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# NICE External Assessment Groups Framework

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nice-external-assessment-groups-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-049ae5). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** National Institute for Health and Care Excellence: "NICE External Assessment Groups Framework". Published status: active. Framework Ceiling: £3,345,000. 4 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 13 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [National Institute for Health and Care Excellence](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/national-institute-for-health-and-care-excellence-gov-pb474)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £3,345,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 13 January 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 4
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Research and development services and related consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nice-external-assessment-groups-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-049ae5#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-049ae5`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nice-external-assessment-groups-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-049ae5#tl-md)

## Description
NICE is seeking to commission external assessment groups (EAGs) which will provide a range of services to support its programmes and related activities.
Suppliers can bid for one or more Lots.
NICE will consider bids from multidisciplinary EAGs with knowledge and expertise in health technology assessment.
NICE will consider proposals from consortia or networks of organisations meeting the selection criteria and encourages potential suppliers to explore collaborations that will result in the offer of a comprehensive range of services.
Main activities of the EAGs in each framework
NICE commissions EAGs to support its guidance development programmes in the following key areas and tasks:
Lot 1 - Clinical and Economic Evidence Assessment
Including: critical appraisal of clinical and economic evidence to support the development of NICE outputs; evidence synthesis; de novo economic modelling and critiquing and revising existing models; systematic review and meta-analysis; supporting scoping of evaluation topics; user preference assessment or structured elicitation, confirmation and review of regulatory status to the evaluation programmes.
Lot 2 - Technical and Decision Support
Including: providing advanced methodological and analytical advice and support to NICE's technical teams and committees on all guideline and technology types that are in remit for NICE, including Health Technology Evaluation (HTE) outputs (pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, medical device and digital technologies, combination products etc.) and Guidelines topics covering public health, social and clinical areas. This includes providing evidence synthesis, data analytics, complex decision analytical modelling and health economic support; providing a technical rapid response service and quality assurance input for guidance products; development and provision of guidance methods training, covering evidence synthesis, data analytics, decision analytical modelling and health economics.
Lot 3 - Evidence Generation to support Access
Including: Evidence generation using existing registers or databases, feasibility studies, data protocol development, pilot studies; data collection and active surveillance; data linkage and complex modelling and/or analyses; register set up and close.
Lot 4 Research governance & ethics support
Including: advice on research governance and ethics support including access to a research ethics committee.

## Lots (4)
### Lot 1: Clinical and Economic Evidence Assessment
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 73000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £2,120,000
- **Description:** critical appraisal of clinical and economic evidence to support the development of NICE outputs; evidence synthesis; de novo economic modelling and critiquing and revising existing models; systematic review and meta-analysis; supporting scoping of ev...

- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 2: Technical and Decision Support
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 73000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £825,000
- **Description:** providing advanced methodological and analytical advice and support to NICE's technical teams and committees on all guideline and technology types that are in remit for NICE, including Health Technology Evaluation (HTE) outputs (pharmaceuticals, diag...

- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 3: Evidence Generation to support Access
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 73000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** Evidence generation using existing registers or databases, feasibility studies, data protocol development, pilot studies; data collection and active surveillance; data linkage and complex modelling and/or analyses; register set up and close

- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 4: Research governance & ethics support
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 73000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £13,000
- **Description:** advice on research governance and ethics support including access to a research ethics committee

- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F037813-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-11-22T12:21:56.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T18:15:29.854Z
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