Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Sustrans
01797726
2 Cathedral Square, College Green
Bristol
BS1 5DD
UK
Contact person: Dunja Reed
Telephone: +44 1179268893
E-mail: monitoring@sustrans.org.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.sustrans.org.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA19622
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: Registered Charity
I.5) Main activity
Other: Sustainable Transport
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
The Walking and Cycling Index Residents’ Survey 2025
Reference number: INDEX25
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79311000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Sustrans wishes to commission a city-wide residents’ travel behaviour "push-to-online" survey in up to 17 cities and areas across the UK.
The survey will gather data about walking, wheeling and cycling and travel behaviour, satisfaction and attitudes about a range of issues related to walking, wheeling and cycling in their city among a representative sample of residents. The successful contractor will design a research methodology and questionnaire tools compatible with the previous methodology and questionnaire, conduct the survey fieldwork, clean and analyse the data and return specified outputs to Sustrans for further analysis and modelling.
Sustrans intends to commission for one iteration of fieldwork in 2025.
Please see Invitation to Tender for further details.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
700 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79311200
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
17 cities/city regions of the UK, as detailed in the procurement documents
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Sustrans wishes to commission a city-wide residents’ travel behaviour "push-to-online" survey in up to 17 cities and areas across the UK.
The survey will gather data about walking, wheeling and cycling and travel behaviour, satisfaction and attitudes about a range of issues related to walking, wheeling and cycling in their city among a representative sample of residents. Each survey to secure at least 1,100 respondents. The successful contractor will design a research methodology and questionnaire tools compatible with the previous methodology and questionnaire, conduct the survey fieldwork, clean and analyse the data and return specified outputs to Sustrans for further analysis and modelling.
Sustrans intends to commission for one iteration of fieldwork in 2025.
Note we are procuring for a single supplier framework, and there may be variations in the number of cities/city regions.
Please see Invitation to Tender for further details.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
700 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
06/01/2025
End:
31/10/2025
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
Note that this opportunity relates to work in 17 cities across the UK (including 8 cities in Scotland) and is not limited to Scotland.
Note that the same opportunity will be published on Contracts Finder, Sell2Wales and Find a Tender.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
The selection criteria can be seen in the Invitation to Tender documents.
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement with a single operator.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
18/11/2024
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Tender must be valid until:
31/10/2025
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
18/11/2024
Local time: 12:30
Place:
United Kingdom
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:
Dunja Reed
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
Sustrans is not currently considered to be a ‘contracting authority’ under The Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Sustrans has opted to
publish this notice on a voluntary basis and its intention is to comply voluntarily with the principles set out in the Public Contracts
Regulations 2015 in this procurement: however, this does not bind Sustrans contractually in relation to the process.
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VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Sustrans
2 Cathedral Square, College Green
Bristol
BS1 5DD
UK
E-mail: monitoring@sustrans.org.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.sustrans.org.uk/
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
30/09/2024