Planning

Mapping product regulations to trade and production dictionaries

BUSINESS ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY

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Planning

16 Nov 2022 at 15:01

Market Engagement Notice
Planning

15 Nov 2022 at 16:31

Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Business Energy and Industrial Strategy is conducting a procurement process titled "Mapping product regulations to trade and production dictionaries" in the Research and Development services category. The procurement is currently in the planning stage, with an engagement end date set for 29th November 2022. The project aims to map product regulations to trade and production data dictionaries to identify businesses involved in manufacturing or retail. The procurement opportunity is located in London with the Office for Product Safety and Standards as the buying organisation.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses involved in research and development, consultancy services, and manufacturing to engage in mapping product regulations. The project by the Office for Product Safety and Standards focuses on enhancing product safety by providing strategic research. Businesses well-suited to compete are those familiar with interpreting safety regulations and those involved in conformity assessment. The engagement session for prospective bidders is scheduled for 29th November, inviting businesses to register interest for potential collaboration and growth.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Mapping product regulations to trade and production dictionaries

Notice Description

The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) is responsible for: Giving detailed advice on the interpretation of safety related regulations, and sits on many standards making committees. Responding to incidents where the safety of a consumer product is called into question. Offering policy advice to HMG on product safety issues. Enforcement of a wide range of other product standards and regulations, for instance Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment , Construction Products The project detailed here is being recruited as part of the OPSS Research Programme that was launched in March 2018. This programme provides high quality strategic research to strengthen the evidence base for OPSS policy development, delivery and enforcement, giving business the confidence to innovate and protecting consumers from unsafe products. The wide range of evidence-based research supported by the Research Programme helps to address critical questions relating to current product safety, and/or issues that might arise due to future market developments. OPSS holds policy and regulatory responsibility for a wide range of non-food consumer products. Many of these are EU-derived under the 'New Approach' framework, now transferred into UK law following EU Exit; while others have always been held domestically. Some products may fall within more than one regulation. BEIS also has responsibility for policy development, implementation, international negotiations and stakeholder engagement for UK Conformity Assessed applicable products. This research will produce evidence that is essential to enable government to make informed decisions about this type of product regulation. OPSS will have a comprehensive and definitive list of product codes across a number of different data dictionaries. We will be able to create a firmer idea of the scale and activity of the markets we regulate; plus we will be able to drill into activity at certain ports of interest and even by Government region. The aim of this work is to: 1) map the products under these regulations to trade and production data dictionaries, such as Harmonised Standard and Combined Nomenclature codes (latest editions). These are used to categorise products in trade data, used internationally to identify common or similar products; 2) map these regulations across to manufacturing datasets like the ONS ProdCom publication, which uses a different product code structure; 3) identify the types of businesses most likely to be involved in the manufacture or retail of products captured under the regulations, using the Standard Industrial Classification framework; 4) assess whether products that are mapped to regulations, require conformity assessment from a third-party body (Approved Bodies or Conformity Assessment Bodies). We would like to invite prospective bidders to attend a pre-market engagement session on 29th November at 2pm via MS Teams. Please register your interest using the contact details below.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-112a08f6-271e-4ff8-983e-808af7a0d4c7
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4f53eeeb-a2c6-4ff7-9c5b-58b36e7bd895
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Not specified
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

CPV Codes

73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
16 Nov 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
29 Nov 2022Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
BUSINESS ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1H 0ET
Post Town
South West London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Further Information

Notice Documents

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