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Published 30 Sept 2026, 09:42 BST

Official UK procurement notice

DHSC: OHID: Infant Feeding Survey 2027

Official notice
Competition analysis

Authority: Department of Health & Social Care (NHS & healthcare)

ServicesCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline value£800,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 9 Nov 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Mar 2032 · starts 1 Apr 2027
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

A new contract to undertake an Infant Feeding Survey (IFS) collecting data on breastfeeding, the use of foods and drinks other than breastmilk in infancy and related relevant matters for England. This continues an earlier series of UK surveys in infants, normally carried out every five years but with a gap between the 2010 and recent 2024 survey.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

A new contract to undertake an Infant Feeding Survey (IFS) collecting data on breastfeeding, the use of foods and drinks other than breastmilk in infancy and related relevant matters for England. This continues an earlier series of UK surveys in infants, normally carried out every five years but with a gap between the 2010 and recent 2024 survey. This survey will focus on data for England only.

  • How the procedure runs: TBC

CPV: Social research services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Planned 5 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£800,000
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2032 (5 yrs)Value: £800,000 exc. VAT · £960,000 inc. VAT
Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
79315000 Social research services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Department of Health & Social Care buys Market research services (CPV 7931), and who usually turns up

Department of Health & Social Care’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Market research services (CPV 7931) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerDepartment of Health & Social Care · division 79
The marketMarket research services (CPV 7931) · Greater London (authority’s region)
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: 47 of 99 known-size awards · market: CPV 7931 · Greater London (authority’s region), n=108
47%60%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in Greater London (authority’s region).

Buyer: 6 of 16 known-location awards · market: CPV 7931 · Greater London (authority’s region), n=72
38%38%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i
Buyer: 6 decided notices · market: CPV 7931 · Greater London (authority’s region), n=13
24 days53 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 24 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: at least 21 of 41 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 7931 · Greater London (authority’s region), n=138
51%44%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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This buyer14 lots with bid counts · broad CPV 79
21% had one bid
The market19 lots with bid counts · CPV 7931 · Greater London (authority’s region)
16% had one bid
% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (14) / the market (19) · select a colour for counts
1 bid21% / 16%
Buyer: 3 of 14 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 19 lots with published bid counts.
2–336% / 16%
Buyer: 5 of 14 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 19 lots with published bid counts.
4–67% / 21%
Buyer: 1 of 14 lots with published bid counts. Market: 4 of 19 lots with published bid counts.
7+36% / 47%
Buyer: 5 of 14 lots with published bid counts. Market: 9 of 19 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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This buyer10 lots with estimate and award · broad CPV 79
40% below estimate
The market23 lots with estimate and award · CPV 7931 · Greater London (authority’s region)
48% below estimate
% of lots with an estimate and award: this buyer (10) / the market (23) · select a colour for counts
Below estimate40% / 48%
Buyer: 4 of 10 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 11 of 23 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%60% / 43%
Buyer: 6 of 10 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 10 of 23 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate0% / 9%
Buyer: 0 of 10 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 2 of 23 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 793160 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£800k
Expected competition
i

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 19 past lots.

—No model forecast yet16% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 19 similar lots
1 bid16%
3 of 19 similar past lots received 1 bid (16%).
2–316%
3 of 19 similar past lots received 2–3 (16%).
4–621%
4 of 19 similar past lots received 4–6 (21%).
7+47%
9 of 19 similar past lots received 7+ (47%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 6 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £800k, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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SupplierThis buyer’s earlier contractLotAward valueWhy listed
IPSOS (MARKET RESEARCH) LTDEarlier contractDHSC_OHID_Infant Feeding Survey 2022-24notice published Mar 2022——Matched as the earlier contract

Who could compete for this lot?
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Restricted route (Stage 2 ITT / Shortlist): Bidding is restricted to invited candidates who qualified at Stage 1. Uninvited suppliers cannot participate in this round.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

What this replaces
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85% title match.

The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (85% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid

DHSC_OHID_Infant Feeding Survey 2022-24 — held by IPSOS (MARKET RESEARCH) LTD; no contract end date published.

Coming up in this sector

Contracts ending within 12 months · Retender Radar, sector filter set

Contracts ending in Business Services & ConsultancyRetender Radar, CPV 79: incumbents and end dates for the next 12 months

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Competitive flexible procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
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
30 Sept 2026, 09:42 BST
Last source update
30 Sept 2026, 09:42 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 29 Mar 2027
Authority reference
C474409
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-092158
Latest notice
Planned procurement notice (UK3)
Classification (CPV)
Social research services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077d14 Find a Tender
How it runs

TBC

How it was run

Official notice
Requests to participate (first stage)
23 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Submission deadline
23 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en

Timeline

30 Sept 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published45 days ago
    30 Sept 2026, 09:42 BST
  2. Tender notice expected4 days ago
    9 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  3. Today
    14 Nov 2026
  4. Submission deadlinein 8 days
    23 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
  5. Award decision expected byin 135 days
    29 Mar 2027, 23:59 BST
  6. Contract startsin 137 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Planned procurement notice published
    30 Sept 2026, 09:42 BST
    UK3

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department of Health & Social Care

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PMQG-9965-CHZR 39 Victoria Street, London, London, SW1H 0EUContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure