Retender radar: UK public contracts ending soon

ES RDE 035 - Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in separated end-of-life vehicle (ELV) plastics

Environment Agency · Central government

Incumbent: Water Research Centre Limited

Environment Agency self-service direct award. The project will determine the concentrations and quantities of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in treated plastics from end-of-life vehicles (ELV).

ES RDE 035 - Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in separated end-of-life vehicle (ELV) plastics

Environment Agency · Central government

Incumbent: Water Research Centre Limited

Environment Agency self-service direct award. The project will determine the concentrations and quantities of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in treated plastics from end-of-life vehicles (ELV).

Workpackage 2: Exploring awareness and impact of FSA guidance on glycerol slush-ice drinks consumption

The Food Standards Agency · Central government

Incumbent: The Social Agency/Basis Social Limited

Calling off from C425727 Research: Social Science Call-Off. Using the call-off process the FSA commissioned a social science research project aligned with FSA’s Area of Research Interest ‘What are the drivers of poor food hygiene behaviours…

Unresolved Detriment – Online Marketplaces

Department for Business & Trade · Central government · Nationwide (UK)

Incumbent: Revealing Reality

Research project examining consumer experiences of unresolved consumer detriment in online marketplaces for Department for Business, Innovation, Science & Trade

ES RDE 032 - ExeChange: Climate, Nature and Community in Balance

NATURAL ENGLAND (Defra Network eTendering Portal) · Central government

Incumbent: University of Plymouth

Natural England self-service direct award. It is expected that upon completion of this contract a PSS will be created supporting the protected site objectives of the estuary. Information developed as part of this contract will enable stakeh…

ES RDE 104 - Dry Cow Therapy

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS · Central government

Incumbent: Bristol University Press, The University of Bristol

VMD Self-Service Direct Award. The project will seek to support the VMD KPIs in AMR Stewardship through communication and promotion of good practice in DCT, and the wider delivery of the National Action Plan (NAP) for AMR.

Socio-Economic Benefit analysis - WISER

Met Office · Central government · South West England

Incumbent: PAUL WATKISS ASSOCIATES LIMITED

Socio-Economic Benefit analysis for the WISER Program

ES RDE 028 - PR24 Nutrient Modelling: delivery of phases 5 & 6

NATURAL ENGLAND (Defra Network eTendering Portal) · Central government

Incumbent: Jeremy Benn Associates Ltd

Natural England self-service direct award. The outputs of this work will provide NE with the ability to sign off phase reports to enable water companies to produce robust, hydrodynamic nutrient models. Technical quality assurance will ensur…

FRC2025-121 - Culture Survey Report

THE FINANCIAL REPORTING COUNCIL LIMITED · Central government · Nationwide (UK)

Incumbent: IFF Research Ltd

The FRC periodically undertakes a survey across the audit firms to assess elements of audit firm culture. The results of Survey will be reported to the FRC directly.

ES RDE 022 - Ammonia from road traffic - roadside ammonia monitoring

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS · Central government

Incumbent: Bureau Veritas

Natural England self-service direct award. ES RDE 022 - Ammonia from road traffic - roadside ammonia monitoring

CEFAS26-110 Research on European Seabass spawn time and connectivity

Cefas · Central government

Incumbent: University of Essex

The bass Fisheries Management Plan highlighted several key policy objectives that included policy actions around review of the timing of the closed season and understanding the contribution of nursery areas to the adult stock. These actions…

Credit Bureau Data Analyst

Department for Business & Trade · Central government · Nationwide (UK)

Incumbent: RH Initiatives Ltd

DBT awarded a contract to RH Initiatives for the provision of support services in exploiting micro-analytical business data on Business Vulnerabilities, Growth, Productivity and Business Investment.

Third Party Intermediary research  

Consumer Council for Water · Central government · North East England, North West England, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England

Incumbent: Impact Research · Last contest: awarded 1% under the estimate

This tender is for the establishment, management and operation of ad hoc consumer market research services, specifically research to explore Third Party Intermediaries operating in the non-household water retail market in England.

Copyright Public Administration Licence for the NDA group

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority · Central government

Incumbent: THE COPYRIGHT LICENSING AGENCY LTD

12 months of licenses from the Copyright Licenses Agency. The licensing is required as we wish to copy or reuse copyright articles and information contained in books, journals, magazines, online and electronic publications (or press cutting…

Research Partner for Community Led: Supporting young people directly affected by interpersonal violence

Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime · Central government · Greater London

Incumbent: University of East London

Description: London’s Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) is seeking to commission a Research Partner to collaborate on an important research project aimed at assessing the landscape of tertiary support[1] available to young Londoners impacted by…

002810 Culture Strategy development consultancy

British Library Board · Central government · Nationwide (UK)

Incumbent: RALPH APPELBAUM ASSOCIATES, INC.

A consultant to support the British Library to develop a new vision for our culture programme at our enhanced St Pancras site that maximises the potential of our programme's shift in scale to articulate an ambitious and high-profile public …

ES RDE 007 Economic assessment for UK environmental DNA strategy - Value of eDNA research

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS · Central government

Incumbent: UK CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY

DEFRA Self-Serve Direct Award This project will set out the economic case for support of eDNA as an environmental monitoring technology in Defra group and beyond. It focuses on the costs and benefits of eDNA based environmental monitoring f…

ES RDE 053 - Trees and flood risk

Environment Agency · Central government

Incumbent: Jeremy Benn Associates Ltd

Environment Agency self-service direct award. The two work packages within this call off form sit within a wider project consisting of three work packages on the theme of trees and the water environment. The aim of this project is to broade…

ES RDE 097 - Operationalising the UK Saltmarsh code - year 1

Environment Agency · Central government

Incumbent: UK CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY

Environment Agency Self-Service Direct Award. We are currently in a transition year before the saltmarsh code can be piloted in 2027. This year, the future governance structure and technical delivery of the saltmarsh code need to be finalis…

ES RDE 097 - Operationalising the UK Saltmarsh code - year 1

Environment Agency · Central government

Incumbent: UK CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY

Environment Agency Self-Service Direct Award. We are currently in a transition year before the saltmarsh code can be piloted in 2027. This year, the future governance structure and technical delivery of the saltmarsh code need to be finalis…

Customer Data

Accent Group Ltd · Other public body · North East England, North West England, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England

Incumbent: RESEARCHERS AT CROWN LIMITED

Provider to help Accent perform a data enrichment exercise, delivery will be via via a mixed-mode approach (digital survey and telephone follow-up). The service will include survey scripting, digital distribution, outbound telephone engagem…

HC1019 East Riding Tobacco and Nicotine Research

East Riding of Yorkshire Council · Local authority · Yorkshire and the Humber

Incumbent: ICE Creates Ltd

Research project to assess tobacco and nicotine use in East Riding, gather lived experience insight, analyse impacts, and provide evidence based recommendations to inform a future Nicotine Cessation Service.

AHP Prevention Priorities

Department of Health & Social Care · Central government

Incumbent: York St John University

for the supply of a project to develop consensus on actionable prevention opportunities for each of the AHP professions

Research into Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS3)

Ministry of Defence · Central government · Nationwide (UK)

Incumbent: King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

This diagnostic accuracy study will assess ultrasound against a reference standard of CT imaging in a cohort of critically ill adult patients with polytraumatic injuries.

DNP0030-26 Provision of Blended Finance Plan and Business Model for Walkham Valley Landscape Recovery Project

Dartmoor National Park Authority · Other public body · South West England

Incumbent: Great Yellow Limited · Last contest: awarded 1% under the estimate

This contract was to appoint a specialist Green Finance Consultant (or consortium) to develop a comprehensive blended finance plan and long-term business model to support a large-scale nature restoration and rural land management programme …

Venture Into Innovation Programme

South East Wales Corporate Joint Committee · Other public body · Wales (Cymru)

Incumbent: Tramshed Tech Lmited

The contract relates to the appointment of a contractor to undertake funding Cohort 2, running September 2026 to February 2027. Building directly on the evidence and learning from Cohort 1, Cohort 2 is a strengthened and more strategic prog…

Joint Chair Services FY2627

Met Office · Central government · Nationwide (UK)

Incumbent: THE UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS

Call off contract under the Met Office Academic Partnership Science Delivery Framework 2 for the provision of Joint Chair Services from the University of Leeds under Lot 1: Joint Chair Services.

Joint Chair Services FY2627

Met Office · Central government · Nationwide (UK)

Incumbent: Department of Biology, University of Oxford

Call off contract under the Met Office Academic Partnership Science Delivery Framework 2 for the provision of Joint Chair Services from the University of Oxford under Lot 1: Joint Chair Services.

Joint Chair Services FY2627

Met Office · Central government · Nationwide (UK)

Incumbent: UNIVERSITY OF READING

Call off contract under the Met Office Academic Partnership Science Delivery Framework 2 for the provision of Joint Chair Services from the University of Reading under Lot 1: Joint Chair Services.

MOAP Joint Chair Services FY2627

Met Office · Central government · Nationwide (UK)

Incumbent: University of Birmingham

Call off contract under the Met Office Academic Partnership Science Delivery Framework 2 for the provision of Joint Chair Services from the University of Birmingham under Lot 1: Joint Chair Services.

Joint Chair Services FY2627

Met Office · Central government · Nationwide (UK)

Incumbent: The University of Edinburgh

Call off contract under the Met Office Academic Partnership Science Delivery Framework 2 for the provision of Joint Chair Services from the University of Edinburgh under Lot 1: Joint Chair Services.

Target Product Profile for Paediatric Audiology

NHS England · Central government

Incumbent: Insightful Health Ltd

Commissioning of target product profile (TPP) for paediatric audiology ABR to signal to industry the technical requirements needed for improved ABR diagnostics. A TPP includes technical details for a specific clinical diagnostic product to …

ES RDE 071 - CSF_HYPE Development and support

Environment Agency · Central government

Incumbent: Jeremy Benn Associates Ltd

Environment Agency self - serve Direct Award Develop a new spatially distributed tracer for pesticide simulation The purpose is to simulate how pesticides behave in the environment following the implementation of on-farm mitigation measures…

NDNS biomonitoring for exposure to food additives - Extension to Phase 1

The Food Standards Agency · Central government

Incumbent: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY TECHNICAL SERVICES LIMITED

Provision of analytical and research services to support the Food Standards Agency's biomonitoring programme for exposure to food additives. The contract involves the analysis and interpretation of biomarkers of non-sugar sweeteners in appr…

ES RDE 044 - Marine recreational vessels as a pathway for the introduction and spread of marine Invasive Non-Native Species (INNS) in the UK – Phase 2

NATURAL ENGLAND (Defra Network eTendering Portal) · Central government

Incumbent: ABPmer

Natural England self-service direct award. Invasive non-native species (INNS) pose major threats to native biodiversity and ecosystem services and are identified as one of the most significant drivers of biodiversity loss worldwide, second …

National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) Review

The Food Standards Agency · Central government

Incumbent: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY TECHNICAL SERVICES LIMITED

As part of the FSA’s commitment to ensure food is safe and is what it says it is, the FSA undertakes food safety risk assessments in line with the internationally recognised ‘Codex Working Principles for Risk Analysis for Food Safety’. A ke…

Joint Chair Service FY2627

Met Office · Central government · Nationwide (UK)

Incumbent: University of East Anglia

Call off contract under the Met Office Academic Partnership Science Delivery Framework 2 for the provision of Joint Chair Services from the University of East Anglia under Lot 1: Joint Chair Services.

Specialist and Multi-Discipline Cycling Facilities Feasibility Study

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council · Local authority · North East England, North West England, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England

Incumbent: Strategic Leisure Limited

A feasibility study into the provision of specialist indoor and outdoor cycling facilities, alongside broader multi-discipline cycling facilities and complementary multi-sport provision within the Borough. A further competition was conducte…

WISER Applied Science TAP Co-Sponsorship

Met Office · Central government · Nationwide (UK)

Incumbent: THE UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS

University of Leeds, through the Centre for Decision Research (CDR), brings aligned and additional expertise to the Met Office WISER Technical Assistance Partnership team.

NIRAB Chair

NATIONAL NUCLEAR LABORATORY LIMITED · Other public body · Nationwide (UK)

Incumbent: R ROBILLIARD LIMITED

Contract for the appointment of the NIRAB Chair.

Joint Chair Services FY2627

Met Office · Central government · Nationwide (UK)

Incumbent: University of Bristol

Call off contract under the Met Office Academic Partnership Science Delivery Framework 2 for the provision of Joint Chair Services from the University of Bristol under Lot 1: Joint Chair Services.

C393545 - Lot 1

The Food Standards Agency · Central government · Nationwide (UK)

Incumbent: HallMark Meat Hygiene Ltd

Collaboration on EXPLORE Project Outcome Measures

NATURAL ENGLAND (Defra Network eTendering Portal) · Central government · Nationwide (UK)

Incumbent: University of Exeter

This agreement has a value of £45,000 and is between Natural England and the University of Exeter, to support the development of EXPLORE. The contract will run from the 30th November 2025 until the 31st March 2027. EXPLORE is a fully develo…

North Central London care homes cost modelling

London Borough of Camden · Local authority

Incumbent: Care Analytics (UK) Ltd

Development of detailed cost models for care homes in North Central London.

Changing Coasts Review of NCERM2 to improve the evidence base

East Riding of Yorkshire Council · Local authority · Yorkshire and the Humber

Incumbent: HaskoningDHV UK Limited

Contract Name - Changing Coasts Review of NCERM2 to improve the evidence base Department responsible - SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES AND COASTAL MGMT Description - This contract is to undertake an assessment of the numbers and types of receptors …

Joint Chair Services FY2627

Met Office · Central government · Nationwide (UK)

Incumbent: University of Exeter

Call off contract under the Met Office Academic Partnership Science Delivery Framework 2 for the provision of Joint Chair Services from the University of Exeter under Lot 1: Joint Chair Services.

Management of the UK Registry Service

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS · Central government

Incumbent: Air Quality Consultants Ltd

Defra self-service direct award. The UK Registry on Industrial Sites (hereafter the 'UK Registry') originated from an EU reporting obligation, the EU Registry on Industrial Sites, which was initiated by the European Commission and European …

ES RDE 131 - Developing an analytical framework for saltmarsh denitrification

Environment Agency · Central government

Incumbent: UK CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY

Environment Agency self-service direct award. The Environment Agency (EA) want to investigate the development of an analytical framework that may better capture drivers of denitrification in intact saltmarshes. This work follows from recomm…

ASC115 - Carers Conversations and Reviews

Middlesbrough Council · Local authority · North East England

Incumbent: Carers Together Foundation

This is a 12-month pilot contract for Carers' Together to undertake Carers' Conversation records on behalf of Middlesbrough Council. Carers' Together will be given third party access to LAS and receive appropriate training, to enable them t…

Exposure, Effects of Veterinary Medicines and Pesticides to Aquatic Wildlife in Protected Sites

NATURAL ENGLAND (Defra Network eTendering Portal) · Central government · Nationwide (UK)

Incumbent: University of Hertfordshire Higher Education Corporation · Last contest: awarded at the estimate

Exposure and Effects of Veterinary Medicines and Pesticides to Aquatic Wildlife in Protected Sites.