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
- NS&I · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Value
- £1,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Market research services (CPV 79310000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 078980-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Aug 2026
- Published19 Aug 2026Published 2 days after the contract date
Description
Agreement to conduct Qualitative Research and user experience. Additional information: Spend is estimated over 4 years and not guaranteed. This will be an "as and when required" payment mechanism.
About the supplier
Thinks Insight and Strategy (Britain Thinks) Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07291125).