Telephone survey services
• 79311200 - Survey conduction services
• 79310000 - Market research services
• 79300000 - Market and economic research; polling and statistics
• 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Indicators

• Bids should cover the whole contract.
• This is a recurring contract.
• Options are available.
• Renewals are not available.
• Award on basis of price and quality.

Other Information

The successful Contractor’s performance on this Contract will be managed as per the. specification and regularly monitored (see. Procurement Guidance Note 01/12 - Contract. Management - Procedures and Principles). Contractors not delivering on contract.. requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for.. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory . levels of contract performance they will be given a. specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach. satisfactory. levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD. for further action. If this. occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory. levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an. act of grave professional. misconduct and they may be issued with a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and this. Contract may. be terminated. A central register of such Notices for supplies and services. contracts will be maintained and published on the. CPD website. Any contractor in receipt of. a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance will be required to declare this in future tender.. submissions for a. period of three years from the date of issue of the Notice. It may also. result in the contractor being excluded from. all procurement competitions being. undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the. Northern Ireland Procurement Policy.