Published date: 29 December 2017
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Contract summary
Industry
Research services - 73110000
Research and development consultancy services - 73200000
Design and execution of research and development - 73300000
Location of contract
London
Value of contract
£15,000 to £25,000
Procurement reference
CQC PSO 138
Published date
29 December 2017
Closing date
15 January 2018
Contract start date
2 February 2018
Contract end date
30 March 2018
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Competitive quotation (below threshold)
The buyer selects a group of potential suppliers to invite to tender.
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
We are keen to explore the use of artificial intelligence to help us in targeting inspection resources. We want to develop tools that help inspectors come to decisions about whether a particular aspect of care is of sufficient concern to trigger an inspection.
We are particularly interested in an expert system approach, which would help our inspectors make an assessment of the existing data, then obtain and add data in proportion to any lack of certainty about quality or changes in quality. We need to develop exemplar systems, which give us the ability to work through the health and social care sectors.
We believe the most appropriate approach is to focus on specific aspects of the regulatory model to conduct a proof of concept and see if this is possible for CQC. This may be as narrow as a single prompt under a key question, or may be broader. The approach would involve interviewing our CQC experts (inspection managers, inspectors or analysts) and organizing the information into a collection of rules. The aim is that the expert system would draw deductions from the rules and may in turn query the user. An expert system could continue to 'learn' from the answers it is given.
More information
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The full specification of the requirement is set out in the Statement of Requirements of the tender document available at CQC e-Sourcing Portal: https://cqc-commercial.bravosolution.co.uk
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About the buyer
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Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE1 4PA
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