Official UK procurement notice
NICE External Assessment Groups Framework
Authority: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionNICE is seeking to commission external assessment groups (EAGs) which will provide a range of services to support its programmes and related activities.
Suppliers can bid for one or more Lots.
NICE will consider bids from multidisciplinary EAGs with knowledge and expertise in health technology assessment.
NICE will consider proposals from consortia or networks of organisations meeting the selection criteria and encourages potential suppliers to explore collaborations that will result in the offer of a comprehensive range of services.
Main activities of the EAGs in each framework
NICE commissions EAGs to support its guidance development programmes in the following key areas and tasks:
Lot 1 - Clinical and Economic Evidence Assessment
Including: critical appraisal of clinical and economic evidence to support the development of NICE outputs; evidence synthesis; de novo economic modelling and critiquing and revising existing models; systematic review and meta-analysis; supporting scoping of evaluation topics; user preference assessment or structured elicitation, confirmation and review of regulatory status to the evaluation programmes.
Lot 2 - Technical and Decision Support
Including: providing advanced methodological and analytical advice and support to NICE's technical teams and committees on all guideline and technology types that are in remit for NICE, including Health Technology Evaluation (HTE) outputs (pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, medical device and digital technologies, combination products etc.) and Guidelines topics covering public health, social and clinical areas. This includes providing evidence synthesis, data analytics, complex decision analytical modelling and health economic support; providing a technical rapid response service and quality assurance input for guidance products; development and provision of guidance methods training, covering evidence synthesis, data analytics, decision analytical modelling and health economics.
Lot 3 - Evidence Generation to support Access
Including: Evidence generation using existing registers or databases, feasibility studies, data protocol development, pilot studies; data collection and active surveillance; data linkage and complex modelling and/or analyses; register set up and close.
Lot 4 Research governance & ethics support
Including: advice on research governance and ethics support including access to a research ethics committee.
CPV: Research and development services and related consultancy services
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · 3 with a published value · win at most 4 of themLot #1Clinical and Economic Evidence AssessmentPublished value£2,120,000
critical appraisal of clinical and economic evidence to support the development of NICE outputs; evidence synthesis; de novo economic modelling and critiquing and revising existing models; systematic review and meta-analysis; supporting scoping of evaluation topics; user preference assessment or structured elicitation, confirmation and review of regulatory status to the evaluation programmes.
Lot #2Technical and Decision SupportPublished value£825,000
providing advanced methodological and analytical advice and support to NICE's technical teams and committees on all guideline and technology types that are in remit for NICE, including Health Technology Evaluation (HTE) outputs (pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, medical device and digital technologies, combination products etc.) and Guidelines topics covering public health, social and clinical areas. This includes providing evidence synthesis, data analytics, complex decision analytical modelling and health economic support; providing a technical rapid response service and quality assurance input for guidance products; development and provision of guidance methods training, covering evidence synthesis, data analytics, decision analytical modelling and health economics
Lot #3Evidence Generation to support AccessLot estimate not published
Evidence generation using existing registers or databases, feasibility studies, data protocol development, pilot studies; data collection and active surveillance; data linkage and complex modelling and/or analyses; register set up and close
Lot #4Research governance & ethics supportPublished value£13,000
advice on research governance and ethics support including access to a research ethics committee
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The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “NICE External Assessment Groups Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 13 Sept 2024, 15:18 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Nov 2024, 12:21 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 13 Jan 2025 – …
- Authority reference
NICE EAG25-27- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-037813- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-049ae5Find a Tender
Publisher note: NICE is inviting interested suppliers to attend a supplier early engagement day on Tuesday 1 October, 9.30am - 12:30pm, held virtually via Microsoft Teams. An opportunity for suppliers to have individual commercial in confidence meetings with NICE to discuss the questions raised by NICE on the supplier day will be available in the week following the supplier day. To register for attendance at the supplier day please email the following contact with the information stated below no later than 10am on Monday 30th September: Irene Walker Procurement Manager irene.walker@nice.org.uk Please provide: Your name Your Job Title Your company name Your email address Your contact telephone number Please also state if you would like to book a commercial in confidence meeting with NICE. Dates and times TBC. NICE will send an invitation to the meeting which will be held virtually via Microsoft Teams on Monday 30th September between 12 noon and 5pm.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 13 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 150 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 13 Jan 2025, 14:00 GMT
Timeline
24 Oct 2024 → 13 Jan 2025 · 4 dates- Next notice expected24 Oct 2024, 00:00 BST
- Notice published22 Nov 2024, 12:21 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown13 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened13 Jan 2025, 14:00 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Nov 2024- Published value updated to £3,345,00022 Nov 2024, 12:21 GMTwas £2,100,000
- Status changed to active22 Nov 2024, 12:21 GMT
- Procurement method changed22 Nov 2024, 12:21 GMT
- Deadline published: 13 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT22 Nov 2024, 12:21 GMT
- Buyer details updated22 Nov 2024, 12:21 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
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| — | TextEstimated total value · II.1.5 | Value excluding VAT: £2,100,000 | Value excluding VAT: £4,200,000 |
1 amendment published without a description.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOfficial documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria