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# Communications Quantitative Call-Off Contract

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/communications-quantitative-call-off-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-0470dc). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Transport: "Communications Quantitative Call-Off Contract". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Transport](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-transport-gov-d9)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Market research services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £2,250,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0470dc`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/communications-quantitative-call-off-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-0470dc#tl-md)

## Description
Once appointed, the successful Agency will be required to provide the following 
research services for the Client:
4.1.1 Research Services and Analysis: A programme of cost-effective research 
and analysis services across the Client’s Marketing and low and no-cost 
communication campaigns, measuring and benchmarking key attitudinal 
and behavioural shifts, and delivering other research services as new needs 
emerge.
4.1.2 Campaign Tracking and Evaluation: continuing the tracking and 
evaluation of the THINK! road safety campaign and the inclusive transport 
campaign, as well as bi-annual THINK! Omnibus tracking research. Deliver 
the Transport Perceptions Tracker to measure awareness and confidence in 
the Client’s low and no-cost communications.
4.1.3 Methodology and Insights: use consistent and comparable methodology, 
present insights and recommendations based on results, and respond to 
briefs and challenges with innovative and cost-effective research solutions.
4.1.4 Account Management: provide a professional, strong, effective and stable 
core management team for the Client.
4.1.5 Emerging projects: the Department for Transport, its Agencies and 
relevant delivery partners may also access the contract for quantitative 
research services for further projects as they arise, such as our Travel 
Confidence Tracker, which measures attitudes towards international travel. 
This may include the need to conduct research with businesses (b2b), as 
well as the wider UK public (b2c).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Once appointed, the successful Agency will be required to provide the following 
research services for the Client:
- Research Services and Analysis: A programme of cost-effective research 
and analysis services across the Client’s Marketing and low a...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Communications Quantitative Call-Off Contract (active)
  - Award id: `018786-2024-TCOM3064-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Verian Group UK Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-170594`
  - Value: £2,250,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Communications Quantitative Call-Off Contract (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,250,000
  - Signed Date: 06/06/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F018786-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-06-18T14:37:33.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T13:52:23.326Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0470dc