Prior Notification of Procurement of Strategic Research Projects on Consumer Product Safety

The Office for Product Safety and Standards (an office within BEIS) are holding a Supplier Engagement event on Thursday 27 September 2018 to discuss the Strategic Research Programme and some of the immediate opportunities for involvement.

The following projects will be discussed:

1.) Strategic Roadmap for Consumer Product Safety 2.) Characteristics of modern domestic fires 3.) Advanced condition monitoring for detection of consumer appliance failure 4.) Legal issues concerning the 3D printing of spare parts for consumer appliances 5.) Safety of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality in consumer products

Further detail on these projects is provided in the attachment.

Additional information: About the Office for Product Safety and Standards The Office for Product Safety and Standards ("the Office") was established in January 2018 to build upgraded national capacity for product safety. Its strategy is underpinned by four key objectives:

Analyse - strengthening analysis to support effective decision making, making the best use of scientific evidence, risk and intelligence Inform - providing information to support consumers in making informed choices and ensuring that businesses have the information they need to be responsible and comply with the law. Enforce - delivering responsive, effective and targeted enforcement to maintain protection, fairness and confidence. Build - creating a robust product safety system infrastructure that supports innovation and ensures the UK system is fit for the future.

In support of these objectives, the Office has established a Scientific and Technical Advice Unit to help place science and evidence at the heart of our work. As a result, its Strategic Research Programme is commissioning high quality, science-based research to strengthen the evidence base for product safety policy, delivery and enforcement.

The Office Strategy and a presentation on the Strategic Research Programme can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/strengthening-national-capacity-for-product-safety-strategy-2018-2020