About HCC.

Hybu Cig Cymru ('HCC') undertakes activities relating to development and promotion of Welsh red meat. In particular, HCC is involved in red meat industry development initiatives and its activities include attendance at/holding trade fairs, information programmes, competitions and consumer demonstrations.

The Framework Agreements and Call-Off Contracts

HCC is seeking to set up framework agreements with one or more service providers (up to a maximum five service providers per lot) for the provision of consumer research services in connection with the development, promotion and marketing of Welsh red meat.

Organisations interested in bidding should note that any framework agreement awarded will be a call off agreement and that services will be commissioned on an 'as and when' basis. As such, HCC does not guarantee that any party to a framework agreement will be commissioned to provide a minimum level of services or any services at all.

HCC's requirements for the Services

HCC requires tenderers to provide HCC with qualitative consumer research services including market research information, consumer insight research and advertising and brand awareness research in response to one-off individual briefs issued by HCC from time to time.

Such services include the capture of widespread and accurate data from a variety of sources and the presentation of such data (sometimes within short deadlines), to HCC in reports which are clear, user-friendly and accessible.

Tenderers will need to demonstrate that the individuals put forward to work on projects called off by HCC have the skills and experience to satisfy the above requirements.

Organisations interested in participating in this tender process are required to download an invitation to tender ('ITT') from HCC's website (details of which are set out in section I.1) above) and complete and submit a Response to ITT by the date shown in section VI.3.4) below.