Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Money and Pensions Service · Arms Length body sponsored by the Department for Work and Pensions
- Supplier
- Opinium Research LLP SME
- Value
- £22,080
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Research & development · Research services (CPV 73110000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 031062-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date27 Feb 2026
- Published2 Apr 2026Published 34 days after the contract date
Description
Conduct a UK survey with at least 2,000 respondents (aged 18-79) using adapted questionnaire. Additional information: Price per quality point used
About the supplier
Opinium Research LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC331181).