Published date: 29 November 2022

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 1 June 2022, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research services - 73110000

Location of contract

ST4 4LX

Value of contract

£43,000

Procurement reference

MLCSU - 851

Published date

29 November 2022

Closing date

1 June 2022

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

2 June 2022

Contract end date

1 December 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other: Quotation

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

In brief, a range of COPD treatments will be characterised by their component features, known as attributes. Each attribute will
then be represented by a range of options, known as levels. These attributes and levels can be formulated into a range of
different scenarios, each of which represents a different combination of levels for each attribute. Respondents are asked to make
a series of choices within scenario sets and, through their choices, inferences can be made about their relative preferences across
attributes/levels. While respondents are only subjected to a small number of possible combinations of these levels, Bayesian
statistical methods can be applied to determine the impact on treatment preference for any combination of attribute levels.
A first step of the DCE is to define the most relevant attributes for relevant COPD treatment/ management strategies and, for
each attribute, to define the levels to be tested. It is recommended to use a maximum of eight attributes with two to three
levels. With more than 8 attributes, there is a risk that respondents start to use simplifying heuristics to answer questions and
they will typically only focus on 2-3 attributes important to themselves when making choices between scenarios, thereby
potentially reducing the robustness of the results.

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Award information

Awarded date

2 June 2022

Contract start date

2 June 2022

Contract end date

1 December 2022

Total value of contract

£43,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

IPSOS RESEARCH LTD

Address

3 Thomas More Square
E1W 1YW
GB

Reference

Companies House number: 02388345

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Samantha Yates

Address

Heron House,120 Grove Road
STOKE ON TRENT
B709LD
England

Telephone

01782 872500

Email

samantha.yates6@nhs.net