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 · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- BMG Research Limited SME
- Value
- £600,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Research & development · Research services (CPV 73110000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 090593-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date4 Aug 2026
- Published24 Sep 2026Published 51 days after the contract date
Description
Procurement of a specialist external research agency to design and deliver a UK-wide quantitative tracking study on the financial wellbeing of children and young people aged 7-17. The outcome is to inform policy, funding decisions and targeted interventions. Additional information: Price per quality point
About the supplier
BMG Research Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02841970).