Published date: 4 February 2019

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: 15 February 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

  • Research consultancy services - 73210000

  • Market and economic research; polling and statistics - 79300000

    • Marketing services - 79342000

    • Business and management consultancy services - 79410000

    • General management consultancy services - 79411000

    • Marketing management consultancy services - 79413000

    • Public relations consultancy services - 79416200

    • Procurement consultancy services - 79418000

    • Evaluation consultancy services - 79419000

Location of contract

B4 7WB

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

DBLDF20190114/R

Published date

4 February 2019

Closing date

15 February 2019

Contract start date

20 February 2019

Contract end date

31 March 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Birmingham City Council requires a supplier for the provision of consultancy services to undertake user & market research to examine the feasibility of reducing home care visits, while at the same time improving overall satisfaction enabled through technology. This contract will commence immediately and complete by 31 March 2019 and will result in a comprehensive report with findings and recommendations.

Successful applicants will be required to work with Birmingham City Council teams in Information Technology & Digital (IT&D) Services and Adult and Social Care, as well as with partners from Worcestershire County Council and Solihull MBC and will be reporting directly to Head of Business Engagement, IT& D. They will require expertise in the following areas:

o Creation and delivery of digital healthcare in general and for people living in the community, especially older adults
o Experience with sensors and how they can be integrated with care in the community
o A strong research record in digital healthcare
o Experience with training carers in health technologies
o Machine learning and artificial intelligence expertise with a record of using them in healthcare
o Links with service users and providers within the partners' catchment areas
o Good links with companies providing sensors and digital platforms for supporting their use
o A background in computer science and software engineering.

Registration and use of in-tend is free. All correspondence for this procurement process must be via the in-tend correspondence function. If you are unable to register with in-tend please either email us at cps@birmingham.gov.uk or call 0121 464 8000.

If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access the Council's tender Portal:-. https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your details to register as a bidder. We will send you a log on and password so you can download the tender documentation.

Your completed tender documentation should be returned by noon on 15th February 2019 via the 'in-tend' system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc

More information

Links

Additional text

If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access Birmingham City Council's tender Portal.

Delivery Notes

Birmingham

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Manjit Samrai

Address

10 Woodcock Street
Birmingham
West Midlands
B4 7WB
United Kingdom

Telephone

0121 303 0349

Email

manjit.samrai@birmingham.gov.uk