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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

  • Awarded contractPublished 27 July 2021

    Monitoring and Impact Evaluation Support for the Sustainable Farming Incentive

    Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

    £500,000

  • Closed tenderPublished 26 July 2021

    Opportunities for Growth in Irish Cereal; Research Study

    Bord Bia (Irish Food Board)Research and development consultancy services

  • Awarded contractPublished 26 July 2021

    Provision of research and policy support services to the Creative Ireland Programme

    Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and MediaResearch servicesAwarded 26 July 2021

  • Awarded contractPublished 23 July 2021

    Research with education professionals involved in qualification grading decisions summer 21

    Qualifications WalesSupplier(s) Opinion ResearchResearch and development services and related consultancy servicesAwarded 23 July 2021

  • Awarded contractPublished 21 July 2021

    Support for Therapeutics Taskforce

    Department of Health and Social CareSupplier(s) UNIVERSITY OF LEEDSHealth servicesAwarded 1 July 2021

    £134,788

  • Expired contractPublished 20 July 2021

    MCOVID- Hospital Based Secondary Healthcare Investigations

    Ministry of DefenceSupplier(s) Oxford University Hospital NHS TrustMedical practice servicesAwarded 5 August 2020

    £61,836

  • Closed tenderPublished 20 July 2021

    GB-Swindon: UKRI-1490 Impact Evaluation of Understanding Society - The UK Household Longitudinal Study

    UK Research & InnovationBusiness and management consultancy and related services

    £75,000

  • Closed tenderPublished 20 July 2021

    Evaluation of Defra's small capital grants schemes for Farmers

    Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)Research and development services and related consultancy services

    £200,000

  • Expired contractPublished 20 July 2021

    Research on Social Mobility within the Creative Industries

    Department for Culture, Media & SportSupplier(s) NESTABusiness services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and securityAwarded 8 December 2020

    £20,000

  • Closed tenderPublished 20 July 2021

    Evaluation of Defra's small capital grants schemes for Farmers

    Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)Research and development services and related consultancy services

    £200,000

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  • Expired contractPublished 19 July 2021

    Award of 605_0017 - Interim Regulated Procurement Officer

    Forestry and Land ScotlandSupplier(s) HAYS SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LTDSupply services of personnel including temporary staffAwarded 19 July 2021

    £93,600

  • Awarded contractPublished 16 July 2021

    AgriTech demand research study & Market insight

    University of EdinburghSupplier(s) IFF ResarchResearch and development services and related consultancy servicesAwarded 6 July 2021

    £65,250

  • Closed tenderPublished 14 July 2021

    Technical Third Party Support (TTPS) for the Net-Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP)

    Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)Social research services

    £14,300,000

  • Expired contractPublished 9 July 2021

    Commissioned Research into Assurance of Artificial Intelligence

    Department for Culture, Media & SportSupplier(s) UCL Consultants LtdResearch and development services and related consultancy servicesAwarded 1 December 2020

    £53,748

  • Expired contractPublished 9 July 2021

    Impact Evaluation

    Offshore Renewable Energy CatapultSupplier(s) FRONTIER ECONOMICS LIMITEDBusiness services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and securityAwarded 2 July 2021

    £59,000

  • Closed tenderPublished 9 July 2021

    Evaluation of the Recruit, Recover & Raise Standards Programmes

    Welsh GovernmentEvaluation consultancy services

    £155,000

  • Closed tenderPublished 7 July 2021

    Multi Party Framework Agreement for Planning Services

    Land Development AgencyUrban environmental development planning

    €40,000,000

  • Expired contractPublished 7 July 2021

    PS21031 - Evaluation of Flexibility Exchange Demonstration (FleX) - RAF094/2021

    UK Shared Business Services - UKSBSSupplier(s) Technopolis LtdResearch and development consultancy servicesAwarded 22 June 2021

    £159,960

  • Awarded contractPublished 6 July 2021

    QUB/1996/21 Research Contractor to conduct the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey

    Queen's University BelfastSupplier(s) IPSOS MORI UK LIMITEDMarket research servicesAwarded 25 June 2021

    £186,000

  • Stale Pre-tenderPublished 6 July 2021

    PS21093 - Energy Innovation Portfolio Evaluation

    UK Shared Business Services - UKSBSMarket and economic research; polling and statistics

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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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