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title: "Technical analysis and comparison of approaches to bias identification and mitigation in decision making algorithms"
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# Technical analysis and comparison of approaches to bias identification and mitigation in decision making algorithms

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-ea07137f-37dd-43f3-9287-ed36256cfde7

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## Summary

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has recently completed a public procurement process for a project titled "Technical analysis and comparison of approaches to bias identification and mitigation in decision making algorithms." This initiative falls under the research consultancy services sector, focused particularly on the financial services and recruitment industries. The procurement method was an open procedure, with the tender period concluding on 19th March 2020 and the contract period spanning from 23rd March to 12th June 2020. The total contract value was £125,000, with the contract awarded to Faculty Science Ltd, based in London.

This tender presents significant opportunities for organisations involved in research and analysis, particularly those specialising in algorithmic decision-making and bias mitigation. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are encouraged to engage in such contracts, as there is a demand for innovative approaches that cater to the specific needs of the financial services and recruitment sectors. Businesses with expertise in developing technical standards and tools for bias identification would be particularly well-suited to compete for similar future contracts.

## Notice

With particular reference to approaches within financial services and recruitment, The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI) is commissioning a piece of research analysing, assessing and comparing the various approaches to bias mitigation as well as providing detailed technical standards which could be used to identify bias and means for mitigating bias. We will use the outputs produced through this work to develop our recommendations for Government themed around the areas of tools, data and governance which will be published in March 2020. We will provide an initial list of tools and approaches to guide the assessment and standards development, however further work will be needed to ensure this has sufficient coverage to capture all the key approaches available. The focus of our work in this space is financial services and recruitment. Therefore, we would expect this work to provide good coverage and analysis of tools that are explicitly aimed at these two sectors.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fcb1f692-03ed-4e8c-99c5-b74d15f6afce |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 26 Mar 2020 |
| Submission deadline | 19 Mar 2020 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 19 Mar 2020 |
| Contract period | 23 Mar 2020 - 12 Jun 2020 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £125,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £125,000 |
| 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 | DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1A 2BQ |
| 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 | TLI London |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | FACULTY SCIENCE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73210000 - Research consultancy services

## Release History

- 26 Mar 2020 at 13:40 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fcb1f692-03ed-4e8c-99c5-b74d15f6afce

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fcb1f692-03ed-4e8c-99c5-b74d15f6afce
  26th March 2020 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/respondToList.html?noticeId=483737790
  Please follow this link to view the notice.

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