Published date: 19 October 2017

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: 9 November 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

tender_155956/626852

Published date

19 October 2017

Closing date

9 November 2017

Contract start date

15 December 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Over the last year the Agency has prioritised publishing open data in order to become data driven. There are a number of opportunities to follow this up but in order to do so we need people to use the data to achieve real-world outcomes, in terms of generating actionable insights that would enable the Agency to fulfil its strategic objectives. The FSA's strategic plan can be found here: https://www.food.gov.uk/sites/default/files/FSA strategy document 2015-2020_April 2015_interactive (2).pdf
This project therefore provides funding for a series of case studies to demonstrate the value and potential applications of FSA data. In particular, we seek projects that will help us to develop our strategic focus, in terms of identifying, utilising and prioritising our most high-impact datasets.
Tenders are invited from a range of parties - including Universities, SMEs and start-ups - to engage with our open data through a series of projects. We have a programme of funding for this and are looking to fund between 7 and 14 pilot projects, with a total budget of £80,000.
The FSA is looking for project proposals that maximise the innovative use of our datasets. The scope has therefore been left open in order to maximise the possibility of innovation, whether in terms of developing new technologies, services and approaches, or creating new ways of utilising those which already exist. This could involve:
 Developing new Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
 Establishing new reference data and data standards
 Utilising and combining datasets in innovative ways

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About the buyer

Address

Foss House, 1-2 Peasholme Green
York
YO1 7PZ
England

Email

fsa.procurement@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk

Website

www.food.gov.uk