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WP9 Social Science - The impact of disruption on the UK food system

The Food Standards Agency · Central government · delivery region not published

Calling off from C425727 Research: Social Science Call-Off. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is commissioning a rapid evidence review to examine how recent and ongoing disruptions to the UK food system have affected food system actors and st…

Awarded to The Social Agency/Basis Social Limited

Sea Angling for Cephalopods and Descending devices for pollack

Cefas · Central government · delivery region not published

Cefas requires research to characterise the recreational fishery for Cephalopods and develop practical approaches with charter boats for the use of descending devices for pollack.

Awarded to Angling Trust

CEFAS26-131 Marine Organism Wash-Up Research

Cefas · Central government · Nationwide (UK)

Research services to support the Defra-funded Coastal and Marine Health Programme (CaMHP), focusing on the wash-up of marine organisms around the UK coast. The work will identify potential candidate species and groups, develop an accessible…

Awarded to Agilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd

Research on Marine Wash Ups -UK

Cefas · Central government · delivery region not published

To provide desk-based research into previous wash ups of marine organisms on beaches around the United Kingdom to provide an improved understanding and collated information on species or groups of species that are reported to wash up on UK …

Awarded to University of Portsmouth

Evaluation of Officer Initiated Facial Recognition Tools

COLLEGE OF POLICING LIMITED · Education · Nationwide (UK)

Evaluation of Officer Initiated Facial Recognition Tools under College Framework Contract COP29_2024 Lot 2

Awarded to University of Birmingham

CEFAS26-102 Smart Sea Fish Tagging Measurement Boxes

Cefas · Central government · Nationwide (UK)

Rental, maintenance and technical support services for three Smart Sea fish tagging measurement boxes and associated tagging software for use during Cefas mackerel tagging surveys. The service includes equipment maintenance, inspection and …

Awarded to Smart Sea Systems AS

Victim Attrition Research

Crown Prosecution Service · Central government · delivery region not published

Research into victim attrition

Awarded to VICTIMS SUPPORT LIMITED

HerEthical / VAWG AI pilot

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire · Police & fire · delivery region not published

Provision of specialist Artificial Intelligence research and development services in support of the Police STAR funded project "AI Enhanced Behavioural Mapping for Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Prevention and Policing."

Awarded to HERETHICAL AI LTD

Impact of HPV self-testing- insights & good practice in FGM, sexual abuse&trauma

NHS England · Central government · delivery region not published

With the planned roll-out of HPV self-testing, we may see improvements in uptake rates, however there will still be a need for cervical screening for those where self-testing indicates high risk HPV, meaning that there will be an ongoing ne…

Awarded to Solutions Strategy Research Facilitation Limited

• Health services
• Research services

Economic Impact of TfL Supply Chain

Transport for London · North East England, North West England, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England

An updated economic impact report to support stakeholder engagement and advocacy activity ahead of the forthcoming spending review.

Awarded to Confederation of British Industry

Exploring Skills Needs in England: A Qualitative Research Study (con_31878)

Department for Education · Central government · delivery region not published

This contract sets out an agreement between the Department for Education (DfE) and the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) to deliver a qualitative study titled Exploring Skills Needs in England.

Awarded to National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)

Understanding the UK markets for unlawfully imported products animal origin

The Food Standards Agency · Central government · delivery region not published

Calling off from C425727 Research: Social Science Call-Off. Research to improve understanding of the drivers and enablers influencing the purchase of illegally imported products of animal origin (POAO) within the UK. The research will explo…

Awarded to The Social Agency/Basis Social Limited

NG-R2C - GC-Faster

Met Office · Central government · Nationwide (UK)

The University of Cambridge is the leading development centre for the chemistry component of the United Kingdom Chemistry and Aerosols (UKCA) model, a key component of the Met Office's collaboratively developed UK Earth System Model (UKESM)…

Awarded to The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of The University Of Cambridge

Understanding consumer attitudes and behaviours around misinformation to inform communications activity to counter food safety misinformation

The Food Standards Agency · Central government · delivery region not published

Calling off from C425727 Research: Social Science Call-Off. Research services to explore consumer attitudes, behaviours and trust in relation to food-related information encountered online. The work will provide evidence on how consumers en…

Awarded to The Social Agency/Basis Social Limited

NDNS biomonitoring for exposure to food additives - Extension to Phase 1

The Food Standards Agency · Central government · delivery region not published

Provision of analytical and research services to support the Food Standards Agency's biomonitoring programme for exposure to food additives. The contract involves the analysis and interpretation of biomarkers of non-sugar sweeteners in appr…

Awarded to CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY TECHNICAL SERVICES LIMITED

Benefits of Commitments on the Prohibition of Performance Requirements

Department for Business & Trade · Central government · Nationwide (UK)

The policy context for this report is the ambition of developing a more robust evidence base relating to commitments on the Prohibition of Performance Requirements (PPR) to aid negotiations, including for targeted non-FTA agreements as set …

Awarded to LSE Enterprise Ltd

Validating Demand Models with Mobile Phone Data

Department for Transport · Central government · Nationwide (UK)

This contract is to undertake a feasibility study on the use of disaggregate, l§ongitudinal Mobile Phone Data (MPD) to improve understanding of behavioural responses to transport interventions and support future improvements to transport de…

Awarded to Jacobs UK Ltd

Research - Social Landlord and Home Contents Insurance

FAIR4ALL FINANCE LIMITED · North East England, North West England, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England

A research programme to better understand social landlords' needs, as well as the challenges and opportunities around providing access to homes contents insurance for their residents.

Awarded to The Housing Associations Charitable Trust

Third Party Intermediary Research

Consumer Council for Water · Central government · North East England, North West England, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England

This tender is for the establishment, management and operation of ad hoc consumer market research services, specifically research to explore Third Party Intermediaries operating in the non-household water retail market in England.

Awarded to Impact Research

• Design and execution of research and development
• Drinking water
• Non-drinking water
• +1

Water Matters & NAV Survey

Consumer Council for Water · Central government · Nationwide (UK), North East England, North West England, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands

As well as the delivery of CCW's Water Matters tracking survey, to be carried out as closely as possible in line with previous years to maintain comparability , this contract also involves extending the Water Matters survey for the first ti…

Awarded to DJS Research Ltd

• Market-testing services
• Research and development services and related consultancy services
• Research consultancy services
• +1

NG-LFRic Project: LFRic Modelling Code Computational Performance Optimisation and Input/Output API infrastructure functionality development in XIOS - Third Procurement Stage Oct 2026 - March 2028

Met Office · Central government · North East England, North West England, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England

As the Met Office's next-generation weather forecasting capability, Momentum, moves towards operational implementation, it is essential to build on the foundations established through the Next Generation Modelling Systems (NGMS) Programme, …

Awarded to The University of Edinburgh

Investigating the Value of Adding Diverse ML Models to the IMPROVER Blend

Met Office · Central government · North East England, North West England, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England

The central research question is: Does incorporating a broader and more diverse range of machine learning weather forecasting models into the IMPROVER blend deliver sufficient forecast improvement and operational value to justify the additi…

Awarded to University of Exeter

Local Government Reorganisation Opportunities and Models for Historic Environment Service Delivery UID304

Historic England · Central government · Nationwide (UK)

A research project to examine lessons from previous Local Government Reorganisation to look critically at the challenges and outcomes of those processes for local authority historic environment service delivery models. It will identify key …

Awarded to ButCH

Quantifying the difference that nature recovery can make to selected risk events in the National Risk Register (informed by the State of Natural Capital Report)

NATURAL ENGLAND (Defra Network eTendering Portal) · Central government · Nationwide (UK)

This commission sits within Natural England's Natural Capital and Economics Teams, which work on evidence to ensure that nature, and the multiple benefits it provides, are considered in decision-making. In 2024, Natural England published a …

Awarded to Government Actuary's Department

• Research services

Exploring the appeal of 30by30for landowners/managers

NATURAL ENGLAND (Defra Network eTendering Portal) · Central government · North East England, North West England, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England

The overall aim of this qualitative social science research project is to understand what a diversity of landowner or managers who have not been directly engaged in the process of designing 30by30 think of the opportunity of 30by30 for them…

Awarded to GROUNDED RESEARCH LIMITED

• Survey services
• Research services
• Social research services