External Assessment Groups Framework

NICE is seeking to commission external assessment groups (EAGs) which will provide a range of health technology assessment (HTA) services to support its technology evaluation programmes and related activities. Suppliers must be able to provide all services within any Lot to bid for that Lot. 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.

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; updating information and evidence on technologies to support guidance review; preparation of evidence summaries on new and novel technologies; systematic review and meta-analysis; market intelligence analysis; supporting identification, topic selection and scoping of HealthTech products; 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 Centre for Health Technology Evaluation (CHTE) outputs (pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, medical device and digital technologies, combination products etc.) and Centre for 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; provision of a research governance and ethics support function.

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

NICE is inviting interested suppliers to attend a supplier early engagement day on Tuesday 1 October, 9.30am - 12:30pm, held virtually via Microsoft Teams.

To register for attendance at the supplier day please and other details, please see the additional information section of this notice

Additional information: NICE is inviting interested suppliers to attend a supplier early engagement day on Tuesday 1 October, 9.30am - 12:30pm, held virtually via Microsoft Teams. An opportunity for suppliers to have individual commercial in confidence meetings with NICE to discuss the questions raised by NICE on the supplier day will be available in the week following the supplier day.

To register for attendance at the supplier day please email the following contact with the information stated below no later than 10am on Monday 30th September:

Irene Walker Procurement Manager [email protected]

Please provide:

Your name Your Job Title Your company name Your email address Your contact telephone number Please also state if you would like to book a commercial in confidence meeting with NICE. Dates and times TBC.

NICE will send an invitation to the meeting which will be held virtually via Microsoft Teams on Monday 30th September between 12 noon and 5pm.