--- title: "DHSC:Med Tec: Design for Life Research and Analytical Support" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03e21c" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03e21c" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03e21c.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03e21c.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE" published: "2023-07-14" --- # DHSC:Med Tec: Design for Life Research and Analytical Support Buyer: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03e21c [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03e21c) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03e21c.json) ## Summary The Department of Health and Social Care is planning a tender titled "DHSC: Med Tec: Design for Life Research and Analytical Support" within the services category, focusing on research services in the Health industry. The procurement process is at the planning stage, with estimated key dates as follows: Market engagement event starting 24/07/2023, ITT publication on 31/07/2023, ITT response closure by 28/08/2023, and contract start date from 11/09/2023. The opportunity involves providing research and analytical support for the Design for Life initiative to enhance reuse, remanufacture, and materials recovery in the UK medical technology sector. This tender by the Department of Health and Social Care presents an opportunity for businesses with expertise in research and analytical services, particularly in circular economy approaches for the MedTech sector. Companies with experience in economic analyses, resilience assessments, and sustainability strategies would be well-suited to compete. Potential suppliers should note the upcoming Market Engagement meeting on 25/07/2023 and be prepared for the invitation to Tender from Framework starting on 31/07/2023. The successful bidder will need to deliver comprehensive reports, conduct data analyses, and engage with various stakeholders in the field, demonstrating excellence in technical and commercial insights to drive innovations in the medical technology industry. ## Notice To provide research and analytical support to the Design for Life initiative, discovery phase, assessing the opportunity and required actions to increase levels of reuse, remanufacture and materials recovery in the UK medical technology sector. The successful bidder will be expected to produce a report that quantifies the economic, resilience, and sustainability opportunity of a shift towards circular economy approaches for MedTech in the UK and will include recommendations for further action. ### Lot Information Lot 1 The overall requirement is for the successful bidder to produce: A report that quantifies the economic, resilience, and sustainability opportunity of a shift towards circular economy approaches for MedTech in the UK and will include recommendations for further action. The work may include: * Analysis and cataloguing of the current levels of reuse, remanufacture and recovery of selected medical technology * Modelling of future scenarios * Development of cost/benefit data analyses * Drafting of a findings report recommending future action This list is not exhaustive and may change as the contract progresses. Experience/Skills/Knowledge Required: * The ability to deliver excellent research and analytical products; impart leading technical, commercial, and operational insights; and brokering with expert parties. This will include: * Pre-existing or ability to rapidly form networks within the circular economy sphere to enable coordination and brokering with leading adjacent sectors, such as consumer electronics, and supporting, horizontal domains, such as data science. * Excellence in analysis, with an ability to use incomplete or imperfect data sets to reach robust conclusions, and, where data is unavailable, conduct indicative bottom-up analyses to ensure conclusions can still be formed. * Fluency in economic analyses for public expenditure, greenhouse gas accounting at a business and product level, and quantifying the value of improved resilience of supply chains to businesses and whole sectors. * Skills, such as ability to interpret technical standards or procurement frameworks, which can support translation of policy-type research into real-world operations within a sector or organisation. * Ability to rapidly develop and analyse surveys / questionnaires. * Delivery of Futures / Foresight workshops, including collaborative scenario development. * Excellence in writing accessible reports for a wide audience of subject matter experts and laypersons. Market Engagement meeting to be held via Microsoft Teams 25/07/2023. If you are interested in attending the market engagement meeting: 1. Log in or Register through the supplier portal at https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome 2. Locate the opportunity using 'My Proposals and Quotes' or in 'Find Opportunities' Reference C191734 3. Click Register Interest. 4. Message via Atamis your email address for the link to the event to be forwarded to Use of CCS Research and Insights Framework Estimated date that Suppliers will be invited to Tender from Framework week beginning Monday 31/07/2023. The information in this PIN is subject to change and the Authority withhold the right to make changes to any of the information contained here. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020328-2023 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 14 Jul 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 30 Jul 2023 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £120,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South West London | | Postcode | SW1H 0EU | | 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 ### Codes - 73110000 - Research services ## Release History - 14 Jul 2023 at 13:23 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020328-2023 ## Notice URLs - https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03e21c. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03e21c.json.