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.
2,639 results
- Closed tenderPublished 1 September 2021
Research Services
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 1 September 2021
Health Inequalities and Digital Inclusion Research
£175,000
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 31 August 2021
CPD122 - 21-22 - 124 - Independent Panel for the Evaluation of City Deal, Growth Deal and Devolution Deals Interventions and Related Services - Pre-Market Engagement
Value not stated
- Expired contractPublished 26 August 2021
GB-London: 102556 - Understanding UK Artificial Intelligence (AI) R and D commrercialisation.
£74,600
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 25 August 2021
The Provision of NIHR Journals Library : Production Services
£7,000,000
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 25 August 2021
16-19 Tuition Fund - Process and Impact Evaluation
£250,000
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 25 August 2021
The Provision of NIHR Journals Library : Production Services
Value not stated
- Awarded contractPublished 24 August 2021
An impact evaluation of Violence Reduction Partnership funded interventions
Value not stated
- Expired contractPublished 24 August 2021
REBiz Interim and Summative Assessment - AWARD
£18,250
- Expired contractPublished 23 August 2021
Violence Reduction Units Evaluation Year 3
£653,195
- Closed tenderPublished 23 August 2021
VRN Review
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 20 August 2021
Evaluation & Research Services
£1,225,000
- Closed tenderPublished 20 August 2021
Evaluation & Research Services
£1,225,000
- Awarded contractPublished 19 August 2021
(NU/1589–30) - The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Policy Research Unit (PRU) in Behavioural Science Website Development
£16,500
- Expired contractPublished 19 August 2021
PHE - Corporate - Impact Evaluation of BAME led interventions during Covid-19.
£50,000
- Closed tenderPublished 18 August 2021
Monitoring and Impact Evaluation Support for the Sustainable Farming Incentive
£500,000
- Expired contractPublished 18 August 2021
Accessibility Audit Services
£33,163
- Closed tenderPublished 18 August 2021
Monitoring and Impact Evaluation Support for the Sustainable Farming Incentive
£500,000
- Closed tenderPublished 16 August 2021
Innovation and Research Proposal Development Services
Value not stated
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 13 August 2021
Evaluation of the Practitioner Research and Advanced Practitioner Programmes
£80,000
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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