Planning

Data Services

  • National Savings and Investments

F01: Prior information notice (reducing time limits for receipt of tenders)

Notice identifier: 2021/S 000-000851

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-003a72-integration

Published 16 March 2021, 11:29am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

National Savings and Investments

1 Drummond Gate

London

SW1V 2QX

Contact

Rob Haggis

Email

rob.haggis@nsandi.com

Telephone

+44 2079326657

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKI - LONDON

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.nsandi.com

Buyer's address

https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/5255

one.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/5255

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Ministry or any other national or federal authority

one.5) Main activity

Other activity

financial services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Data Services

Reference number

1496

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 72300000 - Data services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

National Savings and Investments (NS&I) as Contracting Authority intends to put in place 2 separate agreements for the provision of data services, procured under separate Lots.

Lot 1 for external data variables data services.

Lot 2 to establish a framework agreement with a single supplier for the provision of data modelling services for NS&I's Business Insight team.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £370,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: Yes

Tenders may be submitted for all lots

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

External data variables data services

Lot No

1

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 72310000 - Data-processing services
  • 72316000 - Data analysis services
  • 72318000 - Data transmission services
  • 72320000 - Database services
  • 72330000 - Content or data standardization and classification services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - UNITED KINGDOM

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

This Lot is expected to involve the provision of data services that append selected consumer classifications or data variables to customer records held on a data warehouse for approximately 25 000 000 retail savings customers who invest with NS&I. This will help NS&I identify certain customer groups and understand their likely preferences and behaviours and may cover channel usage and preference, indications of life stage, levels of affluence and suitability for savings products as well as other possible variables. The classifications proposed by economic operators at the tendering stage will be assessed in terms of their ability to support profiling of customers for retail savings and investments products and transaction and research channel preference and analysis and marketing campaign targeting and evaluation.

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

two.2.14) Additional information

NS&I wishes to gauge the market interest in providing the data services to meet NS&I's requirements described under this Lot by conducting a market engagement exercise to obtain the views of economic operators through a questionnaire which economic operators can download and complete by registering their organisation on the NS&I eProcurement tool: https://nsandi.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=NSANDI

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Data modelling services

Lot No

2

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - UNITED KINGDOM

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

This Lot is expected to cover the establishment of a framework agreement with a single supplier for the provision of data modelling services for NS&I's Business Insight team. To aid campaign selections, NS&I has developed a suite of propensity and look-alike models that can be deployed. To ensure that NS&I's Business Insight team can support the business of NS&I as required, there is occasional need for external support. This is expected to include advising on the use of the most suitable technique in work that requires detailed analysis and profiling or delivering an analytical project from start to finish, which may involve building a model or segmentation.

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice

22 March 2021


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

The Contracting Authority intends to use an eProcurement system in this procurement exercise. Economic operators can download a copy of the market engagement questionnaire for Lot 1 by registering on the NS&I eProcurement tool: https://nsandi.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=NSANDI and selecting the eProcurement tool tender reference number 24972.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

National Savings and Insurance

London

Country

United Kingdom