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 30 August 2023
RM1043.8-1-Cabinet Office- Small Organisation Helper Service Alpha-Beta-Live
- Closed tenderPublished 28 August 2023
Ofgem 2023-094 Electronic Public Register (EPR) Re-Write
- Expired contract
RM1043.8-1-Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy- Redesign of the CHPQA Portal for compliance to current gov.uk Standards- BETA PHASE
- Expired contract
UC Work Coach Study User Research C
- Closed tenderPublished 23 August 2023
User Research for Citizen Feedback Mechanisms
- Closed tenderPublished 23 August 2023
DDaT23070 PCA Website Design
- Closed tenderPublished 18 August 2023
RM1043.8-1-Crown Commercial Service: Content Improvement UR
- Expired contract
User Research Recruitment Agency for end users to partake in research
- Closed tenderPublished 16 August 2023
Unpaid Carers Discovery Project
- Closed tenderPublished 15 August 2023
Resource Augmentation
- Awarded contract
Better BSOG Discovery
- Expired contract
DOS 6
- Expired contract
CRCF User Research Participants
- Closed tenderPublished 3 August 2023
RM1043.8-1-User-centred design outcomes partner for NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT)
- Expired contract
Project_25916 USS User Research
- Closed tenderPublished 2 August 2023
Workload Measurement Tool - discovery and alpha
- Expired contract
User Research Participants 2021-23
- Awarded contract
Export Digital Support Bench
- Closed tenderPublished 25 July 2023
RM1043.8-1-Maritime & Coastguard Agency - TCA 3-7-1428 - MyMCA Discovery & Alpha Ship Owner Operator
- Closed tenderPublished 21 July 2023
Digital Professional Services, Technical Expertise and Rapid Resource Deployment
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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