Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-08-18
Buyer: AHDB
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72314000: Data collection and collation services | 72316000: Data analysis services
Estimated value: 2000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-09-23
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The scope of the procurement is to cover ‘Retail Consumer Purchase’ covering (but not restricted to) the following areas:
2. Detailed data for all products that compete with meat at the meal occasion, to a product type and meat or poultry cut and species level.
3. Detailed data on fresh meat, beef, veal, lamb, pork, bacon, sausages, sliced cooked and continental meats by product, grouped by similar product type at total market and individual retailer level.
4. Top line data by type and species for all other meats (rabbit, game etc.) at a total market and retailer level.
AHDB have split the core retail data procurement into lot 1 and lot 2, the specification for both are the same. The main variant between lot 1 (A) is:
— Proposal to best meet AHDB specification within a budget of 550 000 GBP— clearly identifying any elements of the specification not included along with associated costs.
The scope of procurement is to cover ‘Retail Consumer Purchase’ covering (but not restricted to) the following areas:
2. Detailed data for all products that compete with meat at the meal occasion, to a product type and meat or poultry cut and species level.
3. Detailed data on fresh meat, beef, veal, lamb, pork, bacon, sausages, sliced cooked and continental meats by product, grouped by similar product type at total market and individual retailer level.
4. Top line data by type and species for all other meats (rabbit, game etc.) at a total market and retailer level.
The contracting authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction.
AHDB have split the core retail data procurement into lot 1 and lot 2, the specification for both are the same. The main variant between lot 1 and lot 2 are the following:
Lot 2 — AHDB are looking for a proposal to meet all elements of AHDB specification and/or agency recommendation to meet the needs of AHDB.
The scope of procurement is to cover ‘Retail Consumer Purchase’ covering (but not restricted to) the following areas:
2. Detailed data for all products that compete with meat at the meal occasion, to a product type and meat or poultry cut and species level.

Eligibility requirements: Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender: 1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once) — Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register — Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue’ — Enter your correct business and user details — Note the username you chose and click ‘Save’ when complete — You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure); 2. Express an Interest in the tender — Login to the portal with the username/password — Click the ‘PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers’ link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) — Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content. — Click the ‘Express Interest’ button at the top of the page. — This will move the PQQ /ITT into your ‘My PQQs/ My ITTs’ page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) -You can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments’ in the ‘PQQ/ ITT Details’ box. 3. Responding to the tender — Click ‘My Response’ under ‘PQQ/ ITT Details’, you can choose to ‘Create Response’ or to ‘Decline to Respond’ (please give a reason if declining) — You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification — Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT — There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available) You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response’ button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk.