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Research and Insights DPS

Details

Buyer
Crown Commercial Service
Value
£825,000,000
Topic
Newspapers, journals, periodicals and magazines
Published
3 November 2021
Submission
23 February 2029in 2 years
Source
uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

Crown Commercial Service (CCS) as the authority intends to put in place a DPS Agreement for the provision of Research and Insights services to be utilised by Central Government Departments and all other UK Public Sector Bodies, including local authorities, health, police, fire and rescue, education and devolved administrations and charities. It is intended that this DPS agreement will be the recommended vehicle for all research and behavioural insights services required by UK Central Government Departments. Additional information: Please note the Closing Date, Contract Start Date and Contract End Date have been manipulated to support compatibility system issues. Please refer to the contract notice for the correct dates, timelines etc. The duration of this DPS was 48 months with the option to extend for a further 2 periods of 12 months. This is to advise that the optional extension has been utilised and the end date is now 23/02/2029 and the threshold value has been increased to £1.3b

Timeline

  1. Tender published3 November 2021
    Current notice
  2. Submission date23 February 2029in 2 years

About the buyer

The Government Commercial Agency (CCS) is the UK's central buying body, renamed from the Crown Commercial Service in April 2026. As CCS, it ran national buying agreements for public and non-profit bodies across the UK. Government departments and local authorities drew on it as a shared procurement route. Buyers reached suppliers through frameworks, dynamic purchasing systems, dynamic markets and catalogues. Framework places were advertised on Find a Tender, Contracts Finder and its agreements page. Registration ran through an eSourcing portal, a selection questionnaire and a tender assessment on quality and price. Suppliers paid a commission on sales rather than a fee to join.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of CCS's contract awards have been in business services, IT services and software and information systems.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 22200000 · Newspapers, journals, periodicals and magazines
  • 72310000 · Data-processing services
  • 73000000 · Research and development services and related consultancy services
  • 79000000 · Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
  • 92400000 · News-agency services

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