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
- Expired contract
LNER Web & App Development and Support
- Closed tenderPublished 18 July 2023
NHS England Oriel Discovery
- Expired contract
Project_25853 Mobile Device User Research
- Expired contract
HealthTech - UX Researcher
- Expired contract
UKHO User Experience Capability
- Expired contract
Award of Senior User Researcher
- Closed tenderPublished 3 July 2023
CFT for Micro Credentials Ladder in Service Design
- Expired contract
User/Non-User Research incl. Focus Group Co-ordination
- Closed tenderPublished 29 June 2023
CFT UX and UI Programme and In Company Training 2023 2024
- Closed tenderPublished 27 June 2023
Content design across major programmes at Royal Greenwich Council
- Expired contract
DWP Health & Disability Call-off contract for Participant Recruitment
- Expired contract
GEL-COMM-578-23 Website Development
- Closed tenderPublished 26 June 2023
Content design across major programmes at Royal Greenwich Council
- Awarded contract
Investment Digital Support Bench
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 22 June 2023
User Researcher Recruitment Partner (RFI)
- Expired contract
Provision of Market Research Training
- Awarded contract
Designing Data Stewardship Models for Artificial Intelligence (AI) R&D
- Closed tenderPublished 16 June 2023
COP9_2023 College Website Services
- Expired contract
COP9_2023 College Website Services
- Closed tenderPublished 14 June 2023
Ofcom Market Research Framework 2024 - 2028
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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