Published date: 13 October 2022
Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.
Contract summary
Industry
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000
Location of contract
United Kingdom
Value of contract
£350,000 to £374,825
Procurement reference
NICE195
Published date
13 October 2022
Closing date
25 August 2022
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
3 October 2022
Contract end date
28 February 2023
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Call-off from a framework agreement
A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
The AI Multi-Agency Advice Service (MAAS) project is funded by the NHS AI Lab. The project is a collaboration between four regulatory bodies ('MAAS partners'):
* the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE; with project oversight) provides national guidance and advice to improve health and social care,
* the Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and social care in England,
* the Health Research Authority (HRA) provides a unified national system for the governance of health research, and;
* the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) ensures that medicines and medical devices work and are acceptably safe.
The aim of the project is to:
* enable collaboration between the partner agencies to identify challenges and barriers in the regulatory pathway and to resolve these;
* articulate the regulatory and health technology assessment (HTA; i.e. evaluation of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness) pathway clearly for developers and adopters, so they know what they need to do when, who to contact, etc;
* bring together in one place support, information and advice on the regulation and HTA pathways for artificial intelligence (AI) in health and care, and other data-driven technologies (DDT);
* identify and tackle 'content gaps' related to the above and in response to priority user needs, and;
* collaboratively research, test and develop a multi-agency advice service whose form and function best reaches key users and enables them to achieve their goals. Ensuring the design of the service meets the needs of all users, including those with accessibility needs.
The MAAS partners are looking for a digital agency to build upon the findings from testing of the minimum viable product (MVP) in private beta, building new features on the service, and lead the team through private beta testing, and handing over to the home service team following one month running in private beta, and passing the GDS beta assessment.
In line with government funded digital services, a project with a transactional service must pass the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) / Government Digital Services (GDS) assessments to progress to different stages; from private to public beta, and then to live. Therefore, it should be expected that any work undertaken by the supplier as part of this commission, including development of artefacts and user research documentation, will be used in service assessments to move from private to public and therefore should be of a sufficiently high standard. The supplier must participate in this assessment along with the service team and ensure the developed website passes it.
Award information
Awarded date
10 October 2022
Contract start date
3 October 2022
Contract end date
28 February 2023
Total value of contract
£374,825
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
BJSS LIMITED
Address
1 WHITEHALL QUAY
LEEDS
West Yorkshire
LS1 4HR
GBReference
Companies House number: 02777575
Value of contract
£374,825
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
About the buyer
Contact name
Sharon Martin
Address
2nd Floor
2 Redman Place
LONDON
E20 1JQ
England
Telephone
020 7045 2024
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