TC645 - Research, Evaluation and Data Sciences

A Contract Award Notice
by MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Framework (Services)
Duration
23.5 month (est.)
Value
£3M
Sector
PROFESSIONAL
Published
24 Oct 2023
Delivery
To 13 Oct 2025 (est.)
Deadline
n/a

Concepts

Location

Manchester

Geochart for 2 buyers and 51 suppliers

2 buyers

30 suppliers

Description

Manchester City Council (MCC) is looking to establish a procurement framework to help delivery its research and intelligence work, in support of its wider objectives. The framework will provide a mechanism through which expert support and advice can be effectively obtained to meet the myriad of needs of Manchester. Decision makers in the city require high quality research and intelligence in order to ensure delivery of Our Manchester Strategy and to maximise the benefit from increasingly challenging budgets. Framework Structure The Performance Research and Intelligence (PRI) function in MCC is establishing a procurement framework which will help support the work of the directorate, The Council and our partners. The Research, Evaluation and Data Science (REDS) Framework covers a broad range of activities which have been structured into six areas, known as LOTs. There will be a maximum of 15 providers on each LOT. The LOTs are as follows: LOT 1 – Data management, open text coding, text analytics and transcribing • Coding of text, including responses to open text consultation questions and internal case notes • Sentiment analysis • Machine learning analysis • Transcribing audio files • Recoding and transforming datafiles LOT 2 - Primary Research • Opinion research - Measuring perceptions and opinions of residents, businesses, service users via interviews, survey, focus groups • Observation/ ethnographic research • Insights including behavioral insights LOT 3 - Evaluations and Impact Assessments of Projects and Programmes • Theory of Change and Logic Model development • Evaluation and Impact Assessments of projects and programmes including both outcome and process evaluation • Cost Benefit Analysis • Randomised Controlled Trials • Rapid Evidence Reviews of services, systems and current internal practice • Equality Impact Assessments (EIA) and Health Impact Assessments (HIA) LOT 4 – Property & Economic Intelligence • Residential property market analysis • Commercial property market analysis • Economic research including businesses, employment and skills LOT 5 - Analytics and Modelling • Analysis of complex data and presentation to a wide range of audiences • Statistical Analysis, including descriptive statistics of time series, trends and demographic information • Statistical Modelling, including classification and regression modelling to support population segmentation, risk stratification and predictive modelling • Analysis of markets, including Social Care Markets • Population and Service needs assessments to inform policy and commissioning • Implementing data standards, quality and supporting approaches / systems • Analysis and Modelling of demand for services to support service planning and commissioning decisions • Presentation of analytics and modelling output to non-specialist audiences within bespoke and existing reports • Development of analytical and modelling processes into standard workflows. LOT 6 – Expert Networks: Cross-cutting Research and Evidence Generation • Rapid review and synthesis of multiple and complementary evidence sources • Complex systems modelling • Advanced and cross-discipline economic analysis

Lot Division

1 Data management, open text coding, text analytics and transcribing
Award Criteria
Quality 40.0
Social Value 20.0
Environment & Climate Change 10.0
PRICE 30.0
2 Primary Research

• Insights including behavioural insights

Award Criteria
Quality 40.0
Social Value 20.0
Environmental & Climate Change 10.0
PRICE 30.0
3 Evaluation and Impact Assessments
Award Criteria
Quality 40.0
Social Value 20.0
Environmental & Climate Change 10.0
PRICE 30.0
4 Property & Economic Intelligence
Award Criteria
Quality 40.0
Social Value 20.0
Environmental & Climate Change 10.0
PRICE 30.0
5 Analytics and Modelling
Award Criteria
Quality 40.0
Social Value 20.0
Environmental & Climate Change 10.0
PRICE 30.0
6 Expert Networks: Cross-cutting Research and Evidence Generation
Award Criteria
Quality 40.0
Social Value 20.0
Environmental & Climate Change 10.0
PRICE 30.0

Award Detail

1 Eventure Research (Brighouse)
  • LOT 1 - Data management, open text coding, text analytics and transcribing
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 8
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
2 ZK Analytics (London)
  • LOT 1 - Data management, open text coding, text analytics and transcribing
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 8
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
3 Das (Basingstoke)
  • LOT 1 - Data management, open text coding, text analytics and transcribing
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 8
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
4 Ove Arup & Partners (Manchester)
  • LOT 1 - Data management, open text coding, text analytics and transcribing
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 8
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
5 Axia Origin (London)
  • LOT 1 - Data management, open text coding, text analytics and transcribing
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 8
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
6 Methods Analytics (London)
  • LOT 1 - Data management, open text coding, text analytics and transcribing
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 8
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
7 York Consulting (Leeds)
  • LOT 2 - Primary Research
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 12
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
8 BMG Research (Birmingham)
  • LOT 2 - Primary Research
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 12
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
9 Enventure Research (Brighouse)
  • LOT 2 - Primary Research
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 12
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
10 Mustard Market Research (Manchester)
  • LOT 2 - Primary Research
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 12
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
11 Trilateral Research (London)
  • LOT 2 - Primary Research
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 12
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
12 Team Telemarketing (Solihull)
  • LOT 2 - Primary Research
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 12
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
13 Das (Basingstoke)
  • LOT 2 - Primary Research
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 12
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
14 CM Monitor Britain Thinks (London)
  • LOT 2 - Primary Research
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 12
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
15 MEL Research (Birmingham)
  • LOT 2 - Primary Research
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 12
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
16 DJS Research (Cheshire)
  • LOT 2 - Primary Research
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 12
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
17 Tpximpact (London)
  • LOT 2 - Primary Research
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 12
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
18 Good Side (London)
  • LOT 2 - Primary Research
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 12
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
19 Forever Consulting (Manchester)
  • LOT 3 - Evaluation and Impact Assessments of Projects & Programmes
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 13
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
20 Centrifuge Consulting (Newcastle upon Tyne)
  • LOT 3 - Evaluation and Impact Assessments of Projects & Programmes
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 13
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
21 Wavehill (Ceredigion)
  • LOT 3 - Evaluation and Impact Assessments of Projects & Programmes
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 13
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
22 Ekosgen (Glasgow)
  • LOT 3 - Evaluation and Impact Assessments of Projects & Programmes
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 13
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
23 York Consulting (Leeds)
  • LOT 3 - Evaluation and Impact Assessments of Projects & Programmes
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 13
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
24 Das (Basingstoke)
  • LOT 3 - Evaluation and Impact Assessments of Projects & Programmes
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 13
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
25 Cordis Bright (London)
  • LOT 3 - Evaluation and Impact Assessments of Projects & Programmes
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 13
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
26 SQW (Stockport)
  • LOT 3 - Evaluation and Impact Assessments of Projects & Programmes
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 13
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
27 Metro Dynamics (London)
  • LOT 3 - Evaluation and Impact Assessments of Projects & Programmes
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 13
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
28 ZK Analytics (London)
  • LOT 3 - Evaluation and Impact Assessments of Projects & Programmes
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 13
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
29 Tpximpact (London)
  • LOT 3 - Evaluation and Impact Assessments of Projects & Programmes
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 13
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
30 Axia Origin (London)
  • LOT 3 - Evaluation and Impact Assessments of Projects & Programmes
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 13
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
31 Forever Consulting (Manchester)
  • LOT 4 - Property & Economic Intelligence
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 10
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
32 Ekosgen (Glasgow)
  • LOT 4 - Property & Economic Intelligence
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 10
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
33 Savills (London)
  • LOT 4 - Property & Economic Intelligence
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 10
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
34 Steer Davies & Gleave (Manchester)
  • LOT 4 - Property & Economic Intelligence
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 10
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
35 SQW (Stockport)
  • LOT 4 - Property & Economic Intelligence
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 10
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
36 Metro Dynamics (London)
  • LOT 4 - Property & Economic Intelligence
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 10
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
37 Cambridge Econometrics (Cambridgeshire)
  • LOT 4 - Property & Economic Intelligence
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 10
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
38 Deloitte (London)
  • LOT 4 - Property & Economic Intelligence
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 10
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
39 Urbantide (London)
  • LOT 4 - Property & Economic Intelligence
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 10
  • Value: £400,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
40 Ekosgen (Glasgow)
  • LOT 5 - Analytics and Modelling
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 11
  • Value: £800,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
41 ZK Analytics (London)
  • LOT 5 - Analytics and Modelling
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 11
  • Value: £800,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
42 Cambridge Econometrics (Cambridgeshire)
  • LOT 5 - Analytics and Modelling
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 11
  • Value: £800,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
43 Wpi Economics (London)
  • LOT 5 - Analytics and Modelling
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 11
  • Value: £800,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
44 Das (Basingstoke)
  • LOT 5 - Analytics and Modelling
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 11
  • Value: £800,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
45 Ove Arup & Partners (Manchester)
  • LOT 5 - Analytics and Modelling
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 11
  • Value: £800,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
46 Deloitte (London)
  • LOT 5 - Analytics and Modelling
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 11
  • Value: £800,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
47 Methods Analytics (London)
  • LOT 5 - Analytics and Modelling
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 11
  • Value: £800,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
48 Urbantide (London)
  • LOT 5 - Analytics and Modelling
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 11
  • Value: £800,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
49 Wpi Economics (London)
  • LOT 6 - Expert Networks: Cross-cutting Research and Evidence Generation
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 5
  • Value: £600,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
50 Cambridge Econometrics (Cambridgeshire)
  • LOT 6 - Expert Networks: Cross-cutting Research and Evidence Generation
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 5
  • Value: £600,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
51 York Consulting (Leeds)
  • LOT 6 - Expert Networks: Cross-cutting Research and Evidence Generation
  • Reference: tc645 - research, evaluation and data sciences
  • Num offers: 5
  • Value: £600,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.

Renewal Options

option to extend for up to a further 2 years

CPV Codes

  • 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

Indicators

  • Options are available.
  • Award on basis of price.

Other Information

The Council is using the e-business portal known as the Chest. Applicants will need to register their details at the following link www.the-chest.org.uk . Once registered, applicants will be emailed a log-in and password which will allow them to gain access to the documentation relating to this opportunity. Applicants will need to electronically submit their completed tender documents, including online questionnaire, via the on-line portal by 11am on 15 September 2022 as referred to in IV.2.2. Any clarification queries must also be submitted via the Chest website by the date referred to in the tender documentation. The contracts will be for 2 years, expected to commence 21 August 2023 with option to extend for up to an additional 2 years. The successful supplier will be required to actively participate in the economic and social regeneration of the locality of, and surroundings of, the place of delivery of the contract. Therefore, selection and award criteria, specification requirements and contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations as relevant to the subject matter of this project. The Council reserves the right not to award the framework, as a result of this Contract Notice. The Council shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any organisation in responding to this notice or in tendering for the proposed framework. All submissions must be in English, with any clarifications or discussions conducted in English. Tenders and supporting documents must be priced in pounds sterling and all payments under the proposed contract will be made in pounds sterling. Please note that although quantities and descriptions in the framework are those used and required by Manchester City Council this framework is open to and may be used by other Authorities and Manchester Partners - this includes the following Councils - Bolton, Stockport, Tameside, Oldham, Trafford, Rochdale, Bury, Salford, Wigan, Blackburn Darwen BC, Blackpool, Cheshire East, Warrington, Manchester Central Convention Complex, Commission for New Economy, Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM),Greater Manchester Transport Unit, Greater Manchester Combined Authority and the Integrated Transport Authority, Greater Manchester Police, Greater Manchester Fire Authority, Manchester International Airport, and any other public authority, National Health Service (NHS) organisation or companies / partners owned by or part of any contracting body.

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