Published date: 24 June 2021
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Contract summary
Industry
Design and execution of research and development - 73300000
Location of contract
United Kingdom
Value of contract
£138,000
Procurement reference
NICE AIMASE01
Published date
24 June 2021
Closing date
24 March 2021
Closing time
4pm
Contract start date
3 May 2021
Contract end date
2 March 2023
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?
No
Description
We are looking for an evaluation partner with experience evaluating national programmes of a similar scale and complexity, and where the scope could potentially evolve, to deliver a formative evaluation and hand-over a robust summative evaluation strategy (including proposed metrics and data sources) by March 2023. The supplier should also have the capability to deliver emerging learning throughout the project
The Programme is for evaluation of the AI Multi-Agency Advice Service (MAAS) project this is a 2.75 year project, funded by the NHSx AI Lab. The aim of the project is to collaboratively research, test and develop a multi-agency advice service that will offer support, information and advice on the regulation and health technology assessment pathways for artificial intelligence (AI) in health and care, and potentially other data-driven technologies.
The purpose of the formative evaluation is to support the MAAS to be as effective in implementation as possible. This will be done through activities such as analysing baseline data in order to make recommendations on focus of the service, and undertaking process evaluation, particularly with regard to the project's interdependencies within the wider innovation ecosystem. As this is a complex intervention which will necessarily evolve, we expect the evaluation partner to be comfortable in an ambiguous environment, and providing us with emergent messages on what they see is working and not working and why.
The summative evaluation strategy, once implemented, will be used by MAAS collaborators and commissioners in order to make future decisions about funding for this and other similar initiatives. It will also allow NHSX to report back to HM Treasury on the impact and benefits realised by the MAAS. It must be co-developed with the developer and the MAAS collaborators. It should focus on a range of outputs, outcomes and benefits including near-term (e.g. satisfaction of developers / adopters using the service) to long-term impacts (e.g. patients and citizens benefitting from AI and data-driven technologies). It should be underpinned by a logical and plausible theory of change or logic model. It should also have clearly defined metrics which are prioritised and have recommendations for gathering data.
Some outputs from the evaluation may be used for external purposes such as communications; however, this is not the primary purpose.
These activities will require contact with the MAAS partners at predetermined time points, and potentially with wider stakeholders involved in the project (TBD), which the AI MAAS secretariat will support
Full details in the attached documents
More information
Previous notice about this procurement
NICE AI Multi Agency Service Evaluation
- Opportunity
- Published 22 February 2021, last edited 1 March 2021
Attachments
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- Doc2 NICE AI Multi Agency Advice Service Evaluation Project Service Contract.doc
- Bidding documents
- Sample Terms and Conditions
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- Doc3 Bidder's Response and Costing template.docx
- Bidding documents
- Bidders Response and Costing template
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- Doc4 AI Multi Agency Advice Service Evaluation Form of Offer Document.doc
- Bidding documents
- Form of Offer and Terms and Conditions queries
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- Doc5 NICE AI Multi Agency Advice Service Evaluation Competing Interests.doc
- Bidding documents
- Competing interests form
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- Doc6 AI Multi Agency Advice Service Evaluation Redaction Requests.doc
- Bidding documents
- Redaction Request form
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- Doc 7 Appendix 1 AI MAAS delivery plan - for prospective evaluation bidders ONLY.pdf
- Bidding documents
- Appendix to the specification Delivery Plan
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- Doc1 NICE AI Multi Agency Advice Service Evaluation Requirement Specification.docx
- Bidding documents
- Doc1 requirements specification
Additional text
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Bidding instructions are within the Requirement specification.
Expressions of interest should be a simple email with contact details, and the contact details will be used to send the responses to any questions recived
Award information
Awarded date
14 June 2021
Contract start date
14 June 2021
Contract end date
31 March 2023
Total value of contract
£121,950
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
RAND EUROPE COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
Address
Westbrook Centre Milton Road
CAMBRIDGE
Cambridgeshire
CB4 1YG
GBReference
Companies House number: 02728021
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
Attachments
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- NICE 77_Redacted.pdf
- Award notice
About the buyer
Contact name
Barney Wilkinson
Address
2 Redman Place
LONDON
E20 1JQ
England
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Closing: 24 March 2021, 4pm