How to win: Technology Solution for Local Price Data Collection

About this contract

Local Price Collection is vital to the production of the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers' housing costs (CPIH), Household Costs Indices (HCIs) and Retail Prices Index (RPI). These measures are important indicators of how prices are changing within the UK economy. ONS currently collects approximately 100,000 prices each month from retail outlets across 141 locations, using a field workforce of fewer than 300 collectors. The Local Price Collection service involves ONS identifying the products and retail locations from which information needs to be collected. Collection activity is allocated to field collectors, who record price and product information and associated metadata using mobile devices. The supporting technology enables collected information to be validated, collated and quality checked before being transferred into ONS systems. ONS is developing its future operating model for Local Price Collection. The future model may involve elements of data collection being undertaken in-house alongside separately procured outsourced data collection services. As part of this work, ONS is undertaking preliminary market engagement specifically

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