Published date: 17 September 2018

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 1 December 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

  • Market research services - 79310000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Procurement reference

Product Safety Research 2018

Published date

17 September 2018

Closing date

1 December 2018

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Office for Product Safety and Standards (an office within BEIS) are holding a Supplier Engagement event on Thursday 27 September 2018 to discuss the Strategic Research Programme and some of the immediate opportunities for involvement.

The following projects will be discussed:

1.) Strategic Roadmap for Consumer Product Safety
2.) Characteristics of modern domestic fires
3.) Advanced condition monitoring for detection of consumer appliance failure
4.) Legal issues concerning the 3D printing of spare parts for consumer appliances
5.) Safety of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality in consumer products

Further detail on these projects is provided in the attachment.

More information

Attachments

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About the Office for Product Safety and Standards
The Office for Product Safety and Standards ("the Office") was established in January 2018 to build upgraded national capacity for product safety. Its strategy is underpinned by four key objectives:

Analyse - strengthening analysis to support effective decision making, making the best use of
scientific evidence, risk and intelligence
Inform - providing information to support consumers in making informed choices and ensuring
that businesses have the information they need to be responsible and comply with the law.
Enforce - delivering responsive, effective and targeted enforcement to maintain protection,
fairness and confidence.
Build - creating a robust product safety system infrastructure that supports innovation and
ensures the UK system is fit for the future.

In support of these objectives, the Office has established a Scientific and Technical Advice Unit to help place science and evidence at the heart of our work. As a result, its Strategic Research Programme is commissioning high quality, science-based research to strengthen the evidence base for product safety policy, delivery and enforcement.

The Office Strategy and a presentation on the Strategic Research Programme can be found at
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/strengthening-national-capacity-for-product-safety-strategy-2018-2020

About the buyer

Contact name

Alastair Hooley

Address

Victoria Square House, Victoria Square
Birmingham
B2 4AJ
England

Email

alastair.hooley@beis.gov.uk

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/strengthening-national-capacity-for-product-safety-strategy-2018-2020