Published date: 18 August 2021

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: 6 September 2021, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Business analysis consultancy services - 72221000

  • Project management consultancy services - 72224000

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

SW1

Value of contract

£0 to £12,000

Procurement reference

RFQ 616

Published date

18 August 2021

Closing date

6 September 2021

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

20 September 2021

Contract end date

30 November 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

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

The Royal Society's Data Programme is developing policy and promoting debate that helps the UK safely and rapidly realise the growing benefits of data and digital technologies. In 2019, the Royal Society launched the report Protecting privacy in practice: The current use, development and limits of Privacy Enhancing Technologies in data analysis. One of our activities following from this report is an exploration of the status and role of Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs): technologies or conceptual approaches that allow the derivation of useful insights from data without requiring full data access. Some examples include homomorphic encryption, zero knowledge proofs, differential privacy, and secure multi-party computation.

The Royal society seeks to engage a supplier to draft an explainer document reviewing the state of play, and possibilities for, synthetic data as a technology. This document shall include its development, potential uses and limitations, and current and emerging applications across various sectors. The review shall be accessible to a non-specialist audience, in the style of a briefing document

See Attachment 1 - The Brief for more details.

The Society has now launched a refresher project to update the 2019 report, which shall be published in Q1 2022. This report seeks to include an updated review of PETs applications, legal and regulatory issues relating to their use, and an illustrative set of use cases. This RFQ is to engage a supplier for the development of a commissioned review and shall be a foundational piece of our evidence gathering for this project; it will inform our understanding of the regulatory landscape, and possible futures with regard to PETs.

More information

Attachments

Additional text

Please review Attachment 1 - The Brief. If you choose to bid, please complete and email the Supplier Registration Form at Attachment 5 so that all clarifcation notices can be shared with you.

About the buyer

Contact name

June Brawner

Address

6 Carlton House Terrace
LONDON
SW1Y5AG
England

Telephone

+44 20 7451 2000

Email

June.Brawner@royalsociety.org