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.

2,392 results

  • Expired contractPublished 11 December 2020

    Provision of Business Research

    Cabinet OfficeSupplier(s) JOHNSON AND LUBBOCK PARTNERS LIMITEDMarket research servicesAwarded 3 April 2020

    £444,516

  • Expired contractPublished 11 December 2020

    Research into Public Attitudes & Behaviours in relation to Covid 19

    Cabinet OfficeSupplier(s) HANBURY STRATEGY AND COMMUNICATIONS LIMITEDMarket research servicesAwarded 16 March 2020

    £580,000

  • Closed tenderPublished 10 December 2020

    Request for tenders for the provision of approximately €80,000 worth of gift cards for the CSO's Household Surveys incentivised participation scheme

    Value not stated

  • Awarded contractPublished 9 December 2020

    Market research services

    Cabinet OfficeSupplier(s) FLEETWOOD STRATEGY LIMITEDMarket research servicesAwarded 23 April 2020

    £123,500

  • Awarded contractPublished 9 December 2020

    Market research services

    Cabinet OfficeSupplier(s) Hanbury Strategy LtdMarket research servicesAwarded 16 March 2020

    £580,000

  • Awarded contractPublished 9 December 2020

    Market research services

    Cabinet OfficeSupplier(s) PUBLIC FIRST LIMITEDMarket research servicesAwarded 3 March 2020

    £840,000

  • Closed tenderPublished 9 December 2020

    GB-Southampton: Market Research

    Ordnance SurveyMarket research services

    £37,500

  • Awarded contractPublished 9 December 2020

    Market research services

    Cabinet OfficeSupplier(s) JOHNSON AND LUBBOCK PARTNERS LIMITEDMarket research servicesAwarded 3 April 2020

    £444,516

  • Awarded contractPublished 9 December 2020

    Blood analysis services

    Trinity College Dublin, the University of DublinSupplier(s) CDI LaboratoriesResearch laboratory servicesAwarded 9 December 2020

    €230,000

  • Awarded contractPublished 7 December 2020

    Social research services

    Department for EducationSupplier(s) JMU Services LtdSocial research servicesAwarded 7 December 2020

    £103,207

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  • Expired contractPublished 7 December 2020

    RA293720 - X24 - Digital Inequalities: Hearing the Patient Voice

    NHS EnglandSupplier(s) Office of Public Management LtdBusiness services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and securityAwarded 8 December 2020

    £15,591.5

  • Closed tenderPublished 4 December 2020

    Early Years Integration/Pathfinder Evaluation

    Ceredigion County CounilSocial research services

    Value not stated

  • Expired contractPublished 4 December 2020

    Review of Education and Training Standards in Nursing and Midwifery - Qualitative Research

    Nursing and Midwifery CouncilSupplier(s) Office of Public Management LtdResearch consultancy servicesAwarded 7 December 2020

    £141,648

  • Expired contractPublished 3 December 2020

    Social Research Call Off - Work Package 3 Covid-19 Consumer Tracker

    Food Standards AgencySupplier(s) IPSOS MORI UK LIMITEDResearch and development services and related consultancy servicesAwarded 23 April 2020

    £106,075

  • Closed tenderPublished 3 December 2020

    Bioinformaticians - evaluation and retention study

    Health Education EnglandEducation and training services

    £50,000

  • Closed tenderPublished 3 December 2020

    Bioinformaticians – evaluation and retention study

    Health Education EnglandResearch and development services and related consultancy services

    £48,000

  • Expired contractPublished 2 December 2020

    QU343 - Seldom Heard Conversations about Pregnancy - AWARD

    Birmingham City CouncilSupplier(s) Health and social work servicesAwarded 16 November 2020

    £22,000

  • Closed tenderPublished 1 December 2020

    Extension to the longitudinal Study of Early Education and Development (SEED)

    Department for EducationResearch and development services and related consultancy services

    £1,125,000

  • Expired contractPublished 27 November 2020

    Understanding Communities - Qualitative Research

    £30,000

  • Expired contractPublished 26 November 2020

    Supply of Early Adopters Qualitative Research

    Department of Health and Social CareSupplier(s) NatcenMarket research servicesAwarded 13 August 2020

    £120,757

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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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