Researcher Tenders
See open user research tenders and awarded contracts for the UK public sector.
User research reaches the market two ways: as a standalone commission for research, usability testing or participant recruitment, and as a named workstream inside a larger digital delivery contract. Stotles tracks 4,691 notices on this topic, 1,959 of them awarded and 76 sitting at pre-tender.
Departments, councils, NHS bodies and public broadcasters all buy it, usually to meet the GDS service standard. Volume is thin: expect a couple of notices a week, so the awarded records are where the pattern shows.
4,672 results
- Closed tenderPublished 25 October 2024
Development of a digital (web based) tool to display Taiwan Parliamentary data
- Awarded contract
Customer Satisfaction Research
- Closed tenderPublished 22 October 2024
Apprenticeships Service User Centred Design
- Expired contract
DHSC: Adult Social Care - Capacity Tracker System Users - User Research
- Closed tenderPublished 4 October 2024
DHSC: Adult Social Care - Capacity Tracker System Users - User Research
- Closed tenderPublished 3 October 2024
UKEB website redevelopment project (Phase 2 - Alpha, Beta, Live)
- Expired contract
Contract for the Provision of Consultancy to Deliver Learning and Support for the Core20PLUS Connectors Programme for NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) / Lot 1 - User Research for Connectors
- Awarded contract
Provision of user-research services for Sport Wales
- Closed tenderPublished 18 September 2024
CORTISONE Deployed Tactical Application Development
- Expired contract
RDE461 User Research for (1) Local Air Quality Emissions Mapping Tool and (2)
- Awarded contract
Award of RoS - SG IT Temporary and Interim Staff - Senior User Researcher- HMR (Bid Id UR002) - D...
- Expired contract
Participant Recruitment for DWP Digital Modernisation
- Awarded contract
Award of PROVISION OF USER RESEARCH RECRUITMENT PARTNER
- Awarded contract
Award of RoS - SG IT Temporary and Interim Staff - Senior User Researcher - Customer Facing Domai...
- Expired contract
Contract Awarded - User Research Participants
- Expired contract
User Research Participants for GOV.UK One Login
- Closed tenderPublished 30 August 2024
Enter Learning Data, Education Record and Improved FE Sector Reporting - Dev, Testing and Delivery Management (Inside IR35)
- Closed tenderPublished 28 August 2024
London Borough of Hounslow (LBH) Residents Panel
- Awarded contract
Quantitative Research Services
- Closed tenderPublished 19 August 2024
Provision of user-research services for Sport Wales
Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions about user research, usability testing, design research, user insight, user experience research, ux research, research participant recruitment in the UK public sector.
How do I find user research contracts in the UK public sector?
Two routes. Watch the portals for live notices, or get in earlier by following the buyers who keep commissioning this work. Stotles pulls notices from 100+ portals into one feed, so a research brief published on a Welsh or Scottish portal sits next to a Find a Tender notice. Platform-wide, 0 notices were added in the last seven days and 2,140 are open across every topic.
What sort of user research work do public sector buyers tender for?
Four recognisable shapes in the recent sample: participant recruitment agencies, usability testing on a service being rebuilt, research and design people supplied into a multidisciplinary team, and licences for a user research platform. Recruitment is the most self-contained of them, and the one most often let as a contract of its own.
What CPV codes are used for user research tenders?
There is no dedicated code, which is why this page filters on keywords rather than classifications. The three that come up most alongside the filter are 73110000 (Research services) with 125 matching notices, 79315000 (Social research services) with 43, and 72000000 (IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support) with 257. That last one is the tell: plenty of this work is procured as digital delivery rather than as research.
How many user research tenders are open right now?
Six, against 4,691 notices on record and 1,959 already awarded. That is the honest shape of the topic: a small live pipeline and a long award history. Read the awarded notices anyway. They carry the buyer, the incumbent and the contract dates you would need to time a bid for the retender. Platform-wide, 0 award notices were published in the last seven days.
Is user research bought through frameworks?
Often. The recent sample includes call-offs under the Crown Commercial Service RM6126 Research & Insights agreement and briefs run through the Digital Outcomes route, alongside notices published straight to a portal. Stotles' 2026 Supplier Benchmark Report found 44% of suppliers treat frameworks as their main route to market, so check which agreements a buyer already holds before chasing an open notice.
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