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
- UK Shared Business Services Limited · Body governed by public law
- Suppliers
- Behavioural Insights Team Ltd, Behavioural Insights Ltd SME
- Value
- £70,000 across 2 lots
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Sector
- Research & development · Research and development services and related consultancy services (CPV 73000000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date9 Jan 2025
- Published10 Feb 2025Published 32 days after the contract date
Description
***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION ***** This project aims to better understand how to engage the target labour market groups listed above and improve diversity of the supply chain. DESNZ's previous research into the EE retrofit supply chain highlighted that many behavioural factors, such as a preference for construction workers to work within an industry they are familiar with or negative perceptions amongst people of the construction industry as a whole, are key factors limiting the growth of the supply chain. This research will focus on more deeply understanding these existing behavioural barriers that might stop the groups above from entering the EE retrofit supply chain and identify targeted solutions to the barriers. Whilst we know that demand for EE retrofit work is perhaps the biggest barrier to boosting the capacity of the supply chain, this barrier is well known, and work is ongoing to address this. Rather than focusing in-depth on demand, this researc…
Lots in this award
| Lot | Supplier | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Identifying approaches to increasing capacity and improving the diversity of the energy efficiency retrofit supply chain using behavioural science | Behavioural Insights Team Ltd | £35,000 |
| PS24306 - Identifying approaches to increasing capacity and improving the diversity of the energy efficiency retrofit supply chain using behavioural science | Behavioural Insights Ltd SME | £35,000 |
About the suppliers
Behavioural Insights Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08567792).
Behavioural Insights Team Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08567792).