UK – Research Consultancy Contracts

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Found 1,374 notices in past year.

March 2025

Aberdeen City Council

Delivery Partner Services for Aberdeen Just Transition Collaboration
award: Business in the Community
£190K

Arts Council England

Service Design and Digital Transformation Support
award: Public Digital
£833K

Birmingham City Council

Green Belt Assessment Birmingham Local Plan Review
tender

Cabinet Office

Service Transformation - Business and Trade Discovery
award: Bloom Procurement Services
£199K
InSite Programme - Data Transformation
award: Bloom Procurement Services
£100K
Sustainability 3-5 Year Strategic Plan
award: Bloom Procurement Services
£100K
Backlog Reduction - Programme Initiation & Implementation Plan
award: Bloom Procurement Services
£85K
FM Strategy Development & Planning
award: Bloom Procurement Services
£85K

Cefas

Applications for the Appointment of Experts to the Sustainable Blue Economies (SBE) Technical Assistance Platform Development…
tender
£300K

Centre for Environment Fisheries & Aquaculture Science

Expert Support for the UKBCEP Greenhouse Gas Inventory Working Group
award: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Ukceh
£7.9K

Cherwell District Council

Crown Commercial Service

Transport Technology
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£3.5B

Department for Culture Media & Sport

Philanthropy Strategy
award: Charities Aid Foundation
£49.7K

Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs

Environmental Science Research, Development and Evidence (ES RDE) Framework
pin
£192M
Research on Costs of INNs Impacts
tender
Rapid Review of Evidence and Data of the Impacts and Risks on Animal and Human Health…
award: Nottingham University
£114K
Negating the Necessity for International Deep Sea Mining
award: Exeter University
£105K
Circular Economy and Materials Flow Analysis Expertise
award: Exeter University
£90K
Assessing UK Industry Practices and Animal Numbers in Decapod
award: Poseidon Aquatic Resource Management
£45K
Supporting South-West Seabird Colonies
award: Howell Marine Consulting
£17K

Desnz

Electricity Interconnectors' Contribution to Security of Supply
award: Frontier Economics
£45K

Environment Agency

Near Surface Disposal Permit Requirements
tender
£47.8K
Co-Developing DWMPs and SWMPs
award: Jeremy Benn Associates
£100K
Mandatory Water Efficiency Labelling Scheme - Rapid Evidence Assessment
award: Water Research Centre
£31.4K
Near Surface Disposal Permit Requirements
update
£47.8K
Near Surface Disposal Permit Requirements
update
£47.8K

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Good Landlord Charter Evaluation
tender
£80K

Imperial War Museum

IWM/2425/Gov/3407: Citizens Assembly for Imperial War Museums
tender
£300K
Embedding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Imperial War Museums (IWM)
award: Equity Architects
£126K

Isle of Wight Council

Property Development Consultancy Services - Scoping Approach
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£60K

Leeds City Council

Leeds Transformational Regeneration Design & Heritage Planning Analysis
award: GGM Group
£23.4K

Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council

Consultancy for the Local Development Plan (LDP)
tender
£30K

Liverpool University

AR/VR Specialist
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£100K
AR/VR Specialist
tender
£100K

London Borough of Lambeth

PlanX - User Research and Content Design Project
tender
£300K

Mayor & Commonalty & Citizens of the City of London

Consultancy Services to Deliver a Review of the City of London Corporation's Brand Identity
award: Crowdsurfing
£65K

Mayors Office for Police & Crime

MOPAC: VAWG Strategy Refresh 2024 - Stakeholder Consultation Facilitation
award: Social Innovation Partnership
£34.5K

MOD

Commercial X Dynamic Market Industry Pack
update

National Highways

Customer Experience Tracker
award: Systra
£349K
LCRR - Commercial Support
award: Turner & Townsend
£231K

Natural England

Role of Soil Biology in Integrated Pest Management
award: Harper Adams University
£35.5K
Energy Flows Through Agro-Ecosystems
award: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Ukceh
£34.9K

NHS England

Research to Understand Contribution of Leadership and Management to NHS Outcomes
award: RSM UK Consulting
£47.8K

North Northamptonshire Council

North Northamptonshire Retail Business Support Programme 2025/26
tender
£50K
North Northamptonshire Retail Business Support Programme 2025/26
update
£50K

Office for National Statistics

Support to the Integrated Data Systems Programme ("IDSP
award: Langdon Green
£141K

Office of Rail Regulation

Strategic Regulatory Advice
award: Fingleton
£35K

Safer London

Critical Friend Focussed on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
tender
£40K

Salford the University

UK HE Partnership Development Support
tender
£36K

Tourism Northern Ireland

DFE – Tourism NI – Managed Business Support Services – Preliminary Market Engagement
pin
£4M

West of England Combined Authority

Retrofit West Evaluation
award: Steer Davies & Gleave
£60K

West Northamptonshire Council

West Northamptonshire Housing and Economic Needs Assessment
award: Iceni Projects
£62.4K

Desnz

HNDU Project Delivery Support Lot 1
award: WSP
£220K
AZP Project Delivery Support
award: Ove Arup & Partners
£80K
Legal Support for HNDU
award: Bevan Brittan
£50K

Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Heat Network Technical Assurance Scheme (HNTAS) Scheme Operator
pin
£9.5M

Department for Transport

Market Engagement Event - National Security Science and Research (DfT)
pin
£16M

DHSC London

Department Health and Social Care - Adult Social Care: Technology Standards
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Network Rail Infrastructure

Managed Services Framework
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£115M
Managed Services Framework
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£115M

Department of Environment Food & Rural Affairs

Specialist Science and Contingency Services
award: Fera Science
£346M

February 2025

Adur District Council Worthing Borough Council

Infrastructure to Support and Enable Innovations in Inclusive and Resilient Neighbourhood Power and Participation
tender
£500K

Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trustee

Research Services - LOT 1: An Economic Analysis of the Impact of UK Armed Forces Reservists…
tender
£234K

Arts Council England

Evaluation of Arts Council's Bilateral Partnerships With Key European Nations
award: World Pencil
£47.3K

Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council

Environmental Consultancy Services
award: Environment Partnership
£64.8K

BFI

Screen Business 2025-2026 Edition
tender
£120K
Applying Good Work Principles to Film, Broadcast and High-End Television
tender
£85K
BFI Audience Insights Research
award: Morris Hargreaves Mcintyre
£140K

Birmingham City Council

Academic Evaluation: BLACHIR Implementation Within the Birmingham Health and Care System
tender

British Council

Gender and Safeguarding Specialist Consultants for Higher Education Programme
tender

Cadent Gas

Research and Customer Engagement Framework
tender
£4.5M

Cefas

Applications for the Appointment of Experts to the Sustainable Blue Economies (SBE) Technical Assistance Platform Development…
tender
£300K

Cheltenham Borough Council

Cheltenham Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace (SANG) Action Plan
award: Lepus Consulting
£25K

City of Doncaster Council

Consultancy Services - DSA
award: Munich Airport
£115K

City of London Corporation

Comms Consultancy
award: John Jackson
£88.6K
Consultancy Barbican Immersive Digital - Awarded
award: Painted Warrior
£41K

City of York Council

Crown Commercial Service

ERP Client-Side Support
award: Covoxa
£6M
Disability Foresight Research
award: National Centre for Social Research
£50K

Crown Estate

Development Consultancy
award: Sciopolis
£80K

DEFRA

Circular Economy Taskforce
award: 8 suppliers
£190K
Circular Economy Taskforce
award: 8 suppliers
£190K

Department for Business & Trade

Market Guides
award: Lse Enterprise
£250K
Casablanca Transit-Oriented Development Study
award: Atkinsréalis
£80K

Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs

PhD Studentship for Developing a Welfare Assessment Protocol for Kennelled Dogs
award: Bristol University
£167K
Evidence Base for a Proposed Roadmap to Biobanking Native Livestock Genet
award: Sruc
£115K
Reaching Net Zero Within a Circular Economy Quantifying Waste Sector-Base
award: Ricardo AEA
£53K
Risks to Linear and Buried Infrastructure From Peat Rewetting
award: AECOM
£49.5K
Resilience and Sufficiency for Public Water Supply
award: Water Research Centre
£42.8K
Assessment of Alternative Arable Pesticide Usage Survey Sampling Strategies
award: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Ukceh
£13.7K

Department of Health & Social Care

Dept for Environment Food & Rural Affairs

Public Goods
tender
£1
PhD Studentship Developing a Welfare Assessment Protocol for Kennelled Dogs
award: Bristol University
£167K

Desnz

Cube Lynx Commercial HNDU Support
award: Cubelynx
£60K
Estimating the Future Prices and Scale of Engineered GGRs in Voluntary Carbon Markets
award: Allied Crowds
£56.7K

Dsit

Semiconductor Workforce Study
award: Perspective Economics
£81.1K
DSIT International Data Flows Consultancy
award: PWC
£39.9K

East Suffolk Council

SZC Project #5 - Visitor Perceptions and Segmentation Research
tender

Environment Agency

Exploration of How Existing Estuarine and Coastal Fish Data Can Be Used
award: Howell Marine Consulting
£83K
Humber Little Terns Habitat Replacement
award: Jeremy Benn Associates
£73.2K
Natural Capital Approach to Holistic Water Management From Source-To
award: Jeremy Benn Associates
£50K
Consultancy Services for Developing Place-Based Narratives on Land Management for Water: Drivers, Impacts, and Benefits
award: ICF Consulting Services
£42.4K
Trees and Water Quality
award: Jeremy Benn Associates
£15.9K

Fareham Borough Council

Fareham NW Vision- L&C Aspect
award: Lifschulz Davidson Sandilands
£82K

Financial Ombudsman Service

Consultancy to Develop Decision Frameworks
award: Oaklin
£178K

Food Standards Agency

Public Analyst Training 2025 - Expression of Interest
tender
£72K

Glasgow University

Agreement for Strategy and Leadership Development Consultancy
award: David Fraser
£206K

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Good Landlord Charter Evaluation
tender
£80K
Good Landlord Charter Evaluation
tender
£80K

Historic England

Historic England Stakeholder Survey (NP220)
award: Harlow Consulting Services
£30K

Home Office

Canine SFE Training Aids
award: Wise Owl Conferences & Consulting
£15K

Hull City Council

Improvement & Development Agency for Local Government

Resident Satisfaction Polling
tender
£100K

Llywodraeth Cymru Welsh Government

Evaluation of the LGBTQ+ Action Plan
tender
£160K
Welsh Justice Research Programme
award: 2 suppliers
£300K

Local Government Association

Evaluation of the LGA's Sector-Led Consultancy Service for Cyber Digital and Technology Support to English Local…
tender
£50K

London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham

Quality Management Services - Development
award: Davon Project Services
£50K

London Borough of Lambeth

PlanX - User Research and Content Design Project
tender
£300K

Marine Management Organisation

Theory of Change and Evaluation Framework for Brown Crab Trial
award: Risk & Policy Analysts
£24.4K

Mmo

Local Decision Making; Sussex Bay
award: Adur & Worthing Councils
£32.9K

MOD

National Highways

Evaluation Technical Partner Phase 4e
award: Ove Arup & Partners
£500K
Evaluation Technical Partner Phase 4b
award: Ove Arup & Partners
£500K
Evaluation Technical Partner Phase 4c
award: Ove Arup & Partners
£500K
Evaluation Technical Partner Phase 4d
award: Ove Arup & Partners
£500K
Evaluation Technical Partner Phase 4a
award: Ove Arup & Partners
£500K
Commissioning Phase 8 Asset Management Technical Delivery Partner (TDP)
award: WSP
£440K
Evaluation Technical Partner Phase 4f
award: Ove Arup & Partners
£410K
Technical Support for Lands Claim
award: WSP
£116K
Collaborative Research 2023
award: Spats Atkins & CH2M Joint Venture
£106K
Operation Tramline Study
award: Ove Arup
£104K
Close Following
award: Ove Arup & Partners
£100K
Development of Crisis Phones Guidance
award: Samaritans Enterprises
£25K

Natural England

UK Strategic Bracken Management Framework
award: James Hutton Institute
£36.2K
Holton Heath Contaminated Land Risk Assessment
award: AECOM
£35K
Projects for Nature Pilot Evaluation - Final Phase
award: ICF Consulting Services
£20.8K

NHS England

CYP Gender Competency Framework, Training Curriculum and Resources
tender
£900K

North East Derbyshire District Council E Tendering System

Sustainability Appraisal Incorporating Strategic Environmental Assessment, and Habitats Regulation Assessment of the North East Derbyshire Local…
tender

Norwich City Council

City Hall Reimagined - Outline Business Case
award: 2 suppliers
£475K

Nottinghamshire County Council

Working Age Adults Review - Further Competition Lot 4b Social Care (Adults)
award: Impower Consulting
£350K

Nuclear Waste Services

PIN BATS Corrosion on Carbon Steel
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£200K
PIN BATs - Corrosion of Carbon Steel
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£200K

Parliamentary & Health Service Ombudsman

Behavioural Science Approaches to Improving Casework Processes
award: Copy & TV
£72K

Places for People

Customer Insight Panel Community Partner
tender
£450K
Customer Insight Panel Community Partner
tender
£450K

Scottish Government

Whole Family Wellbeing Funding Year 3 and 4 Evaluation
pin
£200K

Sheffield City Council

Culture Workshop
award: Rivelinco Creative
£7.4K

Suffolk Coastal District Council & Waveney District Council

Consultancy Services for Review of CO2 Capture and Transport Options for Small Waste Incineration Plants (SWIP)…
award: Ricardo AEA
£48.2K

Sunderland City Council

Programme of Work to Prepare a Range of Strategic Community Safety Deliverables to Support the Function…
award: Michael Batty
£60K

Surrey County Council

Demand on Health and Care Services Is Rising, Creating Pressure on Services, Waiting Lists, Delays in…
tender
£100K

Tees Valley Combined Authority Group & Teesside International Airport

Transport for London

Innovation Operations Supplier
award: Plexal City
£2M

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

Small Scale Experiments for Tritium Breeding (SSETB)
award: 11 suppliers
£3.1M

United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory

Proposal for Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Grant
pin
£300K

Waverley Borough Council

WAV VK Mare Hill NVC and Botanical Survey
award: Giles Groome Consultant Ecologist
£2.9K

West Midlands Combined Authority

Health and Economic Growth Analysis - CAN
award: Birmingham Enterprise University
£50K
Services for a Review Into the Private Rented Sector - CAN
award: Social Finance
£38.9K

West Midlands Growth

Visitor Economy-Public Transport Use Across the West Midlands' Evening Economy
tender
£25K

West Oxfordshire District Council

Economic Analysis of the Carterton Witney Oxford Rail Corridor (CWORC)
award: Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners
£25K

Westmorland & Furness Council

Children’s Services - Delivering Better Value in SEND Transformation and Strategic Programme Support
award

Worthing Borough Council

Level 2 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment
award: Jeremy Benn Associates
£31.8K

WWF UK World Wide Fund for Nature Trading

Financing Standing Forests - Scoping Phase
tender

Department for Business & Trade

OPSS Testing of Fire Door-Sets and Component Devices
tender
£500K

Desnz

Financial AZP Support
award: Asteros Advisers
£225K
AZP & HNDU Zoning Support
award: Buro Happold
£205K
HNDU Project Delivery Support Lot 1
award: Sustainable Energy
£150K
Publicly Available Specification (PAS) for Large Hydrogen Ready Boilers
award: Bsi Standards
£81.9K
Commercial AZP Support
award: Amberside Advisors
£75K
Financial AZP Support
award: Amberside Advisors
£75K
HNDU Zoning Support
award: Natural Power Consultants
£70K
HNDU Project Delivery Support
award: Buro Happold
£50K
HNDU Zoning Support HNDU (Heat Network Delivery Unit) Lot 2.1
award: Cubelynx
£45K
HNDU Zoning Support HNDU (Heat Delivery Network Unit)
award: Local Partnerships
£20K
HNDU Zoning Support HNDU (Heat Network Delivery Unit)
award: Turner & Townsend Consulting
£20K
Commercial HNDU Support
award: Carbon Trust Advisory
£20K
Financial HNDU Support
award: Carbon Trust Advisory
£20K

Minister for the Cabinet Office Acting Through Crown Commercial Service

Transport Technology
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£3.5B

Staffordshire County Council

Staffordshire 16-18 Education and Training Sufficiency Assessment
tender
£50K

West Oxfordshire District Council

Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment and Advice on Heritage Matters Relating to the Botley West Solar…
award: Land Use Consultants
£30K

DEFRA Network Etendering Portal

Professional Services TPP Communication to Market
pin
£1

Invest Northern Ireland

Grow Beyond (Early Stage Exporters) Programme in Great Britain and Republic of Ireland 2024
award: Core Consulting Business Growth Advisors
£485K

National Wealth Fund

Expert Advice Dynamic Purchasing System V.2
tender
£4.5M
UKIB DPS for Expert Advice Services V.2
tender
£4.5M

Norfolk County Council

Norfolk County Council Made Smarter Consultancy Procurement
tender
£343K

Desnz

NIS Delivery Cyber Security Programme Support
award: KPMG
£145K

Sport England

Active Environments Framework
pin
£4.5M

West of England University

Call Off Order for Transformational Change - 4 Phases
award: Transformational Change
£41K

Department for Business & Trade

Testing of Fire Door-Sets and Component Devices
tender
£500K

Fusion21 Members Consortium

Construction Consultancy Services Framework
tender
£175M

Wigan Council

Expression of Interest - Ashton Market
pin

Maritime & Coastguard Agency

Review of Effectiveness of Funding System for UK Seafarer Training
tender
£30K

Mca Maritime & Coastguard Agency

Review of Effectiveness of Funding System for UK Seafarer Training
tender
£300K

Nuclear Waste Services

Post-Closure Safety Case Framework
tender
£6M
Post-Closure Safety Case Framework
tender
£6M

Health Data Research

Brain Health Community Assessment for Trials Service
tender
£2M

MOD

Project Wayfind
tender
£10M

Nuclear Waste Services

Post-Closure Safety Case Framework
tender
£6M

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