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title: "Consultancy Research - Delivery of Discrete Choice Experiments"
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# Consultancy Research - Delivery of Discrete Choice Experiments

Buyer: MIDLANDS & LANCASHIRE C S U  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-5333d64c-da9c-4548-afaf-aa5f3e6b7155

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## Summary

The Midlands & Lancashire C S U has awarded a contract for Consultancy Research - Delivery of Discrete Choice Experiments under the Research services category. The contract value is £43,000, and the procurement method used was Other - Quotation. The procurement process started on June 1, 2022, with the tender closing on that date. The delivery address for the contract is in ST4 4LX, England, and the contract period is from June 2, 2022, to December 1, 2022.

This tender presents an opportunity for research service providers interested in conducting consultancy research projects for COPD treatment preferences. Businesses that specialise in conducting discrete choice experiments and have expertise in research services would be well-suited to compete for this contract. The contract with Midlands & Lancashire C S U aims to explore treatment preference methodologies using Bayesian statistical analysis and offers a significant opportunity for business growth in the research services sector.

## Notice

In brief, a range of COPD treatments will be characterised by their component features, known as attributes. Each attribute will then be represented by a range of options, known as levels. These attributes and levels can be formulated into a range of different scenarios, each of which represents a different combination of levels for each attribute. Respondents are asked to make a series of choices within scenario sets and, through their choices, inferences can be made about their relative preferences across attributes/levels. While respondents are only subjected to a small number of possible combinations of these levels, Bayesian statistical methods can be applied to determine the impact on treatment preference for any combination of attribute levels. A first step of the DCE is to define the most relevant attributes for relevant COPD treatment/ management strategies and, for each attribute, to define the levels to be tested. It is recommended to use a maximum of eight attributes with two to three levels. With more than 8 attributes, there is a risk that respondents start to use simplifying heuristics to answer questions and they will typically only focus on 2-3 attributes important to themselves when making choices between scenarios, thereby potentially reducing the robustness of the results.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d25a385b-be67-4a7b-bc22-7eb1939a8ce7 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Other - Quotation |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 29 Nov 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 31 May 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Jun 2022 |
| Contract period | 1 Jun 2022 - 1 Dec 2022 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £43,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £43,000 |
| 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 | MIDLANDS & LANCASHIRE C S U |
| Locality | STOKE ON TRENT |
| Post town | Birmingham |
| Postcode | B70 9LD |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG37 Sandwell |
| Local authority | Sandwell |
| Electoral ward | West Bromwich Central |
| Westminster constituency | West Bromwich |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

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

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73110000 - Research services

## Release History

- 29 Nov 2022 at 11:24 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d25a385b-be67-4a7b-bc22-7eb1939a8ce7

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d25a385b-be67-4a7b-bc22-7eb1939a8ce7
  29th November 2022 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/ea5bfdf1-fb14-41d9-89d9-fa63c4309beb

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