Research Contracts and Tenders
See open research tenders and awarded contracts for the UK public sector.
Research procurement covers commissioned studies and evaluations, including impact and process evaluations of funded programmes and policies. Social and policy research, evidence reviews, and monitoring, evaluation and learning contracts for grant funds also come up. Subjects range from housing and health to wages, transport and energy.
Research buying mostly runs through research and evaluation frameworks, including the Crown Commercial Service Research and Insights dynamic purchasing system, with call-offs for single studies, and some open calls. Government departments, regulators, health bodies, councils and universities commission research, as do The National Lottery Community Fund and the Scottish Government.
2,640 results
- Expired contractPublished 11 November 2022
AWARDED CONTRACT
£711,700
- Closed tenderPublished 11 November 2022
National Biosurveillance Network Discovery (Ref C113285)
£2,500,000
- Expired contractPublished 10 November 2022
(DWP) SCE User Research Contract
£737,512
- Expired contractPublished 9 November 2022
An Evaluation of the UK global screen fund pilot - AWARD
£55,875
- Closed tenderPublished 9 November 2022
SE1080 Local Delivery Pilots (LDP) Impact Evaluation, Qualitative Comparative Analysis
£625,000
- Closed tenderPublished 9 November 2022
SE1080 Local Delivery Pilots (LDP) Impact Evaluation
£622,289
- Expired contractPublished 9 November 2022
Faraday Battery Challenge (Phase 2) - Evaluation
£291,817
- Closed tenderPublished 7 November 2022
Formative Evaluability Assessment and Process Evaluation of the Young Person’s Guarantee
£160,000
- Closed tenderPublished 7 November 2022
DWP Digital - Agile Coach (Communities of Practice)
GBP/DAY 750
- Closed tenderPublished 7 November 2022
Formative Evaluability Assessment and Process Evaluation of the Young Person’s Guarantee
£159,587
- Closed tenderPublished 7 November 2022
Public Deliberation Research
£100,000
- Expired contractPublished 4 November 2022
Public Deliberation Research
£100,000
- Closed tenderPublished 4 November 2022
Public Deliberation Research
Value not stated
- Expired contractPublished 1 November 2022
The Evaluation of the MEND/PBIF
£899,378
- Expired contractPublished 1 November 2022
Understanding experiences of ageism
£80,950
- Awarded contractPublished 1 November 2022
Software platform for bulk analysis of PDF documents
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 31 October 2022
Anti-Racist Wales: Further Education Learner and Staff Research
Value not stated
- Expired contractPublished 28 October 2022
Return to Collection debt and Covid impacts.
£90,000
- Awarded contractPublished 27 October 2022
Assessing the cumulative and cross-sector economic benefits of private investment in natural capital
£58,135
- Expired contractPublished 25 October 2022
High Demand Density
£998,612.5
Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions about research contracts, research tenders, commissioned research, research and evaluation services, research study, research and analysis services, evaluation research, policy research, impact evaluation in the UK public sector.
What kinds of work count as research tenders?
The category covers commissioned studies, evaluations and analysis rather than academic research funding. Recent examples include a Scottish Government-commissioned study on accessible housing guidance, a Home Office research and analysis call-off on homeland security, and a Department for Transport evaluation-research framework covering multiple policy programmes. Buyers range from central government departments to police and crime commissioners, regulators and universities running research for a third party.
What CPV codes cover research contracts?
Research notices carry 73110000 (Research services) and 73000000 (Research and development services and related consultancy services).
Which framework is used to buy commissioned research and evaluation in the UK public sector?
The Crown Commercial Service Research and Insights dynamic purchasing system is a common route for commissioned research and evaluation. Buyers such as the Welsh Government and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology run mini competitions on it for individual studies and evaluations.
How do I find research contracts before they are formally tendered?
Read corporate strategies, service reviews, commissioning plans and expiry dates for existing contracts, which show research work coming due ahead of a notice. On Stotles you can track those signals and the buyers behind them, then follow a notice from pre-tender through to award.
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