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
- Awarded contract
GB-Glasgow: Intelligence Plaza
- Expired contract
Optimal Work Shop procurement
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 26 March 2024
Pre-Market Engagement for RM1043.8 Digital Outcomes 6 (DOS6) & RM6263 Digital Specialists & Programmes (DSP) Replacement/s
- Closed tenderPublished 26 March 2024
UK_2024_Conversion Rate Optimisation Agency
- Closed tenderPublished 26 March 2024
User Research Participants for Digital Identity
- Expired contract
Award of Provision of 1 x Senior User Researcher - Direct Award - RPA35 2024
- Awarded contract
Provision of Design Research Participants
- Awarded contract
23_04_03 Language Services
- Closed tenderPublished 21 March 2024
104044 - Discovery/Alpha phase of digital development of a registration scheme for short-term lets
- Expired contract
Award of Provision of 1 x Senior User Researcher - RPA29 2024
- Expired contract
Award of Direct Award - Provision of 1 x User Researcher - RPA30 2024
- Closed tenderPublished 15 March 2024
CPD4126036 DLUHC Urgent Requirements for User Centred Policy Design Expertise
- Awarded contract
Contract Award for HES User Experience Research Framework Agreement
- Expired contract
Development of CODEx Inline XBRL viewer
- Expired contract
Recruitment of User Research Participants
- Expired contract
Award of RoS - SG IT Temporary and Interim Staff Direct Award - Senior User Researcher - Kepler (...
- Expired contract
User research sprint
- Awarded contract
Digital Professional Services, Technical Expertise and Rapid Resource Deployment
- Expired contract
User testing and insights platform
- Closed tenderPublished 26 February 2024
PROC-690-2023 - Provision of Research Recruitment Agency for the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
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 2,135 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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