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Published 18 Sept 2025, 13:28 BST

Official UK procurement notice

User Perception Survey · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: NPL Management Limited (Public body)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate£65,000≈ £65k / year · £78,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 3 Oct 2025awarded 24 Nov 2025
Awarded to Pye Tait2 awards
Contract term 1 yrends 18 Oct 2026 · starts 20 Oct 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The requirement is for the provision of services to design, deliver, and report on a customer feedback survey for NPL.

Pilot Survey

Develop and administer a pilot questionnaire to test quality, clarity, and response rates.

Analyse pilot data and provide recommendations for improvements.

Participate in a gate review to assess data quality and return rates before proceeding to the main survey.

Main Survey

Implement the revised questionnaire following the pilot review.

Collect and analyse responses to generate quantifiable metrics.

Produce a comprehensive report summarising findings, including customer engagement, satisfaction, impact on client outcomes, and communication effectiveness.

Provide actionable insights for continuous improvement.

Supply Requirements:

Surveys must be delivered digitally (online platform) with secure data handling compliant with UK GDPR.

Supplier must provide project management, data analysis, and reporting services.

All outputs to be supplied in agreed formats (e.g., Excel datasets, PDF reports).

CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 1 yrSMEVCSEPublished value£65,000
Contract period: 20 Oct 2025 – 18 Oct 2026 (1 yr)Value: £65,000 exc. VAT · £78,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

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: Full details available in the RFQ document. QUALITY 80% COST 20% Quality breakdown as shown below: EC1 - Understanding of aims and objectives 20% EC2 - Methodology - Proposed solution to meet the objectives 25% EC3 - Project management and delivery 15% EC4 - Bidder's track record of delivering similar projects 10% EC5 - Experience of the bidder's team that will undertake the project 5% Deliverables 2.1.4 5%

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
18 Sept 2025, 13:28 BST
Last source update
18 Feb 2026, 15:51 GMT
Authority reference
PO00014281
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-057713
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and securityLaboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059d28 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
3 Oct 2025, 15:00 BST
Clarification deadline
25 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Please ensure that you register on Bravo Solutions (link below) to obtain the documents and submit your interest / intention to bid. lupc.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml ↗

All correspondence must be through the Bravo Solutions message centre.

Timeline

18 Sept 2025 → 18 Feb 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    18 Sept 2025, 13:28 BST
  2. Clarification questions by396 days ago
    25 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline388 days ago
    3 Oct 2025, 15:00 BST
  4. Contract starts372 days ago
    20 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
  5. Latest notice published250 days ago
    18 Feb 2026, 15:51 GMT

Notice history

5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Sept 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    18 Sept 2025, 13:28 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract details notice published
    16 Dec 2025, 11:39 GMT
    UK7
  3. Status changed to complete
    16 Dec 2025, 11:39 GMT
  4. Contract award notice published
    18 Feb 2026, 15:51 GMT
    UK6
  5. Contract signature expected
    18 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £52,9501 award exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Bids received 88 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 25 Nov 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Pye Tait18 Feb 2026 – 18 Oct 2026£52,95024 Nov 2025Awarded
Pye Tait£52,950 †same award published again · counted once—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · Pye Tait

    Signed
    25 Nov 2025
    Value
    £52,950
    Period
    25 Nov 2025 – 18 Oct 2026
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
8final-stage tenders80—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NPL Management Limited

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-COH: 02937881 · GB-PPON: PYDB-8862-JBYM National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, London, TW11 0LWContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Pye Tait LtdAwarded supplier 5 Merus Court, Meridian Business Park, LEICESTER, East Midlands, LE19 1RJContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specificationsThe Authority using the LUPC Bravo e-tender portal to conduct the procurement process. All Bidders must register their company via the LUPC Bravo Portal. This can be done via the following link https://lupc.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml Any issues surrounding access and f…

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender