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 22 November 2023
RM1043.8-LONDON COUNCILS - Website redevelopment project
- Expired contract
GB-Leeds: PE2023-24/3184 In-depth user research for Health and Care Professionals section of NIHR's corporate website
- Closed tenderPublished 22 November 2023
Heat Networks Zoning (HNZ) Digital Beta
- Closed tenderPublished 17 November 2023
GB-London: Imperial War Museums Research Room and Services User Research
- Closed tenderPublished 17 November 2023
Strategic Delivery Partner
- Expired contract
Promoting Compliance - Business Discovery / Alpha Research
- Expired contract
Online Safety service design and digital roadmap
- Expired contract
User research for CODEx Inline XBRL viewer
- Closed tenderPublished 9 November 2023
Quality Management System Discovery NHS England
- Expired contract
Quality Management System Discovery NHS England
- Closed tenderPublished 9 November 2023
Improving social worker experience of the Child Protection Information Sharing service (CP-IS)
- Closed tenderPublished 7 November 2023
Digital Marketing Services - RAF Museum
- Closed tenderPublished 6 November 2023
Cell Assembly Enabler
- Expired contract
CPD4124221 DLUHC Urgent Requirements for Embedded Capabilities for Digital Service Design and Delivery
- Closed tenderPublished 2 November 2023
Concession Contract - The Gazette
- Closed tenderPublished 2 November 2023
CPD4124221 DLUHC Urgent Requirements for Embedded Capabilities for Digital Service Design and Delivery
- Awarded contract
MASS A1 Part 3
- Expired contract
PRN1997 - Design, imagery and illustration, UX and user testing of the Discover Uni website to support prospective higher education students
- Closed tenderPublished 1 November 2023
PRN1997 - Design, imagery and illustration, UX and user testing of the Discover Uni website to support prospective higher education students
- Closed tenderPublished 30 October 2023
WP2186 User Research Participants for Gov.uk OneLogin
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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