Social Research Tenders and Contracts
See open social research tenders and awarded contracts for the UK public sector.
Social research procurement covers policy and programme evaluations, surveys of public attitudes and experience, resident surveys, qualitative and ethnographic research, consultation analysis, literature reviews, opinion polling and panel research. Fieldwork and analysis can be bought as separate pieces.
Social research is mostly commissioned as call-offs from research and analysis frameworks split into lots, alongside stand-alone evaluations and surveys. UK and devolved government departments, councils, health bodies, regulators, heritage bodies and universities commission social research.
2,393 results
- Expired contractPublished 20 January 2023
CONTRACT FOR REFORMS TO REGULATING SUPPORTED ACCOMODATION CONSULTATION ANALYSIS PROJECT REFERENCE NO: DFERPPU/ 22-23/095 (con_18202)
£14,850
- Closed tenderPublished 20 January 2023
PS23016 - Community Benefits for Electricity Transmission Networks Infrastructure
Value not stated
- Expired contractPublished 19 January 2023
Public Deliberation: Research access to newborns genome program data
£99,829
- Closed tenderPublished 19 January 2023
THH-C-010 Provision of Resident Satisfaction Survey Programme
£500,000
- Expired contractPublished 18 January 2023
Children's Gender Services Consultation Analysis
£59,500
- Expired contractPublished 18 January 2023
Award of Agriculture Bill Consultation Analysis
£28,675
- Expired contractPublished 16 January 2023
PS22182 - Assessing the impacts of recent increases in the National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage
£59,962.5
- Awarded contractPublished 13 January 2023
Provision of a Sport Physiology Senior Consultant
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 13 January 2023
A multi-party framework for the recruitment of participants for behavioural research
€560,000
- Closed tenderPublished 13 January 2023
A multi-party framework for the recruitment of participants for behavioural research
Value not stated
- Expired contractPublished 12 January 2023
DHSC:COMMS: Qualitative Research Marketing, Communications and Policy - Lot 1
Value not stated
- Expired contractPublished 11 January 2023
Fostering conversion rates research (con_17922)
£24,950
- Expired contractPublished 4 January 2023
PS22304 UKRI Review of Peer Review Commission
£829,000
- Closed tenderPublished 30 December 2022
1364 - Insights into Public Attitudes affecting NHS programme uptakes
Value not stated
- Expired contractPublished 23 December 2022
Ofwat and Consumer Council for Water research on customer licence condition
£69,950
- Awarded contractPublished 19 December 2022
225486 Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
€87,100
- Expired contractPublished 16 December 2022
Factors influencing organisations' decisions to bring cases to the civil and family courts
£35,400
- Closed tenderPublished 13 December 2022
QU807 - Real-time community listening mental health and Cost-of-Living
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 12 December 2022
Ethnographic Research Study ITQ
£42,500
- Closed tenderPublished 12 December 2022
DDP104 District Council Resident Survey 2022
Value not stated
Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions about social research, qualitative research, public attitudes, longitudinal study, residents survey, consultation analysis, household survey, ethnographic in the UK public sector.
What counts as a social research tender?
A social research tender is a contract commissioned by a public body to study social attitudes, behaviours or the effects of a policy, rather than commercial market research for a private client. Universities and independent research institutes are common suppliers for this work.
Who buys social research services?
Government departments, local authorities, health bodies and universities buy social research services to evaluate policies, understand public attitudes or assess the impact of a programme. These buyers may run the work directly or through a framework agreement.
What work does a social research contract cover?
A social research contract can cover survey design, interviews, focus groups, data analysis and the write-up of findings for a public body. Contracts vary from a single evaluation study to a multi-year framework for ongoing research and analysis support.
What CPV codes cover social research tenders?
Social research notices carry 79315000 (Social research services), 73110000 (Research services) and 79419000 (Evaluation consultancy services).
How do I find social research contracts before they are formally tendered?
Read departmental research and evaluation plans, programme evaluation requirements, residents survey schedules and early market engagement notices for research frameworks, which show 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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