Research and Insights DPS
Crown Commercial Service
- Estimated value
- £1,300,000,000
- VAT not stated
- Where
- UK-wide
- Buyer in North West England
- Trade
- Business, admin and consultancy
- Newspapers, journals, periodicals and magazines
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- Time to bid
- 591 full UK working days before the closing day, Fri 23 Feb 2029 (England and Wales bank holidays left out).
- Value
- £1.3bn is among the largest tenth of the 264 open consultancy and business services tenders that state a value (median £423,334).
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- 17 more open tenders from Crown Commercial Service listed here.
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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…
- Buyer
- Crown Commercial Service
- Buyer’s region
- North West England
- Where the work is
- UK-wide
- Listed on Evendraft under
- UK-wide tenders (a national buyer)
- Published
- 3 Nov 2021
- Tender deadline
- 23 Feb 2029, 23:59 UK time
- Estimated value
- £1,300,000,000 (VAT not stated)
- Trade
- Business, admin and consultancy
- 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
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure (above threshold)Two stages: apply to take part first; shortlisted suppliers are invited to tender.
- Framework
- No
- Lots
- Not divided into lots
- Suitable for small businesses The buyer’s answer
- Yes
- Suitable for charities and social enterprises The buyer’s answer
- Yes
- Good for small firms Evendraft’s filter
- No (estimated value over £1m)Good for small firms means the buyer marked it suitable for small businesses, the estimated value is £1m or less (or not stated), it is open to new suppliers, and it is not a framework with more than 20 places. Tenders where the buyer didn't say are left out.
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