Closed ATM View - 2021-22RFQ017
Conduct of Evidence Evaluation for Dietary Guidelines Review
Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart
Under Section 7 of the National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992, NHMRC has responsibility for providing high quality, evidence-based health advice to government and the Australian community.
NHMRC is undertaking a revision of the 2013 Australian Dietary Guidelines (the Guidelines). The Guidelines provide guidance on foods, food groups and dietary patterns that promote health and wellbeing in the general population. The Guidelines are not for people who require specialised diets for treatment of disease or chronic conditions, but they are aimed at preventing chronic conditions.
Evidence scoping and mapping has identified recent, high-quality systematic reviews that are suitable for use. However, key gaps in the evidence have been identified for which the Dietary Guidelines Expert Committee (the Expert Committee) have requested new evidence reviews to be commissioned.
Four evidence reviews are being commissioned: three scoping reviews and one systematic review.
For a Potential Supplier’s Response to be eligible for consideration the Potential Supplier’s Response must comply with the matters addressed in A.B.4.2 of the Commonwealth ATM Terms.
Tenderers must be willing for all Specified Personnel to sign a Deed of Confidentiality (Appendix A) prior to commencing work.
All Specified Personnel should provide a completed disclosure of interest form (Appendix B) in the quotation (see A.C.3).
Potential suppliers should have access to the following expertise:
- an information scientist or research librarian
- content expertise with understanding of human nutrition research methodology including human nutrition study design, dietary assessment methodology and outcome measures relevant to nutrition
- methodological and statistical expertise and experience in systematic and scoping reviews of observational data.
Proposed Start Date: 10 December 2024
Contract Term: The Contract will remain in force for a period of 9 months from the date the Contract is entered into.
Contract Extension Option: The Contract will include the following extension option(s): 3 options to extend of 3 months each.