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UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED

UK SBS FWRECR17153BEIS Longitudinal Small Business Survey Years 4 and 5

R&DCPV 73200000 79300000
Value£900k
Awarded15 Jan 2018
Published5 Mar 2018
RegionLondon
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£900ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£972k

This is a large award for Research & Development — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 20,405 valued Research & Development tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The final date and time for the submission of bids is Monday 1th January 2018 at 14:00 DO NOT apply directly to the buyer.

Note : Please disregard any content in this notice that requests your organisation "to apply directly to the buyer" as this unfortunately a system generated error, that is outside of the Contracting Authorities control.

All tender information MUST be submitted through the CCS eSourcing Portal.

Brief Description of Requirement The BEIS Small Business Survey (SBS) has operated since 2003 and is a key source of reliable data on SME performance and the factors that affect this.

In 2015, the SBS was developed into a longitudinal survey, the Longitudinal Small Business Survey (LSBS).

An initial sample of 15,500 SMEs (0 to 249 employees) was surveyed between August 2015 and December 2015.

Respondents to this first survey were resurveyed in autumn 2016 and again in autumn 2017.

The Year 2 and 3 surveys also included additional respondents in order to maintain the cross sectional representativeness of the data produced.

This specification relates to the Years 4 and 5 of LSBS; the fieldwork for which will take place in autumn 2018 and autumn 2019, respectively.

Please ensure you review all attached information to ensure a full understanding of this requirement.

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This contract will be awarded based on the evaluation criteria set out in the ITQ document.

How to Apply As part of the strategic alliance between UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) and Crown Commercial Service (CCS), UK SBS will be using the CCS eSourcing Suite for this procurement.

To register on the CCS eSourcing portal please follow the details contained within the Additional Information section of this notice.

If you are already registered on the CCS eSourcing portal and wish to register your interest in this opportunity please email; expressionofinterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk Your email must clearly state: • the name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for; • the name of the registered Bidder; • the name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email.

Key requirements

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All tender information MUST be submitted through

All tender information MUST be submitted through the CCS eSourcing Portal.

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The Year 2 and 3 surveys also

The Year 2 and 3 surveys also included additional respondents in order to maintain the cross sectional representativeness of the data produced.

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Your email must clearly state

Your email must clearly state:.

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