PROVISION OF SERVICES FOR: SYNTHETIC DATA: THE CURRENT USE, DEVELOPMENT AND LIMITS OF SIMULATED DATA IN DATA ANALYSIS

Concepts

• business analysis
• royal society
• royal society's data programme
• consultancy services
• synthetic data
• current use
• potential uses
• development of a commissioned review
• data analysis
• limits of privacy enhancing technologies

Location

Description

The Royal Society's Data Programme is developing policy and promoting debate that helps the UK safely and rapidly realise the growing benefits of data and digital technologies. In 2019, the Royal Society launched the report Protecting privacy in practice: The current use, development and limits of Privacy Enhancing Technologies in data analysis. One of our activities following from this report is an exploration of the status and role of Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs): technologies or conceptual approaches that allow the derivation of useful insights from data without requiring full data access. Some examples include homomorphic encryption, zero knowledge proofs, differential privacy, and secure multi-party computation. The Royal society seeks to engage a supplier to draft an explainer document reviewing the state of play, and possibilities for, synthetic data as a technology. This document shall include its development, potential uses and limitations, and current and emerging applications across various sectors. The review shall be accessible to a non-specialist audience, in the style of a briefing document See Attachment 1 - The Brief for more details. The Society has now launched a refresher project to update the 2019 report, which shall be published in Q1 2022. This report seeks to include an updated review of PETs applications, legal and regulatory issues relating to their use, and an illustrative set of use cases. This RFQ is to engage a supplier for the development of a commissioned review and shall be a foundational piece of our evidence gathering for this project; it will inform our understanding of the regulatory landscape, and possible futures with regard to PETs.

CPV Codes

• 72221000 - Business analysis consultancy services
• 72224000 - Project management consultancy services
• 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

Indicators

• Contract is suitable for SMEs.
• Contract is suitable for VCOs.

Other Information

Please review Attachment 1 - The Brief. If you choose to bid, please complete and email the Supplier Registration Form at Attachment 5 so that all clarifcation notices can be shared with you. Attachment 1 -The Brief Attachment 1 - The Brief RFQ 616 - Synthetic Data.docx Attachment 2 - Supplier Costs Attachment 2 - Service Charges for Ref 616.xlsx Attachment 3 - Terms and Conditions Attachment 3 - Terms and Conditions Ref 616.docx Attachment 4 - Supplier Declaration Form Attachment 4 - Ref 616 RFQ Supplier Declaration Form.docx Attachment 5 - Supplier Regisation Form Attachment 5 - Terms and Conditions Ref 616.docx