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title: "NICE Listens"
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buyer: "NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE"
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# NICE Listens

Buyer: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-271bc509-e9c3-4172-9251-014284aa6f20

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## Summary

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is looking for an independent external contractor to support the recruitment for, design, set-up, facilitation, and evaluation of a NICE Listens event titled "NICE Listens". The procurement process, now at the award stage, entails research and development services and consultancy services. The contract period runs from 25th July 2022 to 31st January 2023, with a tender period ending on 7th June 2022, offering opportunities in the services sector in regions like North West and London in the United Kingdom.

This tender by NICE can create growth opportunities for businesses, particularly suited for those providing research and development services or consultancy services. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are well-suited to compete, offering innovative solutions to address challenging topics in the health and social care landscape. The open procurement method allows various businesses to participate, catering to a wide range of potential suppliers in the services industry within the specified locations.

## Notice

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance and advice on promoting high quality health, public health and social care. Our role is to improve outcomes for people using the NHS and other public health and social care services. We do this by: * Producing evidence-based guidance and advice for health, public health and social care practitioners. * Developing quality standards and performance metrics for those providing and commissioning health, public health and social care services. * Providing a range of information services for commissioners, practitioners and managers across the spectrum of health and social care. NICE and its advisory bodies base their conclusions on the best available evidence but they also have to make judgements. These fall into two categories. Scientific value judgements are concerned with interpreting the significance and relevance of the totality of the available scientific, technical and clinical data. Social value judgements take account of societal aspirations, preferences and ethical principles that ought to underpin the manner and extent of the care provided to NHS patients and users of social care services. The advisory groups who formulate the various forms of NICE guidance are well-qualified to make scientific judgements. However, they have no particular legitimacy to impose their own social value judgements on the NHS or social care. In the past the NICE Citizens Council provided a mechanism for in-depth, deliberative enquiry with a group of informed members of the public, to help inform the approach and judgements NICE takes. Reports from the Citizens Council have been used to inform the NICE Principles and are reflected in our evaluation methods and decision frameworks. NICE and the wider health and social care landscape are changing. In addition to the long-term impacts of COVID-19, transformative innovation is underway in healthcare services, technologies and regulatory science, and within NICE itself. These changes will throw up challenging moral, ethical and social value issues that NICE will need to address. In light of these challenges, NICE has introduced a new process for deliberative public engagement: NICE Listens. Whilst performing a similar function to our previous Citizens Council, it offers a more flexible format which can be tailored to different topics and timescales. It complements our existing mechanisms for public engagement but is used to address particularly challenging topics. NICE is seeking an independent external contractor to support the recruitment for, design, set-up, facilitation and evaluation of a NICE Listens event. NICE staff will work with the successful contractor to design and develop the event.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5c4bbae2-4113-4dde-b8d6-e322726a4957 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 Sep 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 7 Jun 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 8 Sep 2022 |
| Contract period | 4 Sep 2022 - 1 Feb 2023 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £49,813 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE |
| Locality | MANCHESTER |
| Post town | Manchester |
| Postcode | M1 4BT |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD3 Greater Manchester |
| ITL 3 | TLD33 Manchester |
| Local authority | Manchester |
| Electoral ward | Deansgate |
| Westminster constituency | Manchester Central |
| Delivery location | TLD North West (England), TLI London |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | BASIS RESEARCH |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

## Release History

- 14 Sep 2022 at 11:23 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5c4bbae2-4113-4dde-b8d6-e322726a4957
- 20 Apr 2022 at 12:22 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/94690806-7814-4bf2-b129-a44d44614b13

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5c4bbae2-4113-4dde-b8d6-e322726a4957
  14th September 2022 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/94690806-7814-4bf2-b129-a44d44614b13
  20th April 2022 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/566cffd4-6909-40cf-9356-361ed02131c5
  Tender Pack
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/SupplierAttachment/6fb870a2-44fa-47a7-9cca-c7de6238f2d6

## Notice URLs

- https://www.nice.org.uk/

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