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Published 23 Dec 2025

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DBT Research: Evaluation Call Off Contract

Authority: Department for Business and Trade

Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
CPV: Research and development services and related consultancy services (73000000)
Published contract value£6,000,000Exc. VAT
Contract ends 31 Mar 2027
Contract starts 12 Dec 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The scope of this contract will cover business and trade themes, including but not limited to productivity and economic growth, exporting and export promotion, supply chains, foreign direct investment and digital trade. Research must consider the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development) evaluation criteria of relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, impact, and sustainability. This will be covering but not limited to process, theory based, impact and value for money types of evaluation as per the Magenta Book.

Published procurement details

Procedure
Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
Buyer reference
tender_498693/1538718
Category
Services
Tender status
Complete
Award status
Active
Suitable for SMEs
Yes
Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
No
Tender deadline
Procurement method
Selective
Additional classifications 1: Reference
73110000
Additional classifications 1: Scheme
CPV
Additional classifications 1: Description
Research services
Additional classifications 2: Reference
73200000
Additional classifications 2: Scheme
CPV
Additional classifications 2: Description
Research and development consultancy services
Additional classifications 3: Reference
79300000
Additional classifications 3: Scheme
CPV
Additional classifications 3: Description
Market and economic research; polling and statistics
Item 1: Delivery locations as published
British Oversea Territories; Channel Islands; Europe; Isle of Man; Rest of the World; United Kingdom

Key dates

Published dates
  1. Award decision
    12 Dec 2025
  2. Contract starts
    12 Dec 2025
  3. Notice published
    23 Dec 2025
  4. Contract ends
    31 Mar 2027

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Suppliers named on the notice

Official documents & specifications (1)

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Source record

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Notice language
en
Release reference
ocds-b5fd17-dbcc2e65-6d04-4c38-a062-e6cf8326a910-2026-03-31T15:18:26+01:00
Published
23 Dec 2025
Latest update
31 Mar 2026
Procedure reference
ocds-b5fd17-dbcc2e65-6d04-4c38-a062-e6cf8326a910
Contract reference
ocds-b5fd17-dbcc2e65-6d04-4c38-a062-e6cf8326a910-1