Competitive Contract Notice

1. Title: GB-London: UK SBS CR19087 The economic impacts of climate change – expert workshop
2. Awarding Authority:
UK Shared Business Services Ltd
Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, SN2 1FL, United Kingdom
Tel. 01793 867000, Email: research@uksbs.co.uk, URL: www.uksbs.co.uk
Contact: UK SBS Research Procurement, Attn: UK SBS Research Procurement
3. Contract Type: Services
Sub Type: Market research and public opinion polling services.

4. Description: Research and development services and related consultancy services. Market and economic research; polling and statistics. The final date and time for the submission of bids is Wednesday 13th November 2019 at 14:00

DO NOT apply directly to the buyer.

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

Brief Description of Requirement

Estimates of the economic impacts of climate change need to be improved. Given the challenge set out above and the wide range of potential avenues to explore, our starting point is to engage researchers in a process of research prioritisation, in order to inform and shape future funding (both by UK Govt and beyond). We wish to achieve this through a facilitated workshop, that brings together a diverse range of expertise relevant to climate economics.
The aim of the workshop is to build on the expertise of participants to map out the direction of research in this field and give guidance to those funders who wish to help stimulate significant new developments. Additionally, it is hoped that by bringing together a strong group of leading academics, that this helps to generate fruitful new collaborations that also serve to further enhance the discipline.

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

DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO BUYER

All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, for procurement values that exceed Regulation 5 (Threshold amounts)

Responses must be received by the date in the tender documentation; responses received outside of the deadline or not sent via the eSourcing portal will not be accepted or considered further for this opportunity.
5. CPV Codes:
73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services.
79300000 - Market and economic research; polling and statistics.

6. NUTS Codes :
UKI - LONDON

7. Main Site or Location of Works, Main Place of Delivery or Main Place of Performance: LONDON,
8. Reference Attributed by the Awarding Authority:
9. Estimated Value of Requirement: Category I: 50K to 100K
Currency: GBP
10. Deadline for Expression of Interest: 13/11/2019 14:00:00
11. Address to which they must be sent:
UK Shared Business Services Ltd
Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, SN2 1FL, United Kingdom
Tel. 01793 867000, Email: research@uksbs.co.uk, URL: www.uksbs.co.uk
Contact: UK SBS Research Procurement, Attn: UK SBS Research Procurement

12. Other Information:
Other Information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

About UK Shared Business Services

UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) brings a commercial attitude to the public sector; helping our contracting authorities to improve efficiency, generate savings and modernise.

Where UK SBS is not named as the Contracting Authority within the documentation, UK SBS will be acting as an agent on behalf of the Contracting Authority.

Our broad range of expert services is shared by our customers. This allows our customers the freedom to focus resources on core activities; innovating and transforming their own organisations.

For full details of our partner base please review the following link: http://www.uksbs.co.uk/services/procure/contracts/Pages/default.aspx
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://uksbs.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-GB-London:-UK-SBS-CR19087-The-economic-impacts-of-climate-change-%E2%80%93-expert-workshop/4SXS32H53X

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://uksbs.delta-esourcing.com/respond/4SXS32H53X
TKR-20191023-PRO-15492132
Suitable for VCO: No
Procedure Type:OPEN
Period of Work Start date: 02/12/2019
Period of Work End date: 30/06/2020
Is this a Framework Agreement?: no