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 contractPublished 1 November 2021
Building Safety Regulator Programme Discovery Partner copy
£1,376,250
- Closed tenderPublished 1 November 2021
Occupational Health (OH) Workforce Data Collation Service - Alpha Phase
£325,000
- Awarded contractPublished 1 November 2021
Strategic Information Technology Delivery Partner
£500,000
- Closed tenderPublished 1 November 2021
Agile Development Services for Funding Systems
£9,970,000
- Awarded contractPublished 1 November 2021
NAO website redevelopment alpha-beta
£174,600
- Awarded contractPublished 1 November 2021
Award of User Researcher Role
£59,462
- Closed tenderPublished 29 October 2021
UKSBS BEIS DDaT21519 - SAP Digital Discovery
£150,000
- Closed tenderPublished 29 October 2021
UK SBS DDaT21410 BEIS OPSS Discovery for UK Market Conformity Assessment Bodies (UKMCAB)
£70,000
- Awarded contractPublished 29 October 2021
ADVICE AND SUPPORT TO SET OUT THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A COMPONENTISED CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
£91,295
- Closed tenderPublished 29 October 2021
UKSBS DDaT21498 – BEIS – Simple Energy Advice Alpha
£277,450
- Closed tenderPublished 28 October 2021
Vulnerable Families and Children Portfolio - User -Centred Design and User Research
£4,600,000
- Awarded contractPublished 25 October 2021
Identity and Access Management Discovery
£184,200
- Awarded contractPublished 25 October 2021
Alpha Phase: Occupational Maps
£240,000
- Expired contractPublished 25 October 2021
Research with Patients, Carers and GP Practice Staff: Online and Video Consultations in Primary Care
£142,000
- Awarded contractPublished 25 October 2021
Discovery and delivery of digital and data services related to online food sale and online platforms
£520,000
- Awarded contractPublished 25 October 2021
Design, develop and deliver a new, cloud version of the PRONOM web service and file format registry
£60,500
- Closed tenderPublished 22 October 2021
Alpha and (optional) Beta phases of EIP Digital Register-to-vote and Overseas electors
£1,825,000
- Expired contractPublished 22 October 2021
UK SBS - PS21112 - REF Results user research Quotation Request
£39,950
- Closed tenderPublished 22 October 2021
Alpha and (optional) Beta phases of a Identity Verification process for EIP Digital programme
£1,825,000
- Awarded contractPublished 21 October 2021
Digital information hub for youth services in Southwark
£105,400
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 2,119 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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