Official UK procurement notice
C0149 - Research into Barriers Communities Face in Accessing Funding
Authority: Big Lottery Fund, operating as The National Lottery Community Fund
The Strategic Analysis team will be commissioning external research to support the Fund’s Equity-Based Approach. This project will focus specifically on uncovering and exploring any barriers that marginalised or underserved communities may face when accessing our funding.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Strategic Analysis team will be commissioning external research to support the Fund’s Equity-Based Approach. This project will focus specifically on uncovering and exploring any barriers that marginalised or underserved communities may face when accessing our funding. The research will build on insights gathered internally during an initial scoping phase, and final outputs will be used to inform more nuanced strategies to increase our engagement with target groups, underpinned by high-quality and meaning-rich data. Please note a selective procedure was run to award the contract.
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single lot · no lot value publishedCommercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clearview Research LimitedSMEC0149 - Research into Barriers Communities Face16 Nov 2026 – 15 Mar 2027 | £44,795 | 10 Nov 2026 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5final-stage tenders | 5 | 0 | — |
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - limited competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Nov 2026, 09:53 GMT
- Last source update
- 11 Nov 2026, 09:53 GMT
- Authority reference
C0149- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-106956- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
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Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 11 Nov 2026- Contract award notice published11 Nov 2026, 09:53 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected13 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Clearview Research LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender