Office For National Statistics Tender

Request For Information (rfi) - Provision Of Data For The Statistical Business Register, Rough Order Of Magnitude (rom) Costs Ons Are Currently Developing A New Statistical Business Register Which Will Replace The Current Inter-departmental Business Register (idbr) Which Has Been In Place For 30 Years. The Existing System Receives Group Linkage Data (based On 50.1% Or Greater Voting Share Ownership) Via Large Batch Files. The New Register Uses Modern Technology, And We Aim To Receive Group Linkage Data Based On 10% Or Greater Voting Share Ownership, And Financial Data. Ons Intends To Procure A Supply Of Up-to-date Data On The Linkages Of Businesses (legal Entities) Based On Share Ownership Which Is Recorded On The Idbr. This Should Include As A Minimum All Uk Business And Their Links To Both Domestic And Foreign Entities, Based On A 10% Or Greater Voting Share Ownership To Capture Information On Minority Control. Ons Is Also Looking To Collect Certain Financial Data For These Businesses (ideally On An Individual Company, Rather Than A Consolidated Basis). The Foreign Direct Investment Team Currently Receive A Number Of Variables Covering Business Structures, Shareholder Information And Financial Data, But Going Forward, We Aim Improve Our Linkage To The Sbr To Source Many Of The Business Variables. Our Requirements From The New Supplier Cover Supplementary Information To Both Inform Our Fdi Population And Help Compile Foreign Affiliate Statistics (fats). If You Would Like To Assist With This Information, Please Register On The Ons E-tendering Portal Https://in-tendhost.co.uk/ons And Use The 'express An Interest' Function Against The Project Title 'provision Of Data For The Statistical Business Register And Foreign Direct Investment'. You Will Then Need To 'opt In' To Submit Your Rfi. 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 Potentially Can Provide Some Or All The Services That Ons May Require, In Order To Help Ons With Its Future Intentions. Any Future Tenders Will Be Conducted Through Ons's 'dps Data Sasie'. If You Would Like To Sign Up For This In Readiness To Receive Any Future Tender Packs, Please Search For The Dps Title On The E-tendering Portal And 'opt In'. This Will Take You Through To The Associated Documentation For Your Organisation To Apply