Sector · CPV division 73

Research & development: UK public contracts

22 UK public research & development contracts awarded in the last 12 months, worth £18.7m. See who is buying, who is winning, and 14% awarded without competition.

Covers CPV division 73, “Research and development services and related consultancy services”. The busiest buyers recently were Dsit and Rail Safety Standards Board (RSSB).

Contracts (last 12 months)
22
Published value
£18.7mwhere stated
Without competition
14%3 contracts
Won by SMEs
26%of 19 with size known
Contracts awarded per month
October 2024: 0 contracts, £0Oct 24November 2024: 0 contracts, £0December 2024: 0 contracts, £0January 2025: 0 contracts, £0Jan 25February 2025: 0 contracts, £0March 2025: 1 contracts, —April 2025: 1 contracts, —Apr 25May 2025: 0 contracts, £0June 2025: 0 contracts, £0July 2025: 0 contracts, £0Jul 25August 2025: 0 contracts, £0September 2025: 0 contracts, £0October 2025: 0 contracts, £0Oct 25November 2025: 1 contracts, —December 2025: 0 contracts, £0January 2026: 0 contracts, £0Jan 26February 2026: 0 contracts, £0March 2026: 3 contracts, £1.49mApril 2026: 0 contracts, £0Apr 26May 2026: 1 contracts, £20,000June 2026: 1 contracts, £65,600July 2026: 2 contracts, £4.04mJul 26August 2026: 5 contracts, £8.62mSeptember 2026: 9 contracts, £4.47m

Biggest buyers

By number of contracts, last 12 months.

  1. Dsit 3 · £2.94m
  2. Ofgem 1 · £658k

Top suppliers

By number of contracts, last 12 months.

  1. Iff Research Ltd SME 2 · £1.93m
  2. Systra Limited 2 · £580k
  3. Ipsos MORI 1 · £4m
  4. Kpmg LLP 1 · £1.56m
  5. Exotopic Limited 1 · £1.25m
  6. I.f.f Research Limited SME 1 · £810k
  7. Ipsos 1 · £506k
  8. The RE Group LLC SME 1 · £206k
  9. Ipsos Mori UK Limited 1 · £139k

By region

  1. London 11 · £5.28m
  2. South West 5 · £1.85m
  3. Scotland 1 · £206k
  4. West Midlands 1 · —
  5. North West 1 · £7.22m

Latest contracts

Date Contract Buyer Supplier Value
15 Sep 2026 PS26107 - Responsible Innovation in collaboration with China's Engineering Biology Biofoundries Dsit RAND Europe Community Interest Company £133k
15 Sep 2026 Starting your Tax Journey 2026 - AWARD Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council Ark & Co Ltd
14 Sep 2026 THRE0086 - Active travel values of travel time methodology DfTc - Department for Transport Systra Limited £79,780
11 Sep 2026 Tenant Satisfaction Measures Survey No competition London Borough of Camden Houosemark Ltd SME
9 Sep 2026 External support - Future of Food Regulation Programme Food Standards Agency Ipsos Mori UK Limited £139k
7 Sep 2026 RSGR0003 - National Rail Travel Survey - Discovery Phase DfTc - Department for Transport Systra Limited £500k
3 Sep 2026 PS26173 - Unlocking Space for Business Delivery Partner Dsit Kpmg LLP £1.56m
3 Sep 2026 PS26136 - UKSAC26_0040 Unlocking Space for Investment - Investor Pathway Dsit Exotopic Limited £1.25m
1 Sep 2026 Evaluation of the Families First Partnership programme Department for Education I.f.f Research Limited SME £810k
27 Aug 2026 School of Divinity: Project Consultancy No competition University of St Andrews The RE Group LLC SME £206k
14 Aug 2026 Provision of Research Specification for Communications and Marketing Campaign Government Commercial Agency Ipsos (market Research) Ltd £7.22m
13 Aug 2026 GB-London: 1047912512 2026-SUS-001 Consultancy Support for a Rail Industry Social Impact Report Rail Safety Standards Board (RSSB) Akerlof £28,250
5 Aug 2026 2026-027 Non-Domestic Consumer Research Ofgem Iff Research Ltd SME £658k
4 Aug 2026 A Public Dialogue on Land Use in England's Lowland Agricultural Peatlands Ipsos (market research) Limited Ipsos £506k
16 Jul 2026 Research and Insights RM6126 Department for Business and Trade Ipsos MORI £4m
14 Jul 2026 PS26175 - Evaluation of DSIT Carbon Offsetting Consultancy UK SBS Turner & Townsend Consulting Limited £37,945
12 Jun 2026 GB-London: 1030972047 25-005 - Review of the operational requirements for GSMR radio - Phase 2 Rail Safety Standards Board (RSSB) Sotera £65,600
7 May 2026 PS26142 - IUK financial audit on terminated project UK Shared Business Services Limited Moore Kingston Smith LLP £20,000
30 Mar 2026 GB-London: 1008157290 T1414 Testing the feasibility of the use of solar reflective solutions on rolling stock Rail Safety Standards Board (RSSB) Engineering Support Group Ltd £120k
26 Mar 2026 CR_ Trade Impacts Survey, Research and Evaluation Call Off Department for Business and Trade Iff Research Ltd SME £1.27m
26 Mar 2026 Legal framework access advice UK Shared Business Services Limited DLA Piper UK LLP SME £99,000
5 Nov 2025 C1086 Private Market Data Services No competition National Wealth Fund Limited PitchBook Data, Inc.
4 Apr 2025 C0980 Battery Energy Storage Market Data Services No competition National Wealth Fund Limited Aurora Energy Research Limited
31 Mar 2025 C0980 Battery Energy Storage Market Data Services No competition National Wealth Fund Limited Modo Energy Limited SME
1 Sep 2024 C0751 - Remuneration Benchmarking Information No competition National Wealth Fund Limited McLagan (Aon) Limited
4 Mar 2021 The development of a HARS system No competition Dstl Mira £15m
2 Mar 2021 Consultancy Services for Wandsworth Culture Strategy Impact Assessment London Borough of Wandsworth Andrea Lee and Andrea Spain SME £23,000
1 Mar 2021 Services - Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) of Plutonium Powders – Research, experimental and installation of equipment No competition Nuclear Decommissioning Authority National Nuclear Laboratory £11m
26 Feb 2021 FS430677 - Survey of Salmonella, E. coli and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in frozen, part-cooked breaded or battered poultry products at retail sale in the UK Food Standards Agency Public Health England £143k
24 Feb 2021 LW037 Bioanalysis Assay Testing Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Covance Laboratories Ltd £181k
15 Feb 2021 FS430651 - Behaviours in Kitchens (Kitchen Life 2) Food Standards Agency Basis Research Limited SME £416k
15 Feb 2021 FS430621 Survival of SARS-CoV-2 on food surfaces and food packaging materials Food Standards Agency University of Southampton £172k
14 Feb 2021 Procurement of a bioinformatics contractor Food Standards Agency Fera Science Ltd £150k
9 Feb 2021 Survey of Employers' Digital Practices at Work University of Leeds OMB Research Ltd £300k
3 Feb 2021 79986 No competition Defra Network eTendering Portal Niab £79,986
28 Jan 2021 Child Domestic Workers (CDW) in Myanmar No competition London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Innovations for Poverty Action £180k
19 Jan 2021 19,995 No competition Defra Network eTendering Portal Ecometrica Ltd SME £19,995
18 Jan 2021 Consultancy Services Framework: Clerk of Works South East Consortium Airey Miller Limited SME, Baily Garner +6 more £70m
15 Jan 2021 Digital Outcomes and Specialists 5: User Research Studios The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Super User Studio Limited £5m
15 Jan 2021 Digital Outcomes and Specialists 5: User Research Participants The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Users Needs Ltd £20m
14 Jan 2021 30741 No competition Defra Network eTendering Portal Niab £30,741
14 Jan 2021 Transforming Cities Fund - Development Partner West Yorkshire Combined Authority WSP UK Ltd £3.5m
13 Jan 2021 Contract for the Provision of Baited Remote Underwater Video Systems (BRUVS) and Associated Services No competition Cefas Blue Abacus Ltd SME £445k
11 Jan 2021 102135 - Rapid Evidence Assessment of Loot Boxes and Microtransactions in Video Games No competition Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport InGAME, Abertay University £40,000
7 Jan 2021 Borderlands Strategic Low Carbon Energy Master Plan V2 Northumberland County Council The Carbon Trust £112k
7 Jan 2021 Borderlands Strategic Low Carbon Energy Master Plan V2 Northumberland County Council Buro Happold Limited SME £56,600
7 Jan 2021 Borderlands Strategic Low Carbon Energy Master Plan V2 Northumberland County Council The Carbon Trust £49,863
7 Jan 2021 Borderlands Strategic Low Carbon Energy Master Plan V2 Northumberland County Council Buro Happold Limited SME £55,500
10 Nov 2020 33020 No competition Defra Network eTendering Portal Pixalytics Ltd SME £33,020
19 Oct 2020 FS430602 Small and micro food business operator (FBO) tracking survey and Audit of display of food hygiene ratings in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and business survey. Food Standards Agency Iff Research Ltd SME £439k