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Published 12 Nov 2025, 12:49 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Early Retirement Cohort - Inactivity Trailblazer Programme

Official notice

Authority: York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Published estimate£41,384£41,384 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 2 Dec 2025awarded 13 Feb 2026
Awarded to ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICES LIMITED T/A Fortia Insight
Contract term 4 moends 31 Mar 2026 · starts 15 Dec 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

YNYCA is seeking to commission a specialist external provider to

deliver a piece of qualitative research into economic inactivity within

persons who may identify as having taken early retirement in York and

North Yorkshire

This research will support the Trailblazer programme's ambitions to

reduce economic inactivity in the region, inform future interventions,

and contribute to the wider understanding of economic inactivity in the

region

CPV: Research and development services and related consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 4 moSMEVCSEPublished value£41,384
Contract period: 15 Dec 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 (4 mo)Value: £41,384 exc. VAT · £41,384 inc. VAT
Delivery: Yorkshire & HumberEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored

Lot awarding rule: The Authority will select the most advantageous tender using a price: quality ratio of [20]:[80].

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
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
12 Nov 2025, 12:49 GMT
Last source update
20 Feb 2026, 09:54 GMT
Authority reference
105095
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-073164
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Research and development services and related consultancy services
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05df8d Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
Submission deadline
2 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
Clarification deadline
25 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

yortender.eu-supply.com/ctm/supplier/publict… ↗ , further information found by searching Early Retirement Cohort - Inactivity Trailblazer Programme, Reference 105095.

Timeline

12 Nov 2025 → 20 Feb 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published348 days ago
    12 Nov 2025, 12:49 GMT
  2. Clarification questions by335 days ago
    25 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
  3. Submission deadline328 days ago
    2 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract starts316 days ago
    15 Dec 2025
  5. Latest notice published248 days ago
    20 Feb 2026, 09:54 GMT

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Nov 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    12 Nov 2025, 12:49 GMT
    UK4
  2. Contract details notice published
    20 Feb 2026, 09:54 GMT
    UK7
  3. Status changed to complete
    20 Feb 2026, 09:54 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £41,3841 contract inc. VAT; no net value published
Contracts signed 1latest 13 Feb 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICES LIMITED T/A Fortia Insight£41,384 inc. VAT †—Awarded

Contracts

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PMGQ-6583-JYGR County Hall, Racecourse Lane, Northallerton, Yorkshire & Humber, DL7 8ADContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICES LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 02937576GB-PPON: PJGB-6455-RZVH Spring Lodge 172 Chester Road, Cheshire, North West, WA6 0ARContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specificationsPlease find this opportunity by searching Early Retirement Cohort - Inactivity Trailblazer Programme, Reference 105095.

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender