# CONTRACT FOR THE PROVISION OF CONSUMER PRICES INDEX \(CPI\) AND RETAIL PRICES INDEX \(RPI\) LOCAL PRICE COLLECTION AND ASSOCIATED STATISTICAL SERVICES

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Office for National Statistics](/buyers/office-for-national-statistics/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: KANTAR UK LIMITED
- Award value: £15,615,539
- Tender value: £15,615,539
- Award date: 1 August 2021
- Published: 12 September 2022
- Contract start: 1 February 2023
- Contract end: 31 January 2030
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: dcfab794-e56f-4ff9-97f9-bbfa2a146e8f-570682
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-32ab510e-0438-4621-bb71-99249898011f

## Description

The Office for National Statistics \(ONS\) produces a wide range of key economic/social statistics\. The Consumer Prices Indices \(CPI and CPIH\) and the Retail Price Index \(RPI\) figures are one of the most important \(and most public\) statistics that the ONS produces\. They are one of the key economic indicators used by HM Treasury, the Monetary Policy Committee, and across Government and the private sector for decision making\. The contract involves the collection of nationally representative price data from retail outlets for the UK's monthly inflation indicators, the CPI and the RPI\. The services to be provided include: \(i\) item selection: the participation, with ONS staff, in the periodic review and selection of items for a basket of goods and services and of a subset of those items for which the service provider will collect prices; \(ii\) sourcing of products and outlets: finding products that comply with the item specifications, and outlets in which to price those products; \(iii\) location enumeration; the enumeration of, and supply of information on, locations where this is needed for outlet selection; \(iv\) collection of prices: the collection of representative price data and descriptions of the products being priced for the subset of items for which the service provider will collect prices; \(v\) data cleaning: the checking of the data for quality; \(vi\) data delivery: the delivery of the data to ONS; and \(vii\) associated services: including but not limited to market information on prices, retailers, goods and services; and the twice yearly collection of price data \(in London\) for the Purchasing Power Parities surveys\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/dcfab794-e56f-4ff9-97f9-bbfa2a146e8f-570682)