Provision of Household Expenditure Data

Description

About the Office for National Statistics (ONS) ONS is the UK's largest independent producer of official statistics and is the National Statistical Institute for the UK. Formally, it is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-Ministerial Department established by the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007. It is responsible for collecting and publishing statistics related to the economy, population, and society at national, regional, and local levels. ONS plays a leading role in national and international good practice in the production of official statistics. Introduction Prices Division is responsible for the production and quality assurance of two of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) most high profile statistics, the Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers' housing costs (CPIH), and the Consumer Prices Index (CPI). The consumer price indices are used widely by, among others, Her Majesty's Treasury for monitoring financial policy, the Department of Work and Pensions for setting social security benefits, the Bank of England for monetary policy decisions, financial institutions for analysis, Trade Unions for wage bargaining and the wider public for a 'sense' of inflation. Core Requirements To compile the consumer price indices, information is required on the annual expenditure on of different groups of products at multiple and independent stores. This enables the ONS to give each type of shop and product its correct weight or market share in the list of goods and services used to produce the indices. Much of the information is sourced from internal ONS surveys but some additional detailed expenditure information is needed. The consumer price indices are compiled by weighting together product or item level price data in a way that reflects UK consumer spending patterns. To achieve this, detailed consumer spending figures are required at a suitably disaggregated level for lower-level item weights to be constructed without the need for arbitrary decisions. Below is a list of headings against which detailed consumer expenditure and market share information is required. DIVISION 1 - FOOD AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Bread & Cereals Meat Fish Milk, Cheese & Eggs Oils & Fats Fruit Vegetables Including Potatoes and Other Tubers Sugar, Jam, Honey, Syrups, Chocolate and Confectionery Food Products Coffee, Tea, Cocoa Mineral Waters, Soft Drinks and Juices DIVISION 2 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO Spirits Wine (Inc Perry) Beer Tobacco DIVISION 3 - CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR Garments Other Articles Of Clothing & Clothing Accessories Dry Cleaning, Repair and Hire of Clothing Footwear Including Repairs DIVISION 4 - HOUSING, WATER, ELECTRICITY, GAS AND OTHER FUELS Actual Rents for Housing Products for the Regular Maintenance and Repair of Dwelling Services for the Regular Maintenance and Repair of Dwelling Water Supply Sewerage Collection Electricity Gas Liquid Fuels Solid Fuels DIVISION 5 - FURNITURE, HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT AND MAINTENANCE Furniture, Furnishings Carpets & Other Floor Coverings Household Textiles Major Household Whether Electric or Not & Small Electrical Appliances Repair of Household Appliances Glassware, Tableware and Household Utensils Tools and Equipment for House and Garden Non-Durable Household Goods Domestic Services and Home Care Services DIVISION 6 - HEALTH Pharmaceutical Products Other Medical Products & Therapeutic Equipment Medical Services and Paramedical Services Dental Services In-Patient Services DIVISION 7 - TRANSPORT New Cars Second-Hand Cars Motor Cycles and Bicycles Spare Parts & Accessories Fuels & Lubricants Maintenance & Repairs Other Services In Respect Of Personal Transport Equipment Passenger Transport by Railway Passenger Transport by Road Passenger Transport by Air Passenger Transport by Sea and Inland Waterway DIVISION 8 - COMMUNICATION Postal Services Telephone & Telefax Equipment and Services DIVISION 9 - RECREATION AND CULTURE Equip. For Receiving & Reproducing Sound & Picture Photographic, Cinematographic Equipment & Optical Instruments Data Processing Equipment Recording Media Repair of Audio-Visual, Photographic and Data Processing Equipment Major Durables for In/Outdoor Recreation Games, Toys and Hobbies Equipment for Sport, Camping & Open-Air Recreation Garden Plants and Flowers Pets and Related Products Recreational and Sporting Services Cultural Services Books Newspapers and Periodicals Misc. Printed Matter, Stationery & Drawing Materials Package Holidays DIVISION 10 - EDUCATION Education DIVISION 11 - RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS Restaurants & Cafes Canteens Accommodation Services DIVISION 12 - MISCELLANEOUS GOODS AND SERVICES Hairdressing Salons & Personal Grooming Establishments Appliances, Articles & Products for Personal Care Jewellery, Clocks and Watches Other Personal Effects Social Protection Services Insurance Connected with the Dwelling - Contents Insurance Insurance Connected with Health Insurance Connected with Transport Banking Services. Not Elsewhere Covered. Other Services N.E.C Questions for potential data providers 1. What is your experience of providing annual consumer expenditure segmentation and market share information for the areas above? 2. Can you provide information about how data would be accessed and the quality assurance process that you will use? 3. Can you confirm how would we access your data and how many licenses would be available? 4. How frequently is your information updated? Can you provide details of forthcoming research? Other Information It is anticipated that any resultant contract will be for 3 yrs with the option to extend for a further 2 years. The budget will be a maximum of £52000 per year. How to register Please email commercialteam@ons.gov.uk with an outline of your services. Please use the reference FAO C Jones CS-26-082 on the email. We will be scheduling follow-up one-to-one sessions to discuss your responses to the above questions once the notice has expired. Additional Information This Exercise is NOT a pre-qualification or selection exercise and is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process that may apply to any future potential procurement. It is intended to act as an awareness and information gathering exercise offering an opportunity for suppliers to advise the extent to which they can potentially provide some or all the services that ONS may require, in order to help ONS with its future intentions.