User Researcher Tenders and Contracts
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.
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 contractPublished 19 January 2021
Request for Quotation for the provision of user research for Oxford's Zero Emission Zone
£29,900
- Expired contractPublished 18 January 2021
Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE): BETA development (SOW2) (con_5230)
£249,800
- Closed tenderPublished 18 January 2021
Intranet Discovery
£70,000
- Expired contractPublished 18 January 2021
Discover Teaching User Research (con_6158)
£35,000
- Awarded contractPublished 18 January 2021
Content Designer for the build of the Transfer Digital Records (TDR) Service
£20,160
- Awarded contractPublished 18 January 2021
Online Examination/ Assessment System
£108,662.5
- Expired contractPublished 18 January 2021
User Researcher for Policy Profession Project (con_6831)
£23,400
- Awarded contractPublished 12 January 2021
Software Development Capability - Service delivery for academies and free schools
£983,000
- Expired contractPublished 12 January 2021
Making our ambitions for The National Archives' website a reality
£281,554
- Closed tenderPublished 12 January 2021
Online Assessment Service - Beta
£850,000
- Expired contractPublished 11 January 2021
WP1830 Remote Unmoderated & Moderated Usability Testing
£32,500
- Closed tenderPublished 11 January 2021
User Research Capability - North West
£2,500,000
- Closed tenderPublished 8 January 2021
HMPPS: Managed Services
£3,000,000
- Closed tenderPublished 8 January 2021
Enabling Platforms and Infrastructure - Discovery Phase
£100,000
- Closed tenderPublished 7 January 2021
Provision of The National Parking Platform Discovery/Alpha - T/IT 0233
£225,000
- Closed tenderPublished 7 January 2021
MHCLG Case Level Data Submission Alpha (and optional Beta) CPD4121146
£650,000
- Closed tenderPublished 6 January 2021
Digital Travel Diary for the National Travel Survey- Private and Public Beta
£270,000
- Awarded contractPublished 6 January 2021
Apprenticeships Digital Development, Testing and Architecture
£3,000,000
- Closed tenderPublished 5 January 2021
User Centred Design Partner
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 5 January 2021
Mobile Data Application: Briefing, Communications and Collaboration Capability
£437,500
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 2,116 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 research services, social research services, and the broader IT services consulting and development code. 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?
A handful, against a much larger pool of awarded notices. 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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