Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Department for Business & Trade · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Ipsos (Market Research) Limited
- Value
- £147,000
- Procedure
- Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
- Sector
- Research & development · Research and development consultancy services (CPV 73200000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date8 Oct 2025
- Published13 Oct 2025Published 5 days after the contract date
Description
Research to inform reforms on unfair dismissal and 'fire and rehire' practices. The project involves two separate research arms: one focusing on unfair dismissal, requiring 50 interviews with businesses with employees, and another on financial difficulties, requiring 50 interviews with businesses that have faced or are facing financial difficulties in the last five years.
About the supplier
Ipsos (Market Research) Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00948470).