Published date: 4 October 2018

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: 25 October 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Medical equipments - 33100000

  • Research and experimental development services - 73100000

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

    • Design and execution of research and development - 73300000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

ITT Ref: 351 NITs

Published date

4 October 2018

Closing date

25 October 2018

Contract start date

8 November 2018

Contract end date

30 April 2019

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 invites suppliers to tender for the provision of the Public Dialogue on Neural Interface Technologies (NITs)
The Royal Society is a self-governing Fellowship of many of the world's most distinguished scientists drawn from all areas of science, engineering, and medicine. The Society's fundamental purpose, as it has been since its foundation in 1660, is to recognise, promote, and support excellence in science and to encourage the development and use of science for the benefit of humanity
Drawing on the expertise of our fellowship, we provide expert, independent advice to policy-makers and the general public, championing the contributions that science can make to economic prosperity, quality of life and environmental sustainability. Recent policy studies have covered topics such as ocean resources, machine learning, school-business collaboration and synthetic biology
We also provide a forum for debate, bringing together diverse audiences to discuss the impact of science on current and emerging policy issues
The Royal Society is looking for an agency or agencies to engage with public audiences in order to inform the wider programme of work on neural interface technologies and encourage proposals from social enterprises. We anticipate a two stage process comprising one qualitative and one quantitative element both to be completed by early 2019
We are looking for proposals that showcase the best way to meet the programme aims that allow us to gain input from as many of the public as possible. The Society is able to provide expertise and materials to inform all elements of the dialogue
We would welcome advice on:
a) The number and range of participants in the dialogue phase e.g. representative samples or particular interest groups
b) Geography e.g. survey to be representative of both UK and devolved regions
c) How we describe NITs to the public in a more user friendly way
We are looking for agencies that will allocate experienced senior staff to the project
Suppliers are asked to respond to this Invitation to Tender providing clear statements against the criteria and indicating if you are tendering for Part one, Part two or both
Alternative tenders are permitted. Please refer to the Supplier Instructions on the Pricing Schedule for more information in regards to alternative pricing proposals
Please download, complete and send the Tenderer Registration Form to Procurement@royalsociety.org to receive the complete tender document package.

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All tenderers must register with the Royal Society as per the instructions in the Tenderer Registation Form to receive the full pack of tender documentation.

About the buyer

Contact name

Procurement Manager

Address

6-9 Carlton Terrace House
LONDON
SW1Y5AG
England

Telephone

+44 207 451 2500

Email

procurement@royalsociety.org

Website

https://royalsociety.org/