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

2020年，政府通过[绿皮书][0]以及专注于[社会价值][1]评估和[净零][2]大型合同计划的采购政策，阐述了采购将如何改变后欧盟退出。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。这将对企业以及他们如何与政府合作产生重大影响。特别是，法规的变化为中小企业创造了一个更加复杂的竞争环境。此外，[政府供应链][3]受到COVID-19、乌克兰战争和更广泛的经济衰退等全球宏观事件的巨大压力。如何提供具有成本效益的公共服务正在受到挑战，在这些周期中，价格成为买家的一个更大焦点，并从本质上推动中小企业的奖励业务。此外，经济衰退给中小企业带来了更大的金融风险。Cimple一直在英国政府内部工作，提供支持中小企业进入政府的市场解决方案。（和更广泛的企业）机会，帮助他们优化销售工作流程。我们相信，数据的力量，行为科学和领先的人工智能/机器学习可以用来支持中小企业获得和投标合同，不仅在公共部门，而且更广泛。此外，这种AI/ML部署可用于提高中小企业的生产力（[IMF 2021][4]）[英国中小企业每年的成本高达570亿英镑][5] r（Natwest 2018）。该项目的目的是开展一项研究和可行性项目：* 部署的AI/ML模型如何得到政府、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）。* Cimple是一个由学术界和专家组成的领先联盟，致力于推进数据架构、AI/ML模型、规范和部署模型的研究建议。通过这个项目，Cimple将帮助中小企业实现经济增长，同时在价值受阻或锁定的关键业务流程中加速采用值得信赖的AI。[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.tag.uk/research-tagings/cbp-9350/[4]：https：//www. imf. org/en/News/Seminars/Conferences/2021/09/29/-/media/E683A100682B482E9CF77CA505 15CADB.ashx [5]：www.example.com

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