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title: "PS23185 - RAF082/2223 - Mapping Product Regulations to Trade and Production Dictionaries - RFP (CF)"
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# PS23185 - RAF082/2223 - Mapping Product Regulations to Trade and Production Dictionaries - RFP (CF)

Buyer: BEIS  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-fbe1229a-f380-45c3-9980-c1f6a8225804

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## Summary

The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has awarded a contract to The University of Sussex for a research and development project titled "PS23185 - RAF082/2223 - Mapping Product Regulations to Trade and Production Dictionaries." The procurement falls under the services category with a focus on research and development consultancy services. The contract has been completed, with a total value of £116,128.80 in GBP. The tender period ended on September 6, 2023, and the contract duration is from January 10, 2024, to May 31, 2024.

This awarded contract by BEIS presents an opportunity for businesses, particularly those in the research and development sector, to engage in mapping consumer product regulations to various trade and production dictionaries. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations may find this tender suitable for their expertise. The project aims to categorise products internationally, identify businesses involved in manufacturing or retail sectors, and assess the need for third-party conformity assessment bodies, providing valuable insights for future sector interventions and policy developments.

## Notice

***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION ***** This procurement is being concluded following a competitive procurement exercise. Brief Description of Requirement The aim of this work is to map consumer product regulations to a number of different trade and production dictionaries. Specifically, the objectives for this research are to: 1) Map the products under these regulations to trade and production data dictionaries, including Harmonised Standard (HS) and Combined Nomenclature (CN) codes (latest editions). These are used to categorise products in trade data, used internationally to identify common or similar products; 2) Map these regulations across to manufacturing datasets (the ONS ProdCom publication), which use a different product code structure; 3) Identify the types of businesses (sectors) most likely to be involved in the manufacture or retail of products captured under the regulations, using the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) framework; 4) Assess whether products that are mapped to regulations, require conformity assessment from a third-party body (known as Approved Bodies or Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs)). We intend to use the outputs from this project for a number of purposes including decision making on sector interventions, support policy developments including the Product Safety Review, and provide an improved evidence base for trade negotiations.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f3df9a7c-b2a3-434b-9dcf-8c82f941dc16 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 18 Jan 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 6 Sep 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 11 Oct 2023 |
| Contract period | 10 Jan 2024 - 31 May 2024 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £116,128 |
| 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 | BEIS |
| Locality | SWINDON |
| Post town | Swindon |
| Postcode | SN2 1FF |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire |
| ITL 3 | TLK71 Swindon |
| Local authority | Swindon |
| Electoral ward | Rodbourne Cheney |
| Westminster constituency | Swindon North |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | THE UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
- 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
- 79300000 - Market and economic research; polling and statistics

## Release History

- 18 Jan 2024 at 17:00 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f3df9a7c-b2a3-434b-9dcf-8c82f941dc16

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f3df9a7c-b2a3-434b-9dcf-8c82f941dc16
  18th January 2024 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/b79d96ff-31ea-452e-bbcb-13d891b17c8f
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