Research & Development Framework

The Chemicals Regulation Division (CRD) wishes to establish a new research and development (R&D) framework with six specific lots (A-F). This framework will be structured into specialism based lots. Each lot is designed to hold more than one supplier to allow a varied skill set across each lot. A specification will be written for each project and HSE will then consider the specification against each supplier to determine which supplier's expertise is best suited to the project. If more than one supplier has the relevant experience, a cab rank system will be used (further detail on this proc…