Published date: 11 February 2022
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Contract summary
Industry
Research and development consultancy services - 73200000
Design and execution of research and development - 73300000
Location of contract
England, Wales
Value of contract
£49,868
Procurement reference
CP000063 Public Consultation for Think Ethics Programme
Published date
11 February 2022
Closing date
1 November 2021
Closing time
11:59pm
Contract start date
15 November 2021
Contract end date
14 March 2022
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Other: Competitive Request for Proposal (Below Threshold)
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
The Supplier will deliver a public engagement project using a deliberative approach to help inform our Ethics Review Programme (known publicly as Think Ethics) and shape policy development. The work will seek to explore the different values and concerns at play when people weigh up different scenarios, recognise trade-offs between risks and benefits, and express expectations and concerns about participating in a research study.
The purpose of this work is for the HRA to get an understanding of what people know about research ethics review and through a deliberative approach, what people:
perceive to be the value of ethics review and the role of RECs
think should be the focus/nature of ethics review
consider to be important categories that should be considered by RECs
The aim is for the outcome of this work to feed into our Ethics Review Programme, in particular the following projects:
'Method of Review' project, which explores how different pathways of ethics review could be used to ensure that health and social care research studies are reviewed in the right way. We will consider whether some research could be reviewed in a more 'light touch' way, potentially by researchers themselves. The aim is to focus REC members' time and expertise where they add most value, reduce the number of studies going to full REC meetings and enable studies with few ethical issues to be reviewed in a more simplified, less resource-intensive way.
'Streamlining REC Documentation' project, which aims to modify questions in our application form and reduce the volume of information to REC members to allow them to focus their time most effectively on ethical issues.
'Decision Making and Committee Culture' project, which aims to improve consistency in the way decisions are made by RECs across the UK, in part through a review of the Lead Reviewer Form (Table 1) used by RECs.
'Information and consent' project, which aims to improve public involvement in the development of information for study participants and focus ethics review on what matters to those participants.
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Awarded date
14 November 2021
Contract start date
15 November 2021
Contract end date
14 March 2022
Total value of contract
£49,868
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
HOPKINS VAN MIL: CREATING CONNECTIONS LTD
Address
6 Deans Yard
LONDON
SW1P 3NP
GBReference
Companies House number: 09093788
Supplier is SME?
Yes
Supplier is VCSE?
No
About the buyer
Contact name
Claire Luu
Address
Health Research Authority
2nd Floor, 2 Redman Place
LONDON
E20 1JQ
England
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