Financial Conduct Authority: UK-London: Market and economic research; polling and statistics.

UK-London: Market and economic research; polling and statistics.

This notice is covered by: Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority/entity

I.1) Name and addresses
       Financial Conduct Authority, 01920623
       12 Endeavour Square, London, E20 1JN, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 2070661000, Email: FPSProcurement@fca.org.uk
       Main Address: www.fca.org.uk
       NUTS Code: UK

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement
   
   II.1.1) Title: CON-18-022 Financial Lives Survey Programme of Research and Reporting   
      Reference number: CON-18-022   
   
   II.1.2) Main CPV code:
      79300000 - Market and economic research; polling and statistics.
       
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

II.2) Description

   II.2.1) Title: CON-18-022 Financial Lives Programme of Research and Reporting   
   Lot No: 1   

   II.2.2) Additional CPV codes:
      Not Provided    
   
   II.2.3) Place of performance:
      UK UNITED KINGDOM
       
   
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement at the time of conclusion of the contract:
    Financial Lives Survey Lot 1. The survey is biennial, with the work required to plan, run and report the survey lasting 2 years. This contract covers Waves 2 and 3 with an option to extend to Wave 4. The Lot 1 Supplier is required to programme and host the survey, including a full pilot, and provide the survey data cleaned and with weights appended, ready for producing data tables.    
   
   II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
               Start: 25/03/2019 / End: 24/03/2023       
      Directive 2014/24/EU - In the case of framework agreements, provide justification for any duration exceeding 4 years:
      Not Provided          
   
   II.2.13) Information about European Union funds:
   The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No    


Section IV: Procedure

IV.2) Administrative information
   
   IV.2.1) Contract award notice concerning this contract
   Notice number in OJ S: 2019/S 111 - 273121    

Section V: Award of contract/concession

Contract No: CON-18-022   Lot No: 1   Title: Online Survey
V.2) Award of contract/concession

   V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession award decision: 25/03/2019   

   V.2.2) Information about tenders
   The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

   V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire, No. 1:
          The National Centre for Social Research, 04392418
          36 Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0AX, United Kingdom
          NUTS Code: UK
   The contractor/concessionaire is an SME: No    
   
   V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession:
   Total value of the procurement: 1,860,011   
   Currency: GBP

Section VI: Complementary Information

   VI.3) Additional Information:
      To view this notice, please click here:
https://fca.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=656711263
   
   VI.4) Procedures for review
   
      VI.4.1) Review Body
       Financial Conduct Authority
       12 Endeavour Square, London, E20 1JN, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 2070661000
       Internet address: www.fca.org.uk
   
      V1.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures:
      Not Provided

      VI.4.3) Review procedure
         Not Provided    
      
      VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
      Not Provided
   
   VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 13/01/2022
   
Section VII: Modifications to the contract/concession

VII.1) Description of the procurement after the modifications

   VII.1.1) Main CPV code:
      79300000 - Market and economic research; polling and statistics.
   

   VII.1.2) Additional CPV code(s)
      Not Provided

   VII.1.3) Place of performance:
      UK UNITED KINGDOM
       
   
   VII.1.4) Description of the procurement:
    The first two waves of the survey, conducted in 2016/7 and 2019/20, were undertaken using a combination of online and in-home interviewing. The aim of the in-home survey was to ensure those offline or in some way digitally excluded were represented in the survey.
The Covid pandemic has necessitated a change in survey methodology, with large-scale in-home interviewing still unlikely. The in-home survey will be replaced with a telephone survey.    
   
   VII.1.5) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession:
               Start: 25/03/2019 / End: 24/03/2023       
   
      Directive 2014/24/EU - In the case of framework agreements, provide justification for any duration exceeding 4 years:
      Not Provided       .
   
   VII.1.6) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession
   Total value of the contract/lot/concession: 2,199,684   
   Currency: GBP    
   
   The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
   VII.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire, No. 1:
          The National Centre for Social Research, 04392418
          36 Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0AX, United Kingdom
          NUTS Code: UK
   The contractor/concessionaire is an SME: No

   
VII.2) Information about modifications

   VII.2.1) Description of the modifications:
    The first two waves of the survey, conducted in 2016/7 and 2019/20, were undertaken using a combination of online and in-home interviewing. The aim of the in-home survey was to ensure those offline or in some way digitally excluded were represented in the survey.
The Covid pandemic has necessitated a change in survey methodology, with large-scale in-home interviewing still unlikely. The in-home survey will be replaced with a telephone survey.    
   
   VII.2.2) Reasons for modification:
         Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire (Art. 43(1)(b) of Directive 2014/23/EU, Art. 72(1)(b) of Directive 2014/24/EU, Art. 89(1)(b) of Directive 2014/25/EU)
   
   Description of the economic or technical reasons and the inconvenience or duplication of cost preventing a change of contractor:
    The Covid pandemic has necessitated a change in survey methodology, with large-scale in-home interviewing still unlikely. For this reason Wave 3 of the Financial Lives survey will follow a different methodology to preceding waves and the in-home survey will be replaced with a telephone survey. There are a number of benefits associated with one supplier conducting both pieces of fieldwork in terms of sampling, weighting, data merging, costs and timescales.       
   
   VII.2.3) Increase in price
   Updated total contract value before the modifications (taking into account possible earlier contract modifications and price adaptions and, in
   the case of Directive 2014/23/EU, average inflation in the Member State concerned)
   Value excluding VAT: 1,860,011   
   Currency: GBP    
   
   Total contract value after the modifications:
   Value excluding VAT: 2,199,684    
   Currency: GBP