Research and development services: public buyers and contract awards in United Kingdom
Which public authorities in United Kingdom buy research and development services (CPV division 73), what they paid, who won – and which contracts are coming up for renewal.
17contract awards
10public buyers
18.20m GBPdisclosed value
0contracts ending by 2028-04-27
Awards published 2023-05-15 – 2026-10-20 in this snapshot.
Top buyers
- Department for Business and Trade (London) – 6 awards
- Scottish Government (Edinburgh) – 2 awards
- MONEY AND PENSIONS SERVICE (Bedford) – 2 awards
- North London Foundation Trust (London) – 1 award
- Cyngor Sir Ceredigion County Council (Aberaeron) – 1 award
- The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland) (Edinburgh) – 1 award
- Department for Work & Pensions (London) – 1 award
- Historic Environment Scotland (Edinburgh) – 1 award
- University of St Andrews (Guardbridge) – 1 award
- Department for Education (London) – 1 award
Most frequent winners
- NOUS GROUP (UK) LTD. – 1
- OPINION RESEARCH SERVICES LIMITED – 1
- I.F.F Research Limited – 1
- SGS VITROLOGY LIMITED – 1
- Miltenyi Biotec Ltd – 1
- Gartner – 1
- IPSOS (MARKET RESEARCH) LTD – 1
- University of Warwick – 1
Latest awards
| Award date | Buyer | Contract | Category | Winner(s) | Value | Ends | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-20 | North London Foundation Trust | TAVISTOCK EDUCATION AND TRAINING (TET) EXTERNAL CONSULTANCY SUPPORT | Research and development services and related consultancy services | NOUS GROUP (UK) LTD. | 118k GBP | – | FTS notice |
| 2026-10-14 | Cyngor Sir Ceredigion County Council | Ceredigion - Production Of Local Housing Market Assessment (LHMA) | Research and development services and related consultancy services | OPINION RESEARCH SERVICES LIMITED | 31k GBP | – | FTS notice |
| 2026-09-30 | Scottish Government | Salinity Sample Analysis | Research services | Ocean Scientific International Ltd | 57k GBP | – | FTS notice |
| 2026-09-29 | Department for Business and Trade | Industry Portfolio Research Tool (IPRT) | Research services | I.F.F Research Limited | 750k GBP | – | FTS notice |
| 2026-09-29 | Historic Environment Scotland | Environmental Impact of Harvesting Marram | Research services | Boreas Ecology | 81k GBP | – | FTS notice |
| 2026-09-23 | Scottish Government | DIG Gartner Research Services | Research services | Gartner | 2.32m GBP | – | FTS notice |
| 2026-09-21 | Department for Business and Trade | CR_5502 Evaluation of Strategic Sites Accelerator Programme | Research services | Ipsos (Market Research) Ltt | 1.80m GBP | – | FTS notice |
| 2026-09-14 | MONEY AND PENSIONS SERVICE | Customer Financial wellbeing research service | Research services | IFF Research Ltd | 3.64m GBP | – | FTS notice |
| 2026-09-07 | Department for Business and Trade | Security of Work and Dismissal Employee & Employer Surveys | Research services | I.F.F Research Ltd | 1.44m GBP | – | FTS notice |
| 2026-09-01 | Department for Education | Evaluation of the Families First Partnership programme | Research services | I.F.F RESEARCH LIMITED | 810k GBP | – | FTS notice |
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