HMICFRS EWS DEVELOPMENT COMPETENCE ASSESSMENT

HMICFRS independently assess the effectiveness and efficiency of police forces and fire & rescue services in England and Wales using PEEL assessments. The PEEL assessment framework outlines questions HMICFRS will actively collect, observe and assess evidence to assign a PEEL judgement

HMICFRS has existing systems and functions today which use data to help support decision making and support inspections and other core HMICFRS activity like continuous monitoring assessments. A proof-of-concept Early Warning System (EWS) using Machine Learning was developed and implemented in early 2023 by HMICFRS. This predictive PEEL judgement grades for police forces on the inspection programme's 'Q5. Investigating Crime'. HMICFRS intend to develop another two questions (Q3 and Q10) with the intention of making the application of an EWS to these questions business as usual in due course. The EWS uses a set of machine learning algorithms to take published data including HMICFRS' PEEL data collection. The EWS model architecture is delivered via a Python ML environment hosted offline on HMICFRS' standalone developer laptops.

HMICFRS are seeking to engage a Supplier to: - Build predictive models for Inspection questions Q3 and Q10 (in this prioritised order) using the existing architecture available to HMICFRS - If needed review best practice of ETL, modelling and output pipelines such to make it as streamlined and automated as possible. - Suggest and build a method for Q3, Q10 and the existing Q5 to be real-time i.e. not dependent on lagged data. - Produce robust documentation and quality assurance of all work completed and how it operates (for the internal data science team to operate and approve). - Work collaboratively with internal analysts, colleagues and teams to arrive at the best solution. - Explore options for using qualitative data as inputs to existing models, such as HMICFRS' EGTs and CDI assessments, including a scope and plan for implementation. - Aid and enhance the existing front-end user report built in PowerBI for new questions, utilising a user-experience centred approach.

Additional information: This award is for UK based organisations registered with Companies House. Academia may bid but they must be UK based institution.

This is an online competition managed via the Home Office eSourcing Portal, Jaggaer. If you are interested in finding out more about this opportunity below is a guide on how to register, if you are not already a Home Office Jaggaer account holder, as you must be registered to gain access to the competition and its documentation on the Jaggaer. We will not be sending any offline material pertaining to this competition.

1. Interested organisations must first be registered as a 'Supplier' on the Home Office e-Sourcing portal ttps://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html 2. To register bidders must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet [D&B]) for the organisation which they are registering on behalf of. 3. If you do not have a DUNS number, please contact D&B UK directly on 0870 243 2344 (option 3), or online at http://www.dnb.co.uk/duns-form.asp. 4. Once registered on the portal, please email Hannah Marriott [email protected] and ask to be added to the event stating, "Project 18155 EWS - Portal Access" in the subject title. 5. Please note the email address used to register on the portal must be the same one used to advise " Hannah Marriott [email protected]" as it is this email address that will be provided with access to the event. 6. The Home Office eSourcing portal will send you a notification when you are linked and Bidders must then accept this invitation to view the competition suite of documents. From this point all further communications including the submission of your online bid will be managed via the portal. 7. If you have any IT technical difficulties concerning the Home Office eSourcing portal please contact the Supplier e-Sourcing Helpdesk (via the link in point 1). 8. It is imperative you test your portal connection and become familiar with how to submit your bid in advance of the deadline date. It is conceivable that because the portal operates on the web, internet traffic may affect performance of the portal and this cannot be cited as reason to seek an extension to the submission deadline date.

The HO Jaggaer e-Sourcing portal is independent of other e-Sourcing portals. Therefore, if you have registered on the Crown Commercial Service Jaggaer e-Sourcing portal for example, you will also need to register on the HO Jaggaer eSourcing portal. Please note that bids will only be accepted via the HO Jaggaer e-Sourcing portal. Bids will not be considered if sent outside of this system.