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Longitudinal Study of Debt Advice

MONEY AND PENSIONS SERVICE · awardUpdate, contractUpdate

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Opportunity overview

This modification to the Contract increases the volume of invitation letters be sent to potential research participants. The reason for this modification being required is that while response rates to sample recruitment to date from the general population are in line with expectations, the eligibility is lower than forecast. The intended impact of this is to achieve the required sample size and ensuring the study can deliver the high quality evidence needed for the remainder of the contract.

Awarded to

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IFF Research

Match pending…
Shared contract value
£1.8m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
4 Apr 2024
Suppliers
One of 2 awarded suppliers
Award ID
037304-2026-C0668-1
Status
active
Location
London, UK, EC3 6HD, United Kingdom

IFF Research

Matched by number
Shared contract value
£1.8m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
4 Apr 2024
Suppliers
One of 2 awarded suppliers
Award ID
037304-2026-C0668-1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 00849983
Location
London, UK, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV73110000 — Research services

Lots

  • No change from Contract Award Notice: High-level objectives are the following: Phase 1 • to successfully run the developing phase, recruit participants online in need of debt advice; • create the experimental allocation (using a stratified random process); • evaluate the encouragement design aimed at creating a robust counterfactual group; and • calibrate the key parameters (such as eligibility, attrition and response rate) for the large scale longitudinal. Phase 2 • to successfully run a large-scale randomised encouragement design longitudinal study; • create the experimental allocation (using a stratified random process); • successfully implement the encouragement design; • to keep comparable and sizeable treatment and control groups during the duration of the project over four waves; and • to measure the impact of debt advice on improving the outcomes of people. Insight: • to understand the causality of debt advice has with debt and wider financial well-being indicators within the debt journey over the short, medium and long term. This includes analysing complex journeys into and out of debt over time and the causes; • to identify the immediate effects of receiving debt advice, the sustainability of the solutions and the long-term consequences of clients' decisions; and • to identify what works and what doesn't work to increase motivation for advice seeking behaviour, which is one of the most challenging objectives in the debt advice sector.Value not stated

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-03f8f5
Main Procurement Category
services

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Scheme
CPV
Id
73110000
Description
Research services

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Description
No change from Contract Award Notice: High-level objectives are the following: Phase 1 • to successfully run the developing phase, recruit participants online in need of debt advice; • create the experimental allocation (using a stratified random process); • evaluate the encouragement design aimed at creating a robust counterfactual group; and • calibrate the key parameters (such as eligibility, attrition and response rate) for the large scale longitudinal. Phase 2 • to successfully run a large-scale randomised encouragement design longitudinal study; • create the experimental allocation (using a stratified random process); • successfully implement the encouragement design; • to keep comparable and sizeable treatment and control groups during the duration of the project over four waves; and • to measure the impact of debt advice on improving the outcomes of people. Insight: • to understand the causality of debt advice has with debt and wider financial well-being indicators within the debt journey over the short, medium and long term. This includes analysing complex journeys into and out of debt over time and the causes; • to identify the immediate effects of receiving debt advice, the sustainability of the solutions and the long-term consequences of clients' decisions; and • to identify what works and what doesn't work to increase motivation for advice seeking behaviour, which is one of the most challenging objectives in the debt advice sector.

Contract period

Duration In Days
1,920

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKH2

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
MONEY AND PENSIONS SERVICE
Id
GB-FTS-146197

Identifier

Legal Name
MONEY AND PENSIONS SERVICE
No Identifier Rationale
notOnAnyRegister

Address

Street Address
Money & Pensions Service Borough Hall
Locality
Bedford
Region
UKH24
Postal Code
MK429AB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Organisation 2
Name
IFF Research
Id
GB-FTS-180668

Identifier

Legal Name
IFF Research
No Identifier Rationale
notOnAnyRegister

Address

Street Address
5th Floor, St Magnus House, 3 Lower Thames Street
Locality
London
Region
UK
Postal Code
EC3 6HD
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Organisation 3
Name
IFF Research
Id
GB-COH-00849983

Identifier

Legal Name
IFF Research
Id
00849983
Scheme
GB-COH

Address

Locality
London
Region
UK
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Organisation 4
Name
Royal Courts of Justice
Id
GB-FTS-88

Identifier

Legal Name
Royal Courts of Justice

Address

Street Address
Strand
Locality
London
Postal Code
WC2A 2LL
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

reviewBody

Details

Organisation 5
Name
Money and Pensions Service
Id
GB-FTS-111026

Identifier

Legal Name
Money and Pensions Service

Address

Street Address
138 Cauldwell Street
Locality
Bedford
Postal Code
MK42 9AP
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Roles

mediationBody

Details

Award information

Award 1
Id
037304-2026-C0668-1
Status
active

Related lots

1

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-180668
Name
IFF Research
Supplier 2
Id
GB-COH-00849983
Name
IFF Research

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
037304-2026-C0668-1
Award ID
037304-2026-C0668-1
Status
active
Date Signed
5 Apr 2024, 00:00

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Classification

Scheme
CPV
Id
73110000
Description
Research services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKH2

Value

Amount
1,767,867
Currency
GBP

Period

Duration In Days
1,920

Amendments

Entry 1
Id
1
Description
This modification to the Contract increases the volume of invitation letters be sent to potential research participants. The reason for this modification being required is that while response rates to sample recruitment to date from the general population are in line with expectations, the eligibility is lower than forecast. The intended impact of this is to achieve the required sample size and ensuring the study can deliver the high quality evidence needed for the remainder of the contract.
Rationale
Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: Technical reasons exist to prevent the change of the contractor, as this additional activity cannot be fulfilled by another supplier, due to the interoperability with existing activities by the current supplier, as the activity associated with this modification is not a separate piece of work, rather an increase to existing activities to recruit research participants and achieve the sample size needed. The modification is permitted by Regulation 72(1)(b) Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("PCR 2015"). Additional services have become necessary for successful project delivery that were not included in the original contract, and, for technical reasons, it is not possible to change contractor without causing significant inconvenience and substantial duplication of costs. The percentage increase in value from the original contract value - approximately 21% - is within the range permitted under Regulation 72(1)(b) PCR 2015.

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Bedford · UKH24 · MK429AB · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKH2

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 037304-2026awardUpdate, contractUpdate ·