CR20082 - Methodology for a value-for-money assessment of OPSS activity by measuring consumer and business detriment avoided from removal of unsafe and non compliant goods from the UK market

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**THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION** This was awarded under Crown Commercial Services Research Marketplace Dynamic Purchasing System RM6018. Background: The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) was created in January 2018 by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). Responsibilities of The Office include: a. Giving detailed advice on the interpretation of safety related regulations and sits on many standards making committees. b. Responding to incidents where the safety of a consumer product is called into question. c. Offering policy advice to HMG on product safety issues. d. Enforcement of a wide range of other product standards and regulations, including Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS), Ivory and Conflict Mineral regulations. e. Support of businesses through an expanded "Primary Authority" scheme to act as a single point of information for a wide variety of regulations impacting business. f. The work of the former national Measurement Organisation is also within the Office, which brings a world class test and measurement capability. Deliverables The Consultant will be expected to submit the following deliverables: • A final report, containing: o A discussion of their research along the four parts of the Suggested Methodology (above). o A robust methodology for assessing consumer and business detriment tackled by the Ports and Borders programme. o (if required) assumptions needed to make the model function in the absence of complete data. It is our intention to publish the final report. • An interim report, covering initial findings under the same headings as those in the final report. • A presentation to OPSS colleagues of findings, targeted at a non-technical audience. • A bespoke quantitative estimation model which adopts the methodology contained in the final report. This model should: o be built in Microsoft Excel, o subscribe to spreadsheet modelling best practice, o have minimal sections locked down for editing o contain instructions on refreshing the data inputs for OPSS analysts to update when necessary.