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Policy research tenders from UK public buyers
Policy research tenders open now: 1. In the 12 months to 22 October 2026, UK public buyers published 17 matching notices. The newest recorded award went to NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH on 20 May 2026.
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Which policy research tenders are open now?
1 notice with a deadline still ahead on 22 October 2026, closing soonest first, all matched by text.
Policy research tenders matched by text
Each title, buyer or stated region matches this hub’s rule. That is a word match, not a judgment of what is bought.
Which buyers publish the most policy research notices?
Natural England, with 4 notices of 17 in the 12 months to 22 October 2026.
Count of notices by the buyer name as published, 17 notices in the window, read 22 October 2026.
How many policy research notices are published each month?
About 1 a month over the last eleven full months; the busiest month was December 2025, with 4.
5 of the 9 policy research notices that stated a GBP value in the last 12 months fell in this band (56%). 0 of the open notices listed above are in it.
Counts come from this page’s data. A stated estimate is not the contract value, and frameworks are excluded.
| Stage | Notices |
|---|---|
| Award | 9 |
| Contract | 6 |
| Tender | 2 |
| Stated value | Notices |
|---|---|
| Under £25,000 | 1 |
| £25,000 to £100,000 | 5 |
| £100,000 to £500,000 | 2 |
| £500,000 to £2 million | 1 |
| £2 million or more | 0 |
Who has won policy research contracts recently?
Dr Claire Baker won 1 of the award notices read for this hub, the most of any supplier.
On 20 May 2026, Government Commercial Agency recorded an award to NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH for “Provision of Evidence Reviews and Secondary Data Analysis”, at a recorded value of £1,500,000.
Read the award notice. Legacy award record; supplier allocation and signed-contract status unverified
| Supplier | Award notices won |
|---|---|
| Dr Claire Baker | 1 |
| Envision | 1 |
| Eunomia | 1 |
| Ipsos (Market Research) Ltd | 1 |
| Jacobs UK Ltd | 1 |
| NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH | 1 |
| Ricardo AEA Limited | 1 |
| Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts | 1 |
What counts as policy research tenders here?
Commissioned research, needs assessments, horizon scanning, engagement and consultation analysis, technical evidence studies and official or statistical surveys that inform public policy, service design or statutory reporting, delivered as findings to the buyer. Research on a market, customer group or audience (including consumer attitude trackers) is commissioned-market-research; subscription research, evaluation of a named programme, and delivery of the services studied are excluded; experimental R&D that develops a product or technology is contract-research-and-development.
Classified
The notice’s recorded classification (proposed by a model, each label checked by Jev) accepted this catalogue subject: policy research and evidence. Classified notices are not yet published to public pages, so none appear here yet.
Matched by text
The title contains one of: policy research, evidence review. A word match is not a judgment of what is bought, so these are labelled as matches.
Open the official notice
Every notice above links to its page here and to its record on Find a Tender or Contracts Finder. The documents there are the tender; this page is not.Check the dates
Note the deadline and any clarification or expression-of-interest date. Forecast and planning notices have no bid deadline yet.Check the route to market
A framework or dynamic purchasing system call-off needs a place on that agreement first; an open procedure does not.Look at who won before
The winners above show who has delivered this kind of contract recently and for which buyers.
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Track policy research tenders in one workspace
1 notice open now
Listed above, closing soonest first, each linked to its page and the official record.Natural England published 4 notices
The most of any buyer here, out of 17 in the last 12 months.Dr Claire Baker won 1 award
The most of any supplier in the 15 award and contract notices read for this hub.About 1 notice a month
Published on average over the last 11 full months, from 17 in the 12-month window.
Questions about this page
Short answers, with the figures read for this page.
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Where else should you look?
Hubs that share buyers or suppliers with this one, and the full tender index.
Sources and method
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- 22 October 2026, regenerated daily
- Window
- 22 October 2025 to 22 October 2026, by publication date
- Classification
- Not yet published to public pages
- Classified notices are not yet published to public pages, so every notice here is matched by text.
- A text match means the notice's title, buyer or stated region fits this hub's rule. It is not a judgment of what is bought.
- Open means a stated deadline still in the future. Tender notices with no stated deadline are listed separately, and only when published in the last 60 days; planning and forecast notices are not counted as open.
- Award records come from the legacy award table, whose newest record is 23 July 2026.
- UK notices from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder only. EU (TED) notices are not counted.
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