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Published 1 Jul 2025, 10:06 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Surveys for Discrete Choice Experiments (DCE) [NP 309]

Official notice

Authority: Historic England (Central government)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow threshold
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£41,666£50,000 inc. VAT18.4% below published estimate
Submissions closed 28 Jul 2025awarded 24 Aug 2025
Awarded to Darmax Research Limited
Contract term 8 moends 1 Apr 2026 · starts 11 Aug 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Historic England is seeking an organisation to implement surveys for users and non-users of differing historic venues, and their modern counterparts, as part of a Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE) conducted by Historic England. A DCE is a method used to understand individuals' preferences by presenting them with alternative scenarios and asking them to choose their preferred option. The aim of the study is to understand and quantify public’s perceptions towards these historic assets. The budget allocated for this tender is £50,000 (inclusive of VAT), to receive approximately 8,000 respondents across multiple surveys.

The appointed organisation's responsibility is to conduct the surveys as per the specified criteria. All subsequent responsibilities, including analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of the findings, will be undertaken by Historic England.

CPV: Survey conduction services · Survey services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 8 moPublished value£41,666
Contract period: 11 Aug 2025 – 1 Apr 2026 (8 mo)Value: £41,666 exc. VAT · £50,000 inc. VAT
79311000 Survey services79311200 Survey conduction services

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored

Lot awarding rule: Price Weighting: 30% Quality Weighting: 70% Please see ITT documents for full breakdown.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
1 Jul 2025, 10:06 BST
Last source update
28 Aug 2025, 11:52 BST
Authority reference
P/REF 00000424
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-036299
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Survey conduction servicesSurvey services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05566b Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
28 Jul 2025, 11:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

This opportunity is being run on Historic England's e-procurement portal InTend. Please use the following link to login or register to view the opportunity - in-tendhost.co.uk/historicengland/aspx… ↗

Timeline

1 Jul 2025 → 28 Aug 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    1 Jul 2025, 10:06 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    28 Jul 2025, 11:00 BST
  3. Contract starts
    11 Aug 2025
  4. Latest notice published
    28 Aug 2025, 11:52 BST

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Jul 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    1 Jul 2025, 10:06 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract details notice published
    28 Aug 2025, 11:52 BST
    UK7
  3. Status changed to complete
    28 Aug 2025, 11:52 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £34,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 24 Aug 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Darmax Research Limited£34,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Surveys for Discrete Choice Experiments (DCE) [NP 309] · Darmax Research Limited

    Signed
    24 Aug 2025
    Value
    £34,000
    Period
    28 Aug 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
    Status
    active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Historic England

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PXLY-5862-RMML The Engine House, Swindon, South West, SN22EHContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Darmax Research LimitedAwarded supplier Wimborne Minster, Wimborne, South West, BH21 4FJContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender