--- title: "NICE External Assessment Groups Framework" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-0d87f8d8-7acb-4315-b975-a76e681a3ff0" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-0d87f8d8-7acb-4315-b975-a76e681a3ff0" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-0d87f8d8-7acb-4315-b975-a76e681a3ff0.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-0d87f8d8-7acb-4315-b975-a76e681a3ff0.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE" published: "2024-11-22" --- # NICE External Assessment Groups Framework Buyer: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-0d87f8d8-7acb-4315-b975-a76e681a3ff0 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-0d87f8d8-7acb-4315-b975-a76e681a3ff0) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-0d87f8d8-7acb-4315-b975-a76e681a3ff0.json) ## Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is currently in the Tender stage for the procurement process titled "NICE External Assessment Groups Framework." This contract is aimed at commissioning external assessment groups to provide a variety of services to support NICE's programmes and related activities. The framework falls under the industry category of research and development services and related consultancy services. The contract encompasses multiple Lots, each covering specific tasks. The tender uses an open procedure and includes key dates such as the tender submission deadline on 13 January 2025 and the contract period from 1 July 2025 to 31 March 2027. The services are to be delivered in the North West of the United Kingdom. This tender presents a substantial opportunity for business growth for multidisciplinary external assessment groups experienced in health technology assessment. Organisations that can offer a comprehensive range of services either independently or through consortia are well-suited to compete. The procurement invites small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to apply, thereby promoting wider participation. The successful bidders will contribute to critical processes like clinical and economic evidence assessment, technical and decision support, evidence generation, and research governance and ethics support. Businesses in the fields of health technology, medical research, and related consultancy services, possessing advanced methodological and analytical capabilities, stand to benefit considerably from this opportunity. ## Notice NICE 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. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0f0f4cf4-a358-4717-9cfe-c6c615e8c03b | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning, Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 22 Nov 2024 | | Submission deadline | 13 Jan 2025 | | Future notice date | 30 Sep 2024 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 30 Jun 2025 - 31 Mar 2027 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South West London | | Postcode | SW1A 2BU | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London | | Local authority | Westminster | | Electoral ward | St James's | | Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster | | Delivery location | TLD North West (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services ### Codes - 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services ## Release History - 22 Nov 2024 at 13:37 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0f0f4cf4-a358-4717-9cfe-c6c615e8c03b - 22 Nov 2024 at 11:52 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0f0f4cf4-a358-4717-9cfe-c6c615e8c03b - 13 Sep 2024 at 14:03 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2d4ee73e-795b-4ea2-9c58-cd2e6b7e919f ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0f0f4cf4-a358-4717-9cfe-c6c615e8c03b 22nd November 2024 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2d4ee73e-795b-4ea2-9c58-cd2e6b7e919f 13th September 2024 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/0e64cdfe-1751-46b6-b1d9-3cf36bfba04b The documents are draft specifications. Please note that NICE reserves the right to amend all the specifications attached in the contract notice when it is released - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/8fed7640-4e05-4c66-9f08-749053a4b164 - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/4f3fb9a6-16cb-4d43-9f3d-9b1ef3be1d4e ## Notice URLs - https://www.nice.org ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-0d87f8d8-7acb-4315-b975-a76e681a3ff0. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-0d87f8d8-7acb-4315-b975-a76e681a3ff0.json.