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.
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The RM6126 Research & Insights agreement will be organised into distinct categories so:
● bidders can indicate all elements relevant to their service offering
● customers can filter the elements to produce a shortlist of appointed suppliers to invite to a competition
Crown Commercial Services (CCS) key priorities are to support visibility and control of research services whole life costs and to influence efficiencies through:
● offering valued research solutions to meet customers individual requirements
● build and increase capacity of high quality research and insights services outputs
● develop a dynamic commercial model for access to research and insights services
The four (4) distinct categories comprise of:
● Subject area
● Research methods
● Target participants
● Research location
Full details of the four (4) distinct categories and the sub-categories can be found at Annex A of the Buyer Needs document, and at DPS Schedule 1 (Specification) of the RM6126 Research & Insights DPS agreement terms and conditions, and also as Attachment 2 (Service Filter Matrix) in the bid pack. Additional information: This DPS has been extended to 23/02/2029.
The threshold value has been increased to £1.3b£1,300,000,000