--- title: "Smart Data Challenge Prize Design Research" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-8a773606-d60e-4817-b733-e8b2eaa2827d" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-8a773606-d60e-4817-b733-e8b2eaa2827d" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-8a773606-d60e-4817-b733-e8b2eaa2827d.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-8a773606-d60e-4817-b733-e8b2eaa2827d.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "BUSINESS ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY" published: "2022-08-16" --- # Smart Data Challenge Prize Design Research Buyer: BUSINESS ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8a773606-d60e-4817-b733-e8b2eaa2827d [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-8a773606-d60e-4817-b733-e8b2eaa2827d) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-8a773606-d60e-4817-b733-e8b2eaa2827d.json) ## Summary The Business Energy and Industrial Strategy, as the buying organisation, is planning a tender titled "Smart Data Challenge Prize Design Research" in the research consultancy services industry category. The procurement process is in the planning stage, with a milestone engagement end date set for 7th September 2022 to inform the design and scope of a Smart Data challenge prize. This tender presents an opportunity for businesses, particularly those experienced in research consultancy services and market and economic research, to compete. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations are well-suited to participate. The tender will focus on developing detailed use cases for Smart Data schemes, aiming to incentivise innovation across sectors and encourage cross-sector data sharing. Interested suppliers can register on the Research Insights Framework to potentially submit tenders and participate in the procurement process. ## Notice The Consumer and Competition Policy Directorate (CCP), part of the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), is looking to commission research to inform the design and scope of a possible Smart Data challenge prize. Smart Data is the secure sharing of customer data, upon the customer's request, with authorised third-party providers (TPPs) able to help consumers manage their data or money with innovative services such as automatic switching or account management. These innovations will save time, money, and effort for customers who can more easily find and choose better-suited deals and manage their money. It is BEIS' ambition to grow and accelerate the delivery of new Smart Data schemes and increase cross-sector interoperability. To encourage innovation and investment in the development of Smart Data schemes, we need a range of detailed use cases (i.e., ideas for services using Smart Data, and information on what's needed to make them happen) that we can draw on to illustrate the potential value of Smart Data, and better understand the challenges that would need to be overcome to facilitate cross-sector data sharing. To incentivise the creation of more use cases, BEIS is exploring the option of launching a Smart Data challenge prize. This would be a competition offering incentives to whoever can most effectively develop new solutions for how Smart Data could be used across sectors, to help consumers and businesses to benefit from their data. Given the relatively nascent nature of Smart Data outside of Open Banking, before deciding whether to proceed with launching the challenge prize itself, we would like to carry out a scoping exercise to understand the feasibility of a challenge prize. We intend to commission research to improve government understanding of viable design and delivery options for a possible Smart Data challenge prize. This will help ensure that we can make an informed decision on whether a challenge prize would meet our aims and objectives and offer value for money. If BEIS decides to proceed with launching a challenge prize, the outputs from this research will be used to directly inform its design. We envisage that the design research will consist of a mixed method approach, combining an expert literature review and desk-based research and analysis with primary qualitative research (interviews and focus groups with key stakeholder groups, such as those with previous experience of running challenges, sector regulators, potential innovators and end users of Smart Data products and services). Additional information: This supplier engagement event will provide more information about this opportunity and what we expect to see from suppliers. It will also serve as an opportunity to test with suppliers the proposed research approach and what will be feasible within the time and budget constraints. It will relate solely to the initial design research, which will be a standalone piece of work. If the decision is made to proceed with launching the challenge prize itself, we would expect to procure services to deliver the challenge prize as part of a separate competitive procurement process in due course, following conclusion of this initial scoping exercise. This engagement day will be via MS Teams, on Thursday 8 September 2022 at 13:30. Interested organisations please contact Isabel Hacche at Isabel.Hacche2@beis.gov.uk to reserve your place. We are looking to procure this through the Research Insights Framework. Since this is a Dynamic Purchasing System agreement anyone interested can register to be on the framework agreement and so have an opportunity to submit a tender. To register on DPS - to see guidance on how suppliers can join the framework, please visit the following link https://supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/dps# and scroll down the page until you see the Marketing Communications section. If you encounter problems accessing this please contact Crown Commercial Service on 0345 410 2222. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e37fdeec-137e-4714-ad0a-d46267028577 | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Dynamic, Framework | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 16 Aug 2022 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 7 Sep 2022 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | 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 | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | BUSINESS ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South West London | | Postcode | SW1H 0ET | | 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 | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 73210000 - Research consultancy services - 79300000 - Market and economic research; polling and statistics ## Release History - 16 Aug 2022 at 15:54 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e37fdeec-137e-4714-ad0a-d46267028577 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e37fdeec-137e-4714-ad0a-d46267028577 16th August 2022 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/dps# - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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