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title: "C0149 - Research into Barriers Communities Face in Accessing Funding"
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# C0149 - Research into Barriers Communities Face in Accessing Funding

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/c0149-research-into-barriers-communities-face-in-accessing-funding-ocds-h6vhtk-07b92f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** 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.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Big Lottery Fund, operating as The National Lottery Community Fund](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/big-lottery-fund-operating-as-the-national-lottery-community-gov-pb1283)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - limited competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £44,795 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/c0149-research-into-barriers-communities-face-in-accessing-funding-ocds-h6vhtk-07b92f#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-07b92f`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/c0149-research-into-barriers-communities-face-in-accessing-funding-ocds-h6vhtk-07b92f#tl-md)

## Description
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. 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot LOT-0000: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `LOT-0000`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 73000000

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** C0149 - Research into Barriers Communities Face (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): [Clearview Research Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/clearview-research-limited-coh-09587075)
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-188301`
  - Value: £44,795 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 10/11/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F106956-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-11-11T09:53:13.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-15T03:21:37.892Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-07b92f
- **Licence:** Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.