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Impact of HPV self-testing- insights & good practice in FGM, sexual abuse&trauma

NHS England · Central government · delivery region not published

With the planned roll-out of HPV self-testing, we may see improvements in uptake rates, however there will still be a need for cervical screening for those where self-testing indicates high risk HPV, meaning that there will be an ongoing ne…

Awarded to Solutions Strategy Research Facilitation Limited

• Research services
• Health services

Economic Impact of TfL Supply Chain

Transport for London · North East England, North West England, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England

An updated economic impact report to support stakeholder engagement and advocacy activity ahead of the forthcoming spending review.

Awarded to CONFEDERATION OF BRITISH INDUSTRY

Peat: ES-RDE 045: Peatland Engagement Contract

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS · Central government · Nationwide (UK)

In line with the objectives of the the peatland programme, this engagement contract would include a knowledge repository and information sharing amongst stakeholders, newsletters, and stakeholder events and forums.

Intended award to Niab

Exploring Skills Needs in England: A Qualitative Research Study (con_31878)

Department for Education · Central government · delivery region not published

This contract sets out an agreement between the Department for Education (DfE) and the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) to deliver a qualitative study titled Exploring Skills Needs in England.

Awarded to National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)

Understanding the UK markets for unlawfully imported products animal origin

The Food Standards Agency · Central government · delivery region not published

Calling off from C425727 Research: Social Science Call-Off. Research to improve understanding of the drivers and enablers influencing the purchase of illegally imported products of animal origin (POAO) within the UK. The research will explo…

Awarded to The Social Agency/Basis Social Limited

NG-R2C - GC-Faster

Met Office · Central government · Nationwide (UK)

The University of Cambridge is the leading development centre for the chemistry component of the United Kingdom Chemistry and Aerosols (UKCA) model, a key component of the Met Office's collaboratively developed UK Earth System Model (UKESM)…

Awarded to The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of The University Of Cambridge

Understanding consumer attitudes and behaviours around misinformation to inform communications activity to counter food safety misinformation

The Food Standards Agency · Central government · delivery region not published

Calling off from C425727 Research: Social Science Call-Off. Research services to explore consumer attitudes, behaviours and trust in relation to food-related information encountered online. The work will provide evidence on how consumers en…

Awarded to The Social Agency/Basis Social Limited

Palladium Silver Membranes Tensile and Fatigue Testing

UK Fusion Energy Ltd · Nationwide (UK)

he scope of this procurement is to appoint a suitably qualified supplier to undertake a programme of mechanical testing on palladium-silver membrane assemblies to generate design data that supports their application in hydrogen purification…

Awarded to Darvick Limited

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

The Food Standards Agency · Central government · delivery region not published

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…

Awarded to CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY TECHNICAL SERVICES LIMITED

Benefits of Commitments on the Prohibition of Performance Requirements

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

The policy context for this report is the ambition of developing a more robust evidence base relating to commitments on the Prohibition of Performance Requirements (PPR) to aid negotiations, including for targeted non-FTA agreements as set …

Awarded to LSE Enterprise Ltd

Validating Demand Models with Mobile Phone Data

Department for Transport · Central government · Nationwide (UK)

This contract is to undertake a feasibility study on the use of disaggregate, l§ongitudinal Mobile Phone Data (MPD) to improve understanding of behavioural responses to transport interventions and support future improvements to transport de…

Awarded to Jacobs UK Ltd

Research - Social Landlord and Home Contents Insurance

FAIR4ALL FINANCE LIMITED · North East England, North West England, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England

A research programme to better understand social landlords' needs, as well as the challenges and opportunities around providing access to homes contents insurance for their residents.

Awarded to The Housing Associations Charitable Trust

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

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.

Awarded to Impact Research

• Design and execution of research and development
• Drinking water
• Non-drinking water
• +1

Water Matters & NAV Survey

Consumer Council for Water · Central government · Nationwide (UK), North East England, North West England, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands

As well as the delivery of CCW's Water Matters tracking survey, to be carried out as closely as possible in line with previous years to maintain comparability , this contract also involves extending the Water Matters survey for the first ti…

Awarded to DJS Research Ltd

• Market-testing services
• Research and development services and related consultancy services
• Research consultancy services
• +1

CORSIA Capacity Building Project

Department for Transport · Central government · delivery region not published

For emissions reduction credits to be eligible under the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), the countries hosting the projects that generate them must provide authorisation to confirm the associated …

Intended award to Institute for Global Environmental Strategies

NG-LFRic Project: LFRic Modelling Code Computational Performance Optimisation and Input/Output API infrastructure functionality development in XIOS - Third Procurement Stage Oct 2026 - March 2028

Met Office · Central government · North East England, North West England, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England

As the Met Office's next-generation weather forecasting capability, Momentum, moves towards operational implementation, it is essential to build on the foundations established through the Next Generation Modelling Systems (NGMS) Programme, …

Awarded to The University of Edinburgh

Investigating the Value of Adding Diverse ML Models to the IMPROVER Blend

Met Office · Central government · North East England, North West England, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England

The central research question is: Does incorporating a broader and more diverse range of machine learning weather forecasting models into the IMPROVER blend deliver sufficient forecast improvement and operational value to justify the additi…

Awarded to University of Exeter

Local Government Reorganisation Opportunities and Models for Historic Environment Service Delivery UID304

Historic England · Central government · Nationwide (UK)

A research project to examine lessons from previous Local Government Reorganisation to look critically at the challenges and outcomes of those processes for local authority historic environment service delivery models. It will identify key …

Awarded to ButCH

Quantifying the difference that nature recovery can make to selected risk events in the National Risk Register (informed by the State of Natural Capital Report)

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

This commission sits within Natural England's Natural Capital and Economics Teams, which work on evidence to ensure that nature, and the multiple benefits it provides, are considered in decision-making. In 2024, Natural England published a …

Awarded to Government Actuary's Department

• Research services

Exploring the appeal of 30by30for landowners/managers

NATURAL ENGLAND (Defra Network eTendering Portal) · Central government · North East England, North West England, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England

The overall aim of this qualitative social science research project is to understand what a diversity of landowner or managers who have not been directly engaged in the process of designing 30by30 think of the opportunity of 30by30 for them…

Awarded to GROUNDED RESEARCH LIMITED

• Survey services
• Research services
• Social research services

DNO553-ISIP Post-Doctoral Project-TN

Ministry of Defence · Central government · delivery region not published

Provision of post-doctoral research to develop and mature UAV-based autonomous radiation mapping, source localisation and radiological threat characterisation capabilities, including algorithm development, validation trials and knowledge tr…

Intended award to University of Bristol

Research into Work Stress, Burnout and Employment Outcomes

Department for Business & Trade · Central government · Nationwide (UK), Yorkshire and the Humber, West Midlands, Greater London

The contract was awarded via the Government Commercial Agency RM6126 Research & Insights Dynamic Purchasing System. It runs for an initial period of six months, from 28 September 2026 to 29 March 2027, with an option to extend by up to 4 mo…

Awarded to BMG Research Limited, Basis Social LTD, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY TECHNICAL SERVICES LIMITED +21 more · 44 awards

• Research and development services and related consultancy services
• Research services

CEFAS26-107 Contract for Support Services to the Coastal Health Programme

Cefas · Central government · Nationwide (UK)

Following on from the work delivered in the pilot phase of the Coastal Health programme, The Association of Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities (IFCA) has been selected to support delivery of core requirements as follows: 1. Work…

Awarded to The Association of Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities Ltd

Scientific Services in support

University of East Anglia · Education · East of England

The provision of a dedicated project manager to assist scientific services in support of on-going research projects.

Awarded to BIOPOLIS

UK6 Notice - Climate-Tech Innovation Partnership

Great British Energy · Central government · delivery region not published

The Climate-Tech Innovation Partnership is being trialled by GBE to support the organisation in identifying and working with UK based climate tech companies to accelerate clean energy deployment and to build the industries, supply chains an…

Awarded to Sustainable Venture Development Partners Ltd · 2 awards

PS26301 - NPL data processing and Reports

UK Research and Innovation · Central government · Nationwide (UK)

***** THIS IS A CONTRACT DETAILS NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION ***** This procurement is being concluded without competition due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, servi…

Awarded to NPL Management Limited

Supply of Potency Assay Services for RNA and RNA‑LNP products

CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED · delivery region not published

This tender seeks to engage a qualified service provider to perform cell based, in vitro potency assays for the quantification of both RNA (drug substance) and RNA-LNP (Lipid Nanoparticle) (drug product) activity. The assays will be used to…

Awarded to READING SCIENTIFIC SERVICES LTD

• Experimental development services
• Laboratory services
• Research and experimental development services
• +1

COV - CVLR Vehicle Dynamics Support

Coventry City Council · Local authority · delivery region not published

Contract consists of four work packages: 1. Performance and safety assessment of the CVLR Vehicle running on the extended on-road trial route (City Centre Demonstrator Mile Lane/Park Road) 2. Characterising the range of suspension forces ex…

Awarded to University of Huddersfield - Institute of Railway Research

Corrosion Testing Framework for STEP

UK Fusion Energy Ltd · Nationwide (UK)

The purpose of this procurement is to establish a framework agreement with a number of pre-qualified, specialist corrosion testing providers to deliver corrosion testing services for the UKFE STEP programme over the next two years. The fram…

Intended award to Amentum Clean Energy Ltd, Kyoto Fusioneering, Lucideon Group Limited +4 more · 3 awards

• Technical analysis or consultancy services
• Analysis services
• Composition and purity testing and analysis services
• +4

External Evaluation Washington Pride in Place Programme

Sunderland City Council · Local authority · North East England

Provision - External Evaluation Washington Pride in Place Programme

Awarded to Wavehill Ltd

AI Call analysis

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire · Police & fire · delivery region not published

STAR BID FUNDING The purpose of the project is to understand the impact of AI and emerging technologies on the wellbeing of police call handlers.

Awarded to Anglia Ruskin University

Active Travel England- Women's Safety PhD Sponsorship

Department for Transport · Central government · delivery region not published

Sponsorhip of fees for an individual at Active Travel England to undertake a part time PhD on women's safety related to transport

Awarded to THE UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS

UK_1412 – Evaluating the strategic and economic return of international artist-led innovation

British Council · Local authority · Nationwide (UK)

British Council is seeking an economist or strategic researcher (or team of researchers) to conduct a mixed-methods analysis that evidences the multi-dimensional economic returns of the international art and technology sector to the UK.

Awarded to Human Economics Ltd

• Research services

AmazonFACE SIF data set processing and report

Met Office · Central government · Nationwide (UK)

This contract will provide specialist expertise in SIF processing, interpretation and support for integration with JULES to deliver qualityassured analysis of Amazon FACE SIF observations and recommendations for future exploitation of the d…

Awarded to UNIVERSITY OF READING

Amazon FACE - Water Cycle (WP3)

Met Office · Central government · Nationwide (UK)

The activity includes field-based data collection, processing of sap flow and soil moisture measurements, and aggregation of datasets to generate plot-level water budgets and trait-based datasets for use in land surface models such as JULES…

Awarded to University of Exeter

AmazonFACE Operational Knowledge Transfer, Operational Readiness Assessment and Scientific Oversight Services

Met Office · Central government · Nationwide (UK)

Provision of operational knowledge transfer, operational readiness assessment, governance development, carbon budget methodology support and independent scientific oversight services for the AmazonFACE programme. The services will draw on B…

Awarded to University of Birmingham

Regenerative Schools Pilot - Academic Assurance Partner

Department for Education · Central government · North East England, North West England, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, South East England

The Department for Education and the Education Estates Strategy The Department for Education (DfE) is the UK government’s Department responsible for the schools in England. As part of this role, we oversee the safety, condition, and long‑te…

Intended award to NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY

• Environmental engineering consultancy services
• Design and execution of research and development
• Environmental services
• +5

EU harmonised surveillance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) E. coli and Salmonella found in fresh beef and pork meat on retail sale in the UK in 2027

The Food Standards Agency · Central government · delivery region not published

The objective of microbiological food safety research themes is to provide robust information on the presence, growth, survival, and elimination of pathogenic microorganisms throughout the food chain; the extent, distribution, causes, risks…

Awarded to UK Health Security Agency · 3 awards

• Data collection and collation services
• Laboratory services
• Market research services
• +4

Evaluation of Officer Initiated Facial Recognition Tools

COLLEGE OF POLICING LIMITED · Education · Nationwide (UK)

The Authority seeks to appoint an experienced research and evaluation provider to support the evaluation of OIFR software used in South Wales Police. The evaluation is focused primarily on productivity outcomes for policing.

Awarded to University of Birmingham

marine survey campaign

ORE Catapult · Nationwide (UK)

ORE Catapult is seeking a suitably experienced contractor to undertake a marine survey campaign within the Pembrokeshire Demonstration Zone (PDZ), Wales.

Awarded to Ocean Ecology

CR_5445 Consumer Survey on Secondary Ticketing

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

This is an awarded contract and has been published for transparency purposes. This procurement is to deliver a baseline online consumer survey on purchasing and reselling tickets for live events in the UK. The research will provide baseline…

Awarded to Savanta Group Limited

CR_5551 Employer Skills Investment

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

This contract was awarded back in February 2026 and is being published for transparency purposes. The Industrial Strategy Advisory Council Secretariat (ISAC) needs to build a more robust understanding of the employer-skills investment lands…

Awarded to Aston University

Resident Census Research Partner

Peabody Trust Ltd · Nationwide (UK)

1.1Peabody’s Group Strategy and EDI Strategy 2026–29 commit to building a clear picture of our residents, improving data completeness, and ensuring fair, accessible, equitable services. We are seeking an agency partner to support delivery o…

Awarded to IFF Research Ltd

The Practice Education Facilitator role in Return to Practice

NHS England · Central government · delivery region not published

A national commission to understand and strengthen the Practice Education Facilitator (PEF) role in supporting HCPC returners, identifying learning needs and delivering recommendations to improve consistency, quality, and outcomes of return…

Awarded to FIVE SOCIAL CARE LIMITED

• Research services

CR_5532 ASEAN UK EIP Good Regulatory Practice Expert

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

DBT require a GRP technical expert, with experience working within HMG and for HMG, supporting national and international capacity building and delivery. This request supports delivery of the ASEAN – UK Economic Integration Programme (EIP).…

Awarded to Partners for Reform Ltd

DIG Gartner Research Services

Scottish Government · Nationwide (UK)

The licences required to support delivery of PSR, Digital Strategy, and other key economic drivers.

Awarded to Gartner UK Limited

• Research services

Studying and Assessing the Benthic Response to Electrical Stimuli (SABRES)

National Grid Electricity Transmission plc · Nationwide (UK)

High voltage submarine cables produce electromagnetic fields (EMF) external to the cable due to current flowing within their metallic components, primarily the main conductor. While the magnitude of these fields decays rapidly with separati…

Awarded to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON

Subsea Cable Health/security Utilising Backscatter and Established Repeater Technologies (SCHUBERT)Subsea Cable Health/security Utilising Backscatter and Established Repeater Technologies (SCHUBERT)

National Grid Electricity Transmission plc · Nationwide (UK)

With the transition away from fossil fuels and towards greater electrification of transport and heating (net zero 2050) a significant increase in electrical demand is expected over the coming decades. As a result, growth in offshore renewab…

Awarded to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON

Additional Analytical Methods for NDNS Biomonitoring

The Food Standards Agency · Central government · delivery region not published

Tenders were invited to undertake a research project to identify suitable biomarkers of priority (groups of) Chemical Contaminants (Lot 1) and Food Additives (Lot 2), Metals (Lot 3) and develop and validate analytical chemistry methods for …

Awarded to University of Aberdeen · 4 awards

• Research and development consultancy services
• Research and development services and related consultancy services
• Research services

CEFAS26-79 Contract for for Macrofauna Analysis of Sediment Samples

Cefas · Central government · delivery region not published

Contract for the processing of 33 macrofaunal samples by extracting and identifying all biota retained on a 1.0 mm capture mesh, in accordance with the extraction and identification protocols set out in the NMBAQC guidelines.

Awarded to Fugro GB Marine Ltd

• Research laboratory services