Feasibility Study into the use of AI/ML to improve outcomes for SMEs in Government Contracting

2020年，政府制定了采购将如何通过[绿皮书][0]以及以[社会价值][1]评估为重点的采购政策和大型合同的[净零][1]计划来改变欧盟退出后的采购。这些政策转变的结合正在推动政府和私营部门合作方式的全面变革。这将对企业及其与政府合作的方式产生重大影响。特别是，监管的变化为中小企业的竞争创造了更复杂的环境。此外，由于covid - 19、乌克兰战争和更广泛的经济衰退等全球宏观事件，[政府供应链]b[3]面临巨大压力。如何提供具有成本效益的公共服务正受到挑战，在这些周期中，它使价格成为买家更关注的焦点，并从本质上推动中小企业的奖励业务。此外，经济下滑给中小企业带来了更大的金融风险。Cimple一直与英国政府合作，提供市场解决方案，支持中小企业获得政府（以及更广泛的企业）机会，帮助他们优化销售工作流程。我们相信，数据、行为科学和领先的人工智能/机器学习的力量可以用来支持中小企业获得和竞标合同，不仅在公共部门，而且在更广泛的领域。此外，这种AI/ML部署可用于提高中小企业的生产力（[IMF 2021]）[英国中小企业每年花费高达570亿英镑][Natwest 2018]。该项目的目的是进行一项研究和可行性项目：*部署的人工智能/机器学习模型将如何获得政府和中小企业的信任，并帮助后者优化其销售业务（以及随后的增长）。*汇集领先的学者和专家联盟，提出开发数据架构，AI/ML模型，规范和部署模型的研究建议。通过这个项目，Cimple将帮助实现中小企业的经济增长，同时加速在价值受阻或锁定的关键业务流程中采用值得信赖的人工智能。[0] https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/green-paper-transforming-public-procurement [1]: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement -政策-注- 0620 -考虑- - - - - - - -社会-价值- - -奖励- -中央政府合同[2]:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement -政策-注- 0621 -考虑- - - - - - - -碳-减少-计划- - -采购-大-政府-合同[3]:https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9350/ [4]:https://www.imf.org/en/News/Seminars/Conferences/2021/09/29/-/media/E683A100682B482E9CF77CA50515CADB.ashx [5]: https://www.natwestgroup.com/news-and-insights/feature-content/our-updates/2011-2020/natwest-research-shows-effect-of-productivity-gap.html

In 2020 the Government set out how procurement would transform post-EU exit through a [Greenpaper][0] as well as procurement policies focussed on [Social Value][1] assessments and [Net Zero][2] plans for large contracts.The combination of these policy shifts is driving wholesale change in how Government and the Private Sector work together. This is going to have a material impact on businesses and how they work with Government. In particular, the change in regulation _create a more complex environment for Small and Medium Enterprises to compete on._Furthermore, [Government supply chains][3] are under significant pressure caused by _global macro-events_ of COVID19 the Ukraine war and a broader economic downturn. How to deliver cost effective public services is being challenged and in these cycles it makes price a greater focus for buyers and intrinsically drives awards business away from SMEs. Furthermore, _the economic downturn creates greater financial risks on SMEs_.Cimple has been working across the UK Government providing a marketplace solution that supports SMEs accessing Government (and wider Enterprise) opportunities helping them to optimise sales workflows.We believe that the power of data, behavioural science and leading AI/ML can be used to support SMEs accessing and bidding on contracts not just in the Public Sector but more broadly. Furthermore, this AI/ML deployment can be used to improve productivity within SMEs ([IMF 2021][4]) [costing the UK SMEs up to £57bn a yea][5]r (Natwest 2018).The aim of the project is to undertake a research and feasibility project on:* How AI/ML models deployed will be trusted by Government, SMEs and with the latter help to optimise their sales operations (and subsequently growth).* Bring together a leading consortium of academics and specialists to take forward research recommendations developing data architectures, AI/ML models, specifications and deployment models.Through this project, Cimple will help to enable economic growth in SMEs whilst accelerating the adoption of trustworthy AI in a critical business process where value is blocked or locked.[0]: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/green-paper-transforming-public-procurement[1]: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-policy-note-0620-taking-account-of-social-value-in-the-award-of-central-government-contracts[2]: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-policy-note-0621-taking-account-of-carbon-reduction-plans-in-the-procurement-of-major-government-contracts[3]: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9350/[4]: https://www.imf.org/en/News/Seminars/Conferences/2021/09/29/-/media/E683A100682B482E9CF77CA50515CADB.ashx[5]: https://www.natwestgroup.com/news-and-insights/feature-content/our-updates/2011-2020/natwest-research-shows-effect-of-productivity-gap.html