Published date: 21 October 2021

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 8 November 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research consultancy services - 73210000

  • Marketing management consultancy services - 79413000

Location of contract

SW1Y 5AG

Value of contract

£0 to £20,000

Procurement reference

RFQ 615

Published date

21 October 2021

Closing date

8 November 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

15 November 2021

Contract end date

23 December 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Royal Society's Data Programme is developing policy and promoting debate that helps the UK safely and rapidly realise the growing benefits of data and digital technologies. In 2019, the Royal Society launched the report Protecting privacy in practice: The current use, development and limits of Privacy Enhancing Technologies in data analysis. One of our activities following from this report is an exploration of the status and role of Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs): technologies or conceptual approaches that allow the derivation of useful insights from data without requiring full data access.
The Society launched a refresher project to update the 2019 report, which shall be published in late 2021. This will include an updated review of PETs applications, legal / regulatory concerns, and an illustrative set of use cases.
The Society seeks to engage a Supplier to undertake this commissioned research as a keystone of our evidence gathering for this project; and it shall inform our understanding of the current state of PETs usage and identifying key user needs with regard to PETs.
The Society seeks to engage a Supplier being a researcher or team of researchers, to undertake market research that will outline the uptake of PETs in a range of organisations. This includes the enabling and inhibiting factors that encourage or prevent the use of PETs in various contexts. Industries to be reviewed include finance, health and life sciences, defence, telecommunications, and the public sector.
The findings of the successful supplier shall elucidate what kinds of PETs or privacy enhancing approaches are in established use (including but possibly expanding on those listed below in 3.2), and the 'market readiness levels' (as opposed to 'technology readiness levels') in different sectors.
See Brief for more details in attachments.

More information

Attachments

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The Royal Society looks forward to hearing from Suppliers and we encourage you to submit your intention to quote in writing to June.Brawner@royalsociety.org, and cc James.Hannaford@royalsociety.org and Helena.Gellersen@royalsociety.org along with any queries as soon as possible.

About the buyer

Contact name

June Brawner

Address

6 Carlton House Terrace
LONDON
SW1Y5AG
England

Telephone

+44 20 7451 2500

Email

June.Brawner@royalsociety.org

Website

www.royalsociety.org